Eduardo Valdes Velarde
Chapingo Autonomous University, Mexico
Biography
Eduardo Valdés Velarde is a Professor of Ecology in the Department of Plant Science of Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico since 2007. He is currently the Director of the Agroforestry Center for Sustainable Development at the same university. He has been a Teacher of high school, undergraduate and graduate students since 1997, lecturing more than 25 subjects. He has been the Director and thesis Adviser for more than 25 undergraduate and graduate students. He has given numerous lectures and courses-workshops in several universities in Mexico and Ecuador. He has been responsible for several research, cultural diffusion, service and technology transfer projects. His main lines of research focuses on the study of ecosystem services in mangroves, cacao and coffee plantations.