Conservation Data & Policy Consulting

SAMANTHA M. LEE

Buenos Aires + Remote  ·  Spatial Data  ·  Biodiversity Finance  ·  Accountability

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

01
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
03
Grant Writing
Proposal development and donor reporting for environmental research and NGOs
04
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

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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