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November 2006 |
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: Mario A. Ramos (1949-2006)
As many readers of “Talking Points” will have heard, our good colleague and friend, Mario A. Ramos, passed away on September 11, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Maria Isabel, his children, Mariano, Aurora and Ameyali, and his mother, Aurora Olmos de Ramos. At the time of his death, he held the position of Senior Environment Specialist and Acting Team Leader, Biodiversity, in the Global Environment Facility. Mario was born in Mexico in 1949. He held a Master’s in Zoology from the University of Minnesota, and was the first Mexican national to hold a doctorate in Ornithology. In Mexico, Mario held a variety of prestigious positions including Head of the Ornithology Program at the National Institute of Investigations of Biotic Resources and Director of the Faunistic Studies Program. He was a founder and President of the Mexican Neotropial Ornithological Society. Prior to joining the World Bank in 1991, he was a Senior Program Officer at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, DC. Mario brought passion, energy and caring to all his endeavors and will be remembered for his knowledge and dedication to biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. Tributes have poured in from far and wide, from the farthest reaches of the GEF network, praising Mario’s commitment to the ideals of the GEF and his multifaceted contributions to the cause of biodiversity conservation worldwide.
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