Nicola Clerici is Full Professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. He holds a BSc in Environmental Sciences, an MSc in Remote Sensing and a PhD in Ecology. His interests cover the areas of landscape ecology, applied remote sensing and conservation. His research activities focus on: i) the use of Earth Observation data for modelling landscape change trajectories and their ecological effects, and ii) the development of spatially explicit indicators for ecosystem services modelling. He is also active in the policy for forest conservation discussion. Nicola Clerici is author of more than 45 research publications in the environmental area and anĀ author of the Colombian IPBES report. He is Associate Editor of Landscape & Urban Planning and Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.