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Maria Salazar

About Maria Salazar

Maria initially joined ACE as a research intern in September 2017 and was excited to rejoin ACE as a Researcher in July 2019. She holds a bachelor’s degree in ecology and a master’s degree in applied and professional ethics, and has several years of experience managing and developing outreach and research projects at local and international animal advocacy charities.

Prioritizing Between Farmed and Wild-Caught Fishes

by and - 4 minute read

There are various ways animal advocates can help fishes: In this blogpost we use the scale, tractability, and neglectedness framework to prioritize between farmed and wild-caught fishes. While interventions to decrease animal consumption or increase the availability of animal-free products can help both farmed and wild-caught fishes, prioritizing between the two can help determine how to improve fish welfare most effectively.

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Comparison Chart of our 2021 Recommended Charities

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To allow our readers to quickly compare our recommended charities, we’ve produced a chart that provides key information about each of our Top and Standout Charities. This is intended to give you a sense of what our recommended charities do, what makes them so promising, … Read more

Some Thoughts About Building Alliances With the Environmental Movement

by and - 7 minute readCross-posted to Effective Altruism Forum

Interventions aimed at advancing the goals of a particular social movement can affect other social movements in different ways. When it comes to interventions aimed at transforming animal agriculture systems and influencing dietary changes, promoting silvopastoral systems and plant-based diets might help build alliances between the farmed animal advocacy and environmental movements. … Read more