Alejandro Jaimes

Alejandro Jaimes is a university student and socio-environmental activist from Bogotá, Colombia. Former member of Fridays for the Future Bogotá where he supported by budgeting financial support and making alliances for protests against the bureaucratic practices of local authorities and to demand the ratification of the Agreement of Escazú, as a tool to resolve environmental conflicts and improve governance and public participation in environmental discussions. It is part of the communitary conservation process of the El Burro Wetland to protect bodies of water, improve local climate adaptation, and address the loss of biodiversity in the city. He is also a facilitator in the Colombian Platform for Children and Youth, part of the communications team of the Regional Youth Network for Escazú, and Regional Coordinator for Latin America of ANGRY.