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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.

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

The Process Leading to Our 2019 Recommendations

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This post provides a brief discussion of the specific process that led to our 2019 charity recommendations. For a more detailed description of the process, please see our 2019 Evaluation Process page. For a general description of the process, please read our Evaluating Charities page. … Read more

Why is Welfare Biology Important?

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The issue of wild animal suffering has been highly neglected by society at large, including the scientific community. In this post Maria Salazar argues that fostering the formation of welfare biology as an academic field could be a promising strategy to help wild animals. She explores the potential benefits and challenges of creating this new academic discipline.  … Read more