Galia Selaya is a Bolivian scientist with a Ph.D. in plant ecology and biodiversity. She is a researcher at the Forest Health Consortium-PRODIGY-BMBF project working with approaches to climate change in southwestern Amazonia through the lens of the theory of change. She focuses on anthropogenic drivers, wildfires, and climate change impacts on forests’ health and biodiversity functions in the tri-national region at the border of Bolivia (Pando), Peru (Madre de Dios), and Brazil (Acre). Previously, as a postdoc at the University of Florida, National Science Foundation project, she studied the synergetic dual economic and ecosystem services roles of species such as the Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa). Selaya conducts a multitemporal and multifactorial vegetation analysis from a network of permanent plots and remote sensing imagery. She works collaboratively with members of indigenous communities, forest dwellers, and stakeholders to monitor changes in forest carbon, productivity, and species resilience traits. She bridges participatory action research, scientific evidence, and citizen science for a diversified low-carbon emission economy and forest governance to address the anthropogenic and climate change threats to the Amazonian socio-ecological system. Her publication portfolio includes articles in ecology, society, and sustainability journals and multimedia outreach products for forest management and conservation.