HORACIO BONFIL SANCHEZ
Mexico City
Summary
Adapt me to different situations and environments, whether cultural or labor. To use my abilities at work, with a high sense of responsibility and commitment, to find creative solutions with my team. Create added value for my contractors. To help protect Mexican biodiversity and the environment. To promote and create new biodiversity conservation-related jobs. To help different efforts towards sustainability in my country and abroad.
Experienced program consultant with proven track record in managing and optimizing programs to achieve targeted outcomes. Skilled in strategic planning, process improvement, and stakeholder engagement. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability, and delivering measurable results. Adept at navigating complex challenges and driving initiatives forward.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Watershed Integrated Manage Program Consultant (PAMIC)
National Institute for Ecology and Climate Change (INECC)
01.2019
- Watershed Integrated Manage Program Consultant (PAMIC) for The National Institute for Ecology and Climate Change (INECC). In charge of the development of PAMIC’s Methodological Guide.
General Manager
Bioma, Estudios Ambientales, SC
01.2018
- Company Overview: A small Mexican Environmental Consulting Firm
- Partner and manager of Bioma, Estudios Ambientales, S.C. (a small Mexican Environmental Consulting Firm) and member of the Board of Valle de Bravo Basin Fund. As such, He worked with the State of Mexico Autonomous University on the new land-use planning for the Valle de Bravo Basin (as a Nature Protected Area) and four other municipalities in the Toluca Basin.
External Consultant
World Bank
01.2018
- World Bank’s external consultant in charge of social safeguards for the final proposal in the water sector (Cutzamala System Project).
Professor
National Autonomous University of Mexico
01.2016
- Professor at the Natural Resources College, Biology Department, School of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Teaches Natural Resources and land use planning.
Conservation adviser
Valle de Bravo Basin Fund
01.2025 - Current
- Valle de Bravo Basin Fund. Conservation adviser.
Environmental Director
Parque Natural La Cañada
01.2022 - Current
- Environmental Director of Parque Natural La Cañada, a private initiative to create a 100-hectare private park in Mexico City.
General Director for Forestry and Land
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
04.2019 - 11.2021
- General Director for Forestry and Land, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT, Federal Government Level). Top Federal Authority for Forestry Policies. Also, National is Responsible for the land-use change authorizations, and in charge of the evaluation and authorizations (if the case) of local, State, and Federal projects requiring land-use change (CUSTF). Responsible for technical opinions related to environmental impact assessment for major Government Projects such as trains, electricity, roads, and highways. Forestry policy. Legislation processes. Oversaw 150 people staff.
- April 2020-November 2021. In charge of the Vice Ministry of Management for the Environmental Protection Office, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Encargado del despacho, Subsecretaría de Gestión para la Protección Ambiental, SEMARNAT). General surveillance of themes such as environmental impact assessment, air quality, wildlife, and dangerous residues. Secretary of the Megalopolis Environmental Commission, which oversees air quality issues, mostly.
External Consultant
National Water Commission (Conagua)
01.2018 - 01.2019
- External consultant for the National Water Commission (Conagua). In charge of the Environmental Department to comply with environmental impact assessments and land-use change programs in the Texcoco Lake Region (engineering works associated with the New International Mexico City’s Airport).
Private Environmental Consultant
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Private Environmental Consultant; (environmental impact assessment; biodiversity studies and rural development and Watershed management, Land use change studies). National Water Commission and UNAM expert for the social participation in the Cutzamala System Watershed protection program.
President of the Board
Procuenca
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Company Overview: A local NGO in the State of Mexico
- President of the Board, Procuenca, a local NGO in the State of Mexico. The ONG works primarily in watershed conservation and restoration, rural energy, biodiversity conservation, and local capacity building.
Consultant
World Bank
01.2014 - 01.2015
- World Bank Consultant for the Cutzamala System Diagnosis (RAS for the development of improved management under Mr. Santiago Funes’s supervision). The Cutzamala system provides fresh water for 2 million people in central Mexico. Seven watersheds produce the water in a complex social and environmental scenario.
General Manager
Valle de Bravo Basin Fund
01.2001 - 01.2013
- Company Overview: Valle de Bravo Basin Fund is a non-profit organization.
- Responsibilities included, among others, general management of the organization, fundraising, project management, writing grants proposals, public relations, relations with Local, State, and Federal Governments, and public relations with other NGOs, academia, and the private sector; transparency and accountability; land, water, and biodiversity conservation projects; water and sanitation in poor rural communities; reforestation; development of a local environmental services payment scheme; productive projects for a transition towards sustainability; watershed management. Environment monitoring and, also, human resources management.
