Álvaro Enríquez-de-Salamanca has a degree in forest engineering (1991) from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and a MSc (2009) and a PhD (2017) in environmental science from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. He has participated in numerous conferences, published books and papers, worked as a lecturer and associate professor and also develops his career as an environmental consultant for 27 years, most of them in his own company. He is an assistant Professor at the Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Universidad Complutense University of Madrid.