BSc Human Sciences & Law, MSc Comp Law & IP (Catholic Uni Peru)

Mr. Manuel Ruiz Muller is a lawyer who has been practising environmental and development law and policy since 1990. At present, he serves as an informal advisor and researcher for SPDA and is also a freelance international consultant working on climate change, development and conservation for different institutions. Mr. Ruiz was Director of the International Affairs and Biodiversity Program of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) from 2004-2015. After completing his master studies, he coordinated and lectured in the International Environmental Law course of the Diploma on Natural Resources and Environmental Law from 2009-2016. Mr Muller was a Darwin Fellow at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1998-99 and in Botanic Gardens Conservation International in 2018. Mr. Ruiz has been a consultant in many countries and regions of the world and worked with institutions such as FIELD, FFLA, CEPAL, FIAN, KAS, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP, FFLA, IDB, ICTSD, IUCN, GIZ, South Center, Andean Community, FAO, UK Food Group, IPGRI, World Resources Institute, WIPO, among others.

His activities have included legal and policy research, capacity building, project development and management, and technical assistance in a broad range of issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, agrobiodiversity, trade and the environment, intellectual property, rural development, indigenous peoples, technology and biotechnology, biosafety, traditional knowledge, protected areas, marine conservation and fisheries, among others.