Samantha M. Lee

Conservation Data & Policy Consulting

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

Spatial Analysis GIS-based mapping and spatial data work for conservation programs and funding portfolios
Conservation Finance Tracking, reporting, and accountability frameworks for biodiversity funding
Grant Writing Proposal development and donor reporting for environmental research and NGOs
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

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.