Presentation given by Dr. Francisco Díaz Pineda within the framework of the Ibero-American Network for the Responsible Tourist Use of Natural Resources (RITA)

Francisco Díaz Pineda He is Professor of Ecology at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has been President of WWF-Spain (ADENA) since 1994, a founding member of the European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC) in Tilburg, Netherlands, and a member of its Scientific Council. He is also a member of the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome. Author of over one hundred publications and approximately sixty research projects, he has received the national Osborne Award (Nature Conservation), the National Environmental Studies Award (Grassland Erosion), the National Madrid City Council Award (Ecological Cartography), and the National Environmental Award in 2000.