Secretariat Team

Nayari Diaz is a Belizean professional in the conservation sector with over 20 years’ experience in protected areas and biodiversity financing, particularly in grant management and project planning, development and implementation. She also has 6 years’ working experience in climate finance mobilization for Small Island Developing States. Additionally, Nayari also has expertise in Conservation Trust Fund administration and most recently served as the Executive Director of the Belize Protected Areas Conservation Trust, where her major achievements included raising the institutional profile of the Fund through accreditation to the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund and establishment of a climate finance work program along with strengthening of its conservation finance program. Throughout her extensive work, Nayari served on various national and regional Boards and Committees and has been actively engaging with private, public, civil society, and community-based organizations, both nationally and regionally as well as with multilateral and international institutions such as the World Bank, Green Climate Fund, Adaptation Fund, World Conservation Union (IUCN), German Development Bank (KfW), German Technical Cooperation Agency (GIZ), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and, the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), among others. She pledges continued commitment towards a sustainable future for people and the natural environment.