Raul Vasquez Meza

Raúl is a Forestry Engineer graduated from the National University of Ucayali, with a master's degree in "Forests and Forest Resources Management" from the National Agrarian University La Molina, and postgraduate courses in "Community Management in Protected Wilderness Areas, Buffer Zones, and Biological Corridors" at CATIE, Costa Rica, as well as in "Development and Management of Secondary Forests," also in Costa Rica.

Additionally, he has a professional career spanning 29 years in forest resource management and conservation of biological diversity. He has worked as regional coordinator of Ucayali, national specialist for small forest producers, and specialist in forest administration II for the USAID-Pro Forests project, as well as director of programs for Pro-Purús.