Renan Valega
Project Manager - Peru
Andes to Amazon Botany Program
BRIT - Peru
B.S., Agronomy, La Molina University (UNALM), Lima, Peru, Aug 1992
Renan
Valega has two decades of experience with many facets of science,
education, and conservation in Peru. He served as a naturalist guide in
Manu National Park in the 1980s. He then worked as a lead field
scientist in programs of environmental impact assessments throughout
the Madre de Dios River basin in Peru. He has traveled almost every
river in the region. His real speciality is ornithology and the birds
of Peru. He has just finished two manuscripts that are in review
involving bird species checklists for two important regions of Peru.
Renan
serves as Project Manager on the BRIT-Peru side and he is in charge of
logistics, communications, and planning from his base in Lima, Peru. He
is also involved in expeditions to the Andes-Amazon region of
southeastern Peru, with focus on the bird diversity and ecology of the
region. Renan also works directly with John Janovec and others to
develop and coordinate field biology courses for international groups
of students.
E-mail: ruqui@qnet.com.pe
Publications
John Janovec, Jason D. Wells, Renan Valega, Daniel Lam, Amanda K.
Neill, and Collaborators. Native Plant Species from the Peruvian
Amazon and their Potential in Ornamental Horticulture: A Case Study in
Madre de Dios, Peru
Valega, R. 2007. A bird survey in the Los Amigos Conservation Concession, Madre de
Dios, Peru. Cotinga, Newsletter of the Neotropical Bird Club.
Valega Rosas, Renán et al.
1998. La Zona Reservada de Tumbes. Biodiversidad y Diagnóstico
Socio-económico. Proyecto de Conservación de la Biodiversidad en la
Zona Reservada de Tumbes. The John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation y
el Fondo Nacional por las Áreas Protegidas por el Estado. 125-180.
Valega Rosas, Renán. 1998 . Plan de Manejo Ambiental y Salud Humana.
Alternativas sostenibles para minimizar impactos negativos en el medio
ambiente y la salud humana producidos por la actividad minera aurífera
en el Bosque húmedo tropical en el Departamento de Madre de Dios. UICN,
Comité de los Países Bajos. 26.
Valega Rosas, Renán et al.
1998. Ideas prácticas para mejorar la calidad de nuestro medio ambiente
y nuestras vidas. Publicación forma parte de del material educativo
elaborado para el Proyecto de Educación Ambiental en la Minería
Aurífera de Madre de Dios. UICN, Comité de los Países Bajos. 32.
Valega Rosas, Renán. 1999. Educación Ambiental para los Mineros
auríferos en el Bosque húmedo tropical de Madre de Dios, Perú. ANIA,.
90.
Valega Rosas, Renán. 2003. A Relic of a mangrove forest in San Pedro, Piura, Peru. Manuscript in review.
Valega Rosas, Renán. 2003. Observations of the Avifauna in the Centro
Río Amigos Biological Station, Concession for Conservation of Los
Amigos River Basin, Madre de Dios, Peru. Manuscript in review.
Field Experience
1987-1989:
Peru – Encharge of the Germoplasm Bank of the Programa de Investigación
de Hortalizas. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Genera
Lycopersicon, Cucurbita, Cyclanthera, Phaseolus and Capsicum.
1988-1995: Peru – Ecotourism Guide in Manu National Park and Bahuaja-Sonen e National Park .
Mar-Jun 1989: Peru – Cualitative and Cuantitative Inventory of
medicinal Plants in Madre de Dios, Peru. New York Botanical Garden.
1996-1997: Peru and Bolivia – Environmental Auditor in Oil Fields
Operations. Consultant in Environmental Assessment Programs in.
May 1996: Peru – Biodiversity Conservation Project of the Tumbes Reserved Zone. The John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation.
Mar-May 1996: Peru – Environmental Social Impacts in Oil Field
operations in madre de Dios, Peru. Mobil Oil and Conservation
International.
1998-1999: Peru – Environmental Education for small scale gold miners In the Madre de Dios, Peru. UICN.
Jan 2000-May 2002: Peru – Avifauna studies of the Centro Río Amigos Biological Station. Concession for Conservation ACCA.
Oct 2002-Mar 2003: Peru – Biodiversity diagnosis of a relic mangrove
forest in San Pedro, Piura, Peru. Asociación Manglares del Sur.
Jul-Oct 2003:Peru- Avifauna studies of the Wayquechas Biological Station ACCA, Cusco, Peru.
Oct 2003: Peru – Proposal for a Municipal Conservation Area for the
relic mangrove forest of San Pedro, Piura. Asociación Manglares del Sur.
Dec 2003-Jan 2004:Peru– Proposal for a Diagnosis of a Conservation area
in the tropical pacific coast of Peru. Asociación Manglares del Sur.
May-Jun 2004: Peru – Cucurbitaceae Diversity in Peru. New York Botanical Garden.