Thursday, September 23, 2010

YOUTH LEADER SERIES


Lemuel Vega
Lemuel Vega was born and raised in México (Cozumel). He is working on his Bachelor of Biology at the Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal.  He is also working on his thesis at the Instituto the Ciencias del Mar y Limnoligia (UNAM).  Some of the groups associated with Mr. Vega include the Summit Foundation, The Sierra Club, GoJoven, IFSA, and The Michigan Flint University.  He started his work as a volunteer at the Fundacion de Parques Y Museos de Cozumel (FPMC) 7 years ago working with sea turtles, mangrove reforestation, environmental education, international day beach clean-up, reef fish identification, coral reef identification, crocodiles, etc.  In 2005 he attended the 1st International Youth Symposium on Biological Diversity held in Puerto Morelos, México. Then in 2009 he was one of the delegates at the Second International Youth Symposium on Biological Diversity held in Ottawa, Canada.  This year he attended the International Youth Conference in Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan and is presently preparing to attend COP10 next month. 

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