ANGEL ENRIQUE
SALVO TIERRA

Algeciras, Spain (1957) Graduated in Science from the University of Granada in 1979. Since 1980 he has been a lecturer at the University of Malaga, where he obtained his PhD in 1982. His doctoral thesis was awarded the Special Prize for Doctoral Thesis. As an environmental expert, he has published a dozen books and more than a hundred articles in specialised journals. Initially, his research focused on pteridology, with the book 'Guía de los helechos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares' and several articles on fern biogeography. He worked on this subject in several floras, such as those of western Andalusia, the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco and Paraguay. In a second phase, he dedicated his research to urban environmental issues, especially indicators and the elaboration of Local Agendas 21, taking as a reference the recommendations of the Rio'92 Summit. Since 1987, he has been in various positions of responsibility in the university, local, regional and national administrations, in relation to land use planning and infrastructures. In a third phase, after returning to the University in 2012, he has dedicated his research in particular to the impact of the climate crisis on flora, vegetation and land use, as well as its mitigation through nature-based solutions and green infrastructures. Since 2019, he is director of the Chair of Climate Change at the UMA. He has also been awarded the following prizes Málaga Viva 2021 for the fight against climate change in its MAR modality, in recognition of his meritorious trajectory of research, academic experience and dissemination in the mitigation and impact of climate change; Ibn Luyun 2023 Prize from the Andalusian Gardening Association for his trajectory in the scientific field, management and dissemination of gardening and urban green spaces.