Patricia Torres joined the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption programme in Latin America in May 2025 as a Specialist, Corruption Prevention. She is based in Lima and works in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Patricia has 15 years of experience in the formulation and implementation of environmental public policies, with an emphasis on forestry and wildlife.

Before joining the Basel Institute, she worked as a specialist in the public sector (Organismo de Supervisión de los Recursos Forestales y de Fauna Silvestre, OSINFOR; and Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre, SERFOR) and in civil society, leading project implementation (Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, SPDA, among others). She has also provided consulting services to entities such as the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Basel Institute on Governance.

Patricia has actively participated in the formulation and approval process of Peru’s current Forestry and Wildlife Law and its regulations and guidelines. She has also contributed to the National Strategy to Reduce Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in Peru (2017–2027) and the associated Action Plan (2017–2022), among other policy instruments, in coordination with relevant national, regional and local stakeholders.

Patricia is a lawyer and holds a Second Specialisation Degree in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). She is a candidate for a Master’s Degree in Conservation of Forest Resources from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM). She has also undertaken specialised studies in public management (PUCP), diversified management of natural tropical forests (CATIE) and forest governance (University Wolverhampton), among others. She joined the Peruvian Bar Association in 2011.