Alfredo Careaga

Alfredo Alejandro Careaga (Mexico City, September 1, 1942) is a Mexican engineer, physicist, mathematician, conservationist and ecologist. He was the founder and general director of the Quintana Roo Research Center, AC (Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo, AC., CIQRO, today El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Chetumal Unit). He was responsible for coordinating the research and actions that led to the establishment of Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, the first and largest tropical protected area in Mexico. In 2004, he received the Presidential Ecological Merit Award in the individual category, for his contributions to the protection of natural resources and the sustainable management of the environment.

Alfredo Careaga

Alfredo Alejandro Careaga (Mexico City, September 1, 1942) is a Mexican engineer, physicist, mathematician, conservationist and ecologist. He was the founder and general director of the Quintana Roo Research Center, AC (Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo, AC., CIQRO, today El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Chetumal Unit). He was responsible for coordinating the research and actions that led to the establishment of Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, the first and largest tropical protected area in Mexico. In 2004, he received the Presidential Ecological Merit Award in the individual category, for his contributions to the protection of natural resources and the sustainable management of the environment.