The ‘Sierra de las Nieves National Park’ has a new director

The board appoints renowned biologist Rafael Haro Ramos as director of the Sierra de las Nieves National Park and engineer Adriano Vázquez Mora as curator, reaffirming its commitment to nature. natural values ​​of the park and the conservation of biodiversity.

The Ministry of Sustainability and Environment of the Government of Andalusia has, as stated today by the BOJA, appointed the new responsible for the management of the Sierra de las Nieves National and Natural Park. The appointment belongs to Rafael Ángel Haro Ramos as director and Adriano Vázquez Mora as curator, who will direct the conservation and management work of this protected space of great ecological value.

The Sierra de las Nieves National Park is in good hands

Both positions, reporting to the Directorate General of Protected Natural Areas, reinforce the commitment of the Government of Andalusia to the conservation and sustainability of the environmentespecially an enclave as emblematic as the Sierra de las Nieves, recently elevated to the National Park category.

Rafael Angel Haro Ramos will assume responsibility for the management of the park. Immediately extensive experience in the field of environmental managementRafael Haro has a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Malaga (1982) and has more than 30 years of experience in various positions within public administration. Since 2005, he has been Director-Curator of the Montes de Málaga, Sierra de las Nieves, Alcornocales II and Grazalema II Natural Parks, establishing himself as a reference in the field of management of protected natural areas.

Moreover, Haro has played a key role in the transformation of the Sierra de las Nieves into a National Parkan effort recognized in 2021 with the Andalusian Flag of Environmental Merit. Its focus on the protection of ecosystems and its commitment to promoting sustainable tourism underlines its commitment to the balance between nature conservation and economic development.

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For his part, Adriano Vazquez Morawho takes on the position of curator, is a technical forestry engineer and forestry engineer with more than twenty years of service to the Andalusian government. In his recent experience, his work as Technical Advisor-Coastal and Marine Environment at the Natural Environmental Management Service at the Territorial Delegation for Sustainability and Environment of Malaga stands out.

It used to be that way director and deputy director of the INFOCA Provincial Operation Center in Malaga for more than six years, in the first, and more than eight years in the second. Likewise, between 2005 and 2007, he was technical advisor to the Tejeda-Almijara Natural Park.

Throughout his career Adriano Vazquez is linked to different campaigns preventing and extinguishing forest fires in the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz and Seville, which has given him an in-depth knowledge of the environmental challenges facing the autonomous community.

Both the biologist Rafael Angel Haro Ramos as a forestry engineer and forestry technician Adriano Vazquez Mora They will be tasked with… Sierra de las Nieves National Park, a better place for visitors, neighbors and its biodiversity.