Biography

Onel Masardule Arias is Guna indigenous person from Panama and the Co-Chair of Indigenous Peoples and local communities VCM Engagement Forum. He has a degree in science with studies in chemistry and specialization courses in sustainable development and Phytotechnology for the Treatment of Industrial Effluents. He also has diplomas in Environmental Management and Audit and Integrated Management of Water Resources. He has extensive experience in the promotion of the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the environmental area, having been coordinator for environmental projects.
He is Executive Director of the Foundation for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge and Technical Secretary of the Indigenous Forum of Abya Yala (FIAY), Indigenous Representative of Mesoamerica in Carbon Fund of World Bank.
He is also a member in WGF of the Local Communities and Indigenous People’s Platform under the framework of UNFCCC. He has consulted for the World Bank, the Government of Panama, Mexico, El Salvador, the German International Cooperation System and academic institutions.