Jessica Paola Melo Parra
Environmental engineer and lawyer. Teacher in environmental law and animal law. Founder and CEO at the Union for Animal and Environmental Protection (Asociación UPPAA -Unión Para la Protección Animal y Ambiental) NGO.
Environmental engineer, lawyer, specialist in human rights, administrative and constitutional law. Master's candidate in Nature Rights and Intercultural Justice.
Founder and CEO at the Union for Animal and Environmental Protection (Asociación UPPAA -Unión Para la Protección Animal y Ambiental) NGO
Spokeswoman for the Risaralda animal defense network (made up of 23 organizations).
President of the "Colombia Salvaje 2041" oversight
Has published articles and book chapters—on environmental and animal law topics:
- Evolution of the legal status of animal protection in Germany, the United States and Colombia. En Cuadernos de investigaciones Semilleros ANDINA”. Pereira N°7 Vol.7 octubre 2014. ISSN 2027-0232. https://revia.areandina.edu.co/index.php/vbn/article/download/843/707
- Evolution of the legal status of animal protection in Germany, the United States and Colombia. At book “Problemas contemporáneos del derecho en Colombia: una aproximación reflexiva”. 2016. ISBN: 9789588494968. https://digitk.areandina.edu.co/handle/areandina/861
- Link between the cultural constitution and the ecological constitution. At book “La Corte Ambiental- Expresiones ciudadanas sobre los avances constitucionales”. 2018.ISBN: 978-958-56503-1-2. https://co.boell.org/es/2018/11/16/la-corte-ambiental-expresiones-ciudadanas-sobre-los-avances-constitucionales#:~:text=A%20lo%20largo%20de%20los,jurisprudencia%20como%20la%20Constituci%C3%B3n%20Ecol%C3%B3gica.
- Legal-political protection of animals in Risaralda. At the book. Protección de los animales en Colombia: perspectivas jurídicas, políticas, económicas y en el territorio. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16925/978958760318
- Co-developer and manager of Pereira Municipal Agreement No. 38 of 2011 "Guidelines for the formulation of public policy on animal protection in the city of Pereira"