Enrique Alonso García

Counsellor of State Head of the Division of Innovation & Science and Environmental, Rural & Marine Affaires Consejo de Estado Sección Octava c/Mayor 79 Madrid 28071 Phone: 34-91 5166208 enrique.alonso@consejo-estado.es

Enrique Alonso García has lived, taught and conducted research

extensively at both sides of the Atlantic. Former Professor of Law and UNESCO Chair for the Environment, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, he now only participates occasionally and exceptionally in congresses, seminars, workshops, conferences or professional courses.ExVisiting Lecturer, Harvard Law School, exResearcher of the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS, Yokohama), Ex-Director General of Nature Conservation in Spain, Professor Alonso was head of the National Fish & Wildlife, National Parks, National Forests, and National Marine Sanctuaries Services. He has also been Senior Of Counsel at Baker & McKenzie, and Chief Negotiator for the Spanish Government and the EU on international environmental conventions.

In the area of public health, Prof Alonso is an expert on the regulation of infectious disease zoonoses and public health as well as in wildlife epidemiology. He has been member of the highest supervisory board on food safety and on biomedical research, in particular for the regulatory requirements concerning the establishment and control of biobanks, and of risk analysis methodologies for dangerous substances. He has also, as member of the commission analyzing claims asking for compensation for damage caused by drugs and /or by medical malpractice, set up the standards for informed consent of medical treatments and of clinical trials. He has actively participated in the international negotiations addressing the connections between loss of biodiversity and public health (Convention of Biological Diversity, FAO....), including GMO related risk evaluation systems (Cartagena Protocol) and the establishment of the international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (Bonn Guidelines and Nagoya Protocol).

He has been member of several expert committees of the European Commission for the evaluation of life and of health sciences reserach projects applying for funding.

Other Affiliations

His occasional and exceptional participation in congresses, seminars, workshops, conferences or professional couses still allow him to maintain affiliations with:

- the Monterey Institute of International Studies (California),

- the Marshall-Whythe School of Law of the College of William & Mary (Virginia),

- the Friends of Thoreau program of the Franklin Institute of North American Studies of the University of Alcalá (Spain).

He is also the leader of Working Package 4 (Governance, legal issues, financing and open Access-IPRs) of CReATIVE-B, the consortium for the Coordination of Research e-Infrastructures Activities Toward an International Virtual Environment for Biodiversity (Universiteit van Amsterdam UvA Netherlands; Cardiff University, United Kingdom; MAAT France, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR Italy; Comunitá Ambiente, Italy; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, France; DataOne, USA; CRIA - Reference Centre on Environmental Information, Brazil; Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; ALA - Atlas of Living Australia; SANBI – South Africa National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa; GBIF – Global Biodiversity Information Facility and GEOSS/GEO BON – GEO Biodiversity Observation Network).

Selected Publications His most recent publications in this area include Tratado de Derecho Alimentario, Ed Aranzadi 2011 (co-author); International Environmental Law: Handbook with Cases and Materials for American Lawyers (3d ed, 2009, URJC Pub) or "Legal Regulation of Risk Analysis and Genetically Modified Foods", and "Risk Analysis and GM Foods: Scientific Risk Assessment", in European Food and Feel Law núm.4, 2009 (Co-author).

Education Certified Environmental Manager, Bentley University, MA; J.D. Complutense University of Madrid; LL.M., University of Virginia; S.J.D., Complutense University of Madrid.