Co-chair of the IIFB
Regional Coordinator for LAC
Guatemala – Maya Kaqchikel
Francisco Ramiro Batzín Chojoj is Maya Kaqchikel, from Guatemala. He is Specialist in Environmental and Social Management, he completed the Masters course in Local Environment Management and holds a Bachelors’ in Communications Science. His expertise lies in natural resources, biodiversity, forests, communal lands, protected areas, traditional knowledge, risk management and climate change, consulting and participation. Francisco Ramiro Batzín Chojoj is Executive Director of Asociación Sotz’il, vice-president and advisor to the IUCN and member of the Guatemala National Council on Climate Change.