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Dr. Rosa V├бsquez Espinoza is a chemical biologist, author, conservation leader and National Geographic Explorer leading the global movement protecting wild pollinators and the Amazon. Raised between the Peruvian Andes and the rainforest, she bridges cutting-edge science with ancestral knowledge to drive real-world environmental change.
Her work has achieved the worldтАЩs first legal recognition of an insectтАЩs rights, inspired national and local conservation laws, increased the value of native honey by over 500%, and helped launch new models for positive nature-based economies across Indigenous territories.
Rosa is the Founder and Executive Director of Amazon Research Internacional, working across the Amazon basin to protect biodiversity, empower communities and build climate resilience. Her leadership has been recognised by BBCтАЩs 100 Most Influential Women (2024), the UNESCOтАУAl Fozan Prize for Young Scientists, PeruтАЩs Order of Merit тАУ the nationтАЩs highest civilian honour, and the New Explorer Award from The Explorers Club (2025).
Dr. Rosa V├бsquez EspinozaтАЩs work has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, CNN, CBS News, National Geographic and People Magazine, and she has appeared in major international documentary projects with the BBC, ARTE, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and Disney.
Rosa has collaborated with global brands and institutions including NASA, Boeing, PepsiCo, Garnier, and Sea-Doo, and has delivered keynote addresses and panel discussions across the UK (including University of Oxford and TEDx London Global Idea Search 2025), USA, Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Peru and Colombia.
Dr. Rosa V├бsquez Espinoza is based in the UK and works internationally. She is the author of тАЬThe Spirit of the RainforestтАЭ (2025) and is available for keynotes, panels, executive events, media appearances, TV projects and select brand partnerships, delivering talks in English and Spanish.
