Dr. Fernando Héctor Roca Alcázar is a Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and member of the National Academy of Sciences of Peru and the Geographical Society of Lima.

He holds a M.A. degree in Theology from the Faculté Pontificale de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus, France, and a Ph.D. degree in Social Anthropology with specialization in Ethnobiology from the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France.

Dr. Roca is the author of several books and research on Communications, Ecology, Botany, Ethnobotany, Amazonia and Sustainable Development.

“For our planet, the Amazonian basin means high biodiversity and a genetic bank, ancient indigenous people with their traditional knowledge, hope for the new people that are growing or arriving there and the challenge to create new ways of sustainable development in a very complex ecosystem of forests and water.”