Puri Canals

Puri Canals Ventín is advisor at the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of the Government of Catalonia (CADS) and holds a PhD in Biological Sciences. She obtained her Degree in Biology from Universitat de Barcelona in 1986 and, since then, she has worked in various fields of study related to biological sciences with a social commitment in environmental issues such as the conservation of nature. She works as a lecturer at Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Since 2009, she is the president of the Mediterranean Network of Marine Protected Areas (MedPAN). Between 1994 and 2010, she was also the president of the DEPANA, Lliga per la Defensa del Patrimoni Natural (League for the Defense of Natural Heritage) and vice-president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 2020 she was awarded with the Creu de Sant Jordi award.