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BIOGRAPHY
Jorge Soberon
Director CONABIO, Mexico
CONABIO
Liga Periferico - Insurgentes
Sur 4903
Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, D.F. 14010
Mexico
+52 (5) 528-9102
+52 (5) 528-9231 Fax
jsoberon@xolo.conabio.gob.mx
Jorge Soberon is a Biologist trained at UNAM, Mexico. PhD. from Imperial
College, London University, currently seconded from the Institute of Ecology
of the National University of Mexico to act as Executive Secretary of
Mexico's National Commission on Biodiversity. As such, he is in charge
of programs related to inventorying Mexican biodiversity and computerization
of collections in Mexico and abroad. His published research includes papers
on mathematical ecology, insect ecology, conservation biology and biodiversity
informatics, as well as many science popularization publications and technical
reports to different bodies. For three years he was a member of the Scientific
and Technical Advisory Panel to the GEF. He has represented Mexico in
the COP of Biodiversity, CITES, NABIN, IABIN and GBIF.
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