Talk:Julio Cesar Centeno

Julio Cesar Centeno is a forestry specialist from Venezuela. He was one of the key negotiators of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, serving as spokesman for tropical countries. Forestry advisor to the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development [UNCED 92]. Director of the Latin American Forestry Institute between 1981 and 1991. Professor of the Graduate School of Forestry of the University of the Andes, Venezuela. Invested by Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands with the Golden Ark Award for his work in the forestry sector. Member of the first Board of Directors of the Forest Stewardship Council. Member of the Governing Board of the SGS Forest Certification program in the United Kingdom. Vice-Chairman of the TROPENBOS Foundation in The Netherlands 1994-2000. Visiting professor in the School of Forest Policy and Economics of the University of Vienna in 1999. Member of the advisory board for environmental affairs of PVDSA-BITOR, venezuelan oil company. International consultant in tropical forestry.