Luana Poliseli holds a PhD in HIstory Philosophy and Science Teaching. She worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology / Inter- and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (INCT/INTREE) of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She is also a researcher involved in the ERC project ‘Local Ecological Knowledge’ coordinated by David Ludwig of the Wageningen University.