Complejidad ambiental enrique leff biography

Mexican economist and sociologist

Enrique Leff (born 1946)^[1] is a Mexican economist, environmental sociologist and environmentalist.

He has written 25 books and 180 articles on political ecology, environmental sociology, environmental economics, environmental epistemology and environmental education.

Complejidad ambiental enrique leff biography pdf

He is regarded as one of the key environmental thinkers in Latin America.^{[citation needed]}

Background

After a degree in chemical engineering from UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in 1968.

Leff graduated with a Doctorat de Troisième Cycle in development economics from the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, in 1975.

Leff lectured at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) full-time from 1973-1986 before becoming coordinator of the Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (1986-2008) and coordinator of the Mexico City office of the Regional Office of Latin America and the Caribbean of