Katherinne Mora is MSc. in Environment and Development and Ph.D candidate in the History Department at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her dissertation examines the adaptation strategies employed by farmers and herders of the Bogota Plateau (Colombia) to coexist with climate variability during the 18th and 19th centuries. Her research interests are the Climate History of pre-instrumental periods and the Agrarian History of Colombia from an environmental perspective. She is a member of the Sustainable Farming Systems Project.