Jonathan González Quiel is an activist and defender of human rights and the environment in western Panama. He is currently a geographer and historian by profession and in the last 10 years has been supporting collective efforts seeking the conservation and protection of territories. Jonathan has also participated in the resistance process against hydroelectric generation companies in the Indigenous communities of Ngäbe, Bugle and Naso TerjDï. In recent years he has been affiliated with the Victoriano Lorenzo Movement (MVL), the National Network in Defense of Water in Panama (RNDA) and to the Movement of Dam Affected Peoples in Latin America (MAR).