José Manuel's Bio

José Manuel Pérez, originally from Monclova Coahuila, Mexico, graduated from the University Antonio Narro, with experience in managing diversified ranches in the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León for more than 27 years.

 

While working with the conservation organization Pronatura Noroeste, José Manuel was responsible for the reforestation and restoration of degraded ecosystems in northeastern Mexico from 2003 to 2013 in the states of Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí, where he worked on more than 80 private estates and 25 ejidal (communal farms) restoring more than 40,000 hectares.
 

Currently, he serves as Conservation Director of Cuenca de Los Ojos, a Mexican non-profit organization that preserves biological corridors between Mexico and the United States, managing ranches that have been voluntarily contracted for conservation in the municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora.