Ernesto Enkerlin

Infobox Scientist


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name = Ernesto Enkerlin
birth_date = 14 December 1958
birth_place = Monterrey, N.L., Mexico citeweb | author = José Luis Olin | publisher = Ciencia y Desarrollo (CONACYT) | title = Conservacionista siempre | url = http://www.conacyt.mx/comunicacion/Revista/Entrevista/Entrevista_188.html | language = Spanish | accessdate = 2008-06-02 ]
residence = Mexico City, Mexico
nationality = Mexican
field = Biodiversity stewardship
work_institution = Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Earth Institute (Columbia University)
alma_mater = Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Texas A&M Universityciteweb | author = Ángeles Castellanos | publisher = CNN Expansión | title = El protector de la biósfera mexicana | url = http://www.cnnexpansion.com/actualidad/2007/11/01/el-campeon-de-la-diversidad | date = 2007-11-01 | language = Spanish | accessdate = 2008-06-02 ]
doctoral_advisor = Jane M. Packard citeweb | author = Biodiversity Stewardship Lab (Texas A&M University) | title = About us | url = http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jpackard/about.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-02 ]
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prizes = Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation (UNESCO, 2005) citeweb | author = UNESCO | title = Australian Marine Park Authority and Mexican Ecologist Receive 2005 Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Protection | url = http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28293&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | date = 2007-07-05 | accessdate = 2008-06-02 ]
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Ernesto C. Enkerlin Hoeflich (b. 14 December 1958 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a prominent Mexican conservationist and researcher specialized in parrots' ecology and biodiversity stewardship. His efforts at the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas of Mexico, which he presides since 2001, have been distinguished with the 2005 Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation by UNESCO.

Enkerlin holds a bachelor's degree in Agricultural and Zootechnics Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM, 1980) and a doctorate degree from Texas A&M University at College Station (1995). He has also worked as a research professor at the Center for Environmental Quality (ITESM) and as an adjunct research scientist for the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, in the United States. citeweb | author = Earth Institute (Columbia University) | title = Directory of Faculty and Staff | url = http://www.earth.columbia.edu/eidirectory/displayuser.php?userid=245 | accessdate = 2008-06-02 ]

As a conservationist, Professor Enkerlin has worked for several NGOs and co-founded "Pronatura Noreste" before joining the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas by presidential appointment. During his tenure, the Commission has incorporated five new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves and has protected more than 52 wetlands under the Ramsar Convention.

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NAME = Enkerlin, Ernesto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Enkerlin Hoeflich, Ernesto
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mexican conservationist laureated by Unesco
DATE OF BIRTH = 14 December 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH = Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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