Eduardo Valdés Velarde is Professor of Ecology at the Department of Plant Scienceof Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico since 2007. 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. He is currently the Director of the Agroforestry Center for Sustainable Development of the Chapingo Autonomous University. His main lines of research focus on the study of ecosystem services in mangroves, coffee plantations and shrublands. Eduardo Valdés Velarde is Professor of Ecology at the Department of Plant Scienceof Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico since 2007. 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. He is currently the Director of the Agroforestry Center for Sustainable Development of the Chapingo Autonomous University. His main lines of research focus on the study of ecosystem services in mangroves, coffee plantations and shrublands.

Ecology, Plant Science