Mr Gustavo ALANIS-ORTEGA

Executive Director, Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) (Mexican Environmental Law Center

Executive Director, since August 1993 to date, Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA)

Lawyer from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Has a Masters Degree in International Law from the American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.

Was a member of the Board of Director of the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), 2001-2007.

Was a member of the Board of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and the Environmental Law Academy.

Teaches Environmental Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana Law School since January 1994.

Member of the Climate Change Council, Mexico.

Columnist for the newspaper El Universal.

Member of the Board of Director of the Water Advisory Board, Mexico.