Diego is originally from Montevideo, Uruguay, and currently resides in Santiago, Chile. He joined Manomet Conservation Sciences in 2009 and serves as Policy and Governance Specialist. From the WHSRN Executive Office, he works to promote partnerships, coalitions, and agreements aimed at strengthening the effective conservation of shorebirds and their habitats. In Latin America, one of his main areas of focus has been strengthening governance capacity and supporting the participatory development of action plans for WHSRN sites.  

He has led participatory processes for the design and implementation of national shorebird conservation plans in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, as well as the development of a binational agenda between Chile and Argentina focused on the recovery and conservation of the Magellanic Plover. 

Before joining Manomet, he led the nomination process that resulted in Bahía Lomas being designated as a WHSRN Site of Hemispheric Importance. Located in Tierra del Fuego, Bahía Lomas represents the most important wintering site in South America for the   rufa Red Knot.  

Diego has extensive experience in governance processes, multi-stakeholder partnership building, and network development across issues related to biodiversity, energy, water, and climate change. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in the management of regional and technical cooperation projects, the design and facilitation of dialogue processes, and the delivery of specialized consulting services with institutions such as Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA), Chile’s National Petroleum Company (ENAP), Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), and the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI) of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. He is also an observer member of the Energy Task Force of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).