Samantha M. Lee

About

Conservation and policy professional working at the intersection of spatial data, biodiversity finance, and accountability. Based in Buenos Aires, working internationally.

My research focuses on barriers to fine-grained spatial tracking of biodiversity aid under the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Services

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Spatial Analysis

GIS-based mapping and spatial data work for conservation programs and funding portfolios

02

Conservation Finance

Tracking, reporting, and accountability frameworks for biodiversity funding

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Grant Writing

Proposal development and donor reporting for environmental research and NGOs

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Policy & Research

Analysis and communications bridging conservation science and policy audiences

Selected Experience

Strategy & Partnerships Officer

Por el Mar Marine Conservation NGO — Buenos Aires

2025–

ERC Starting Grant — writing support

Client: Dr. Johanna Eklund

2026

Curriculum development — Climate Change and Coastal Engineering in the Southern Cone

Client: EXpanish

2026

Policy & Project Communications Manager

European Fact-Checking Standards Network — Remote

2024–25

MSc Environmental Change & Global Sustainability

University of Helsinki

2026

Research

Where does the money go? Barriers to fine-grained spatial tracking of biodiversity conservation aid

Lee, S. M.
University of Helsinki, Master's thesis, 2026

Closing data gaps and ensuring fair access are vital to track progress of area-based conservation under the Kunming–Montreal framework

Andrianandrasana, H. T., Lee, S. M., Ahava, I., Okkonen, P. O., Papunen, S., & Eklund, J.
Conservation Biology, 2026

Assembling agroecological socio-natures: A political ecology analysis of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Rosario, Argentina

Hammelman, C., Shoffner, E., Cruzat, M., & Lee, S.
Agriculture and Human Values, 2022

Contact

Open to consulting projects in conservation data, spatial analysis, and biodiversity finance.

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SAMANTHA M. LEE