Victor is an Agroforestry Engineer with a Master’s degree in Tropical Agroforestry and a PhD in Agricultural Sciences. He has been a research professor in the Agroforestry Engineering Program at the Technological University of Chocó, Colombia for 21 years and leads the Agroforestry Research Group of the Humid Tropics of Chocó (AGROTROPICO). As a professor, he has trained more than 300 students in Analog Forestry. As a researcher, he has participated in research and development projects including the implementation of Agroforestry Systems (AFS) and quantification of carbon fixation and storage in forests and AFS. He is currently formulating a project to implement analog forests as a strategy for recovering areas degraded by mining and for biodiversity conservation.