Luis Espinel
Vice President, Conservation International-Peru
Luis is a member of the IUCN World Commission on protected areas and has been the executive director and vice president of Conservation International Peru since 2008. His areas of expertise range from forest inventories and agroforestry to protected area management. Since 1999 he has been responsible for managing the implementation of biological diversity and sustainable development conservation programs in the Peruvian Amazon. Luis graduated from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, specializing in forest management and conservation, where he is now a professor of tele-detection, forest measurement and forest management.
Luis is a member of the IUCN World Commission on protected areas and has been the executive director and vice president of Conservation International Peru since 2008. His areas of expertise range from forest inventories and agroforestry to protected area management. Since 1999 he has been responsible for managing the implementation of biological diversity and sustainable development conservation programs in the Peruvian Amazon. Luis graduated from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, specializing in forest management and conservation, where he is now a professor of tele-detection, forest measurement and forest management.