- 2600 families were provided with basic infrastructure including rain harvesting devices, dry toilets and improved wood stoves to reduce deforestation and greenhouse emissions. VBBF was able to sell carbon bonds for this.
- Represented Valle de Bravo Basin Fund in the finals (15 initiatives) of the Great Kyoto Water Prize in Istanbul, 2009, in the World Water Forum. In 2011, represented VBBF in Iniciativa México, ending among the 25 top finalists of a 57000 initiatives universe.
- Valle de Bravo Basin is covered by temperate forests. Pine trees and oak trees are common. In the Fund we work with rural communities and forest owners creating new income opportunities for the non-timber products, environmental services, carbon bonds, and rural tourism.
- As General Manager conducted works and efforts to obtain certification before Carbon Bonds for GHG emissions were reduced. The sale was done in 2017, after 4 years of training and monitoring.
Biodiversity Specialist
GEF-UNDP-SEMARNAT Unit
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Member of the Mexican team in charge of the development and design of biodiversity and climate change proposals for Global Environment Facility (UNO) financial support. Direct participant in GEF granted projects Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve and Three Priority Areas (Chinantla, Los Tuxtlas, and La Montaña) for a total of 23.5 million USD. Also, part of the team that developed the Mexican Biological Corridor and the Biological Conservation in Indigenous Lands in southern Mexico projects.
- Most of the GEF projects were oriented toward the sustainable use of natural resources in biodiversity hotspots for poverty alleviation.
Education
Economy of Tropical Rain Forest Course
National University Autonomous of Mexico
Summer Institute on Institutions, Population and Environmental Change
Indiana University
Bloomington, IndianaProject Evaluative Monitoring Course for result-oriented management approach and logical framework using SIMER
Latin America and Caribbean FAO Office
Course on Impact Assessment Evaluation: Making and Monitoring
University Program on Environment, UNAM
Masters in Business Administration - Business Administration with a focus on sustainability
Universidad del Valle de México
01.2025
Master’s in science - Ecology and Environmental Studies –A.B.D.
National University Autonomous of Mexico
01.1997
Biologist - undefined
National University Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM)
12.1995
Skills
- Skilled in reading, writing, and speaking English
- Strong scientific foundation
- Results-driven professional
- Effective multitasking
- Dependable performance
- Proficient in organization techniques
- Collaborative teamwork
- Adaptability to change
- Strategic decision-making
- Proficient in managing organizational structures
- Goal-oriented self-motivation
- Critical analysis
Timeline
Conservation adviser
Valle de Bravo Basin Fund
01.2025 - Current
Environmental Director
Parque Natural La Cañada
01.2022 - Current
General Director for Forestry and Land
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
04.2019 - 11.2021
Watershed Integrated Manage Program Consultant (PAMIC)
National Institute for Ecology and Climate Change (INECC)
01.2019
General Manager
Bioma, Estudios Ambientales, SC
01.2018
External Consultant
World Bank
01.2018
External Consultant
National Water Commission (Conagua)
01.2018 - 01.2019
Private Environmental Consultant
01.2017 - 01.2019
President of the Board
Procuenca
01.2017 - 01.2019
Professor
National Autonomous University of Mexico
01.2016
Consultant
World Bank
01.2014 - 01.2015
General Manager
Valle de Bravo Basin Fund
01.2001 - 01.2013
Biodiversity Specialist
GEF-UNDP-SEMARNAT Unit
01.1998 - 01.2000
Summer Institute on Institutions, Population and Environmental Change
Indiana University
Project Evaluative Monitoring Course for result-oriented management approach and logical framework using SIMER
Latin America and Caribbean FAO Office
Course on Impact Assessment Evaluation: Making and Monitoring
University Program on Environment, UNAM
Masters in Business Administration - Business Administration with a focus on sustainability
Universidad del Valle de México
Master’s in science - Ecology and Environmental Studies –A.B.D.
National University Autonomous of Mexico
Biologist - undefined
National University Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM)
Economy of Tropical Rain Forest Course
National University Autonomous of Mexico
References
Arturo, Argueta, Dr., ayruroa@gmail.com, Mexican Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources, Former Hierarchical Superior, Former Vice-Minister for Policy and Environmental Planning
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