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= Ximena Vélez Liendo =

Ximena Vélez Liendo (7 March 1976, Oruro, Bolivia) is a bolivian conservation biologist whose work focus on the ecology of the Andean bear, known as jukumari in aymara language, and its conservation in Bolivia and the rest of South America. She is is Principal Researcher at grassroots NGO, PROMETA and has been co-chair of the Andean bear Expert Team, Bear Specialist Group International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2007.

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