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The key lies in restoring the functional integrity of ecosystems by ensuring biological connectivity, protecting key species, controlling human pressures, and promoting community involvement. “We are living on a new planet,” he points out, emphasizing that reserve design must anticipate extreme climate disruptions.

From the Institute of Ecology at UNAM, Gerardo Ceballos promotes an environmental education model that goes beyond the classroom, expanding into media, books, and campaigns, with the goal of connecting scientific knowledge with society and decision-making.

In times when information gets lost in digital trends, Dr. Ceballos’s written legacy stands as a beacon—guiding, educating, and calling us to action. His books not only document the life we are losing, but also invite us to restore it. They are a denunciation, yes, but also a proposal—a call to the ethical and collective duty of conserving what gives us life: nature.

In one of the most biodiverse countries in the world—Mexico—protecting the land is not just an ecological responsibility, but a national urgency. Mexican ecosystems harbor unparalleled natural wealth, yet they face mounting threats from climate change, deforestation, and unplanned development. In the face of this reality, Dr. Gerardo Ceballos understood from the very beginning that action was needed, and he has devoted his life to defending and conserving the country’s natural heritage.

“We are living in an emergency, but we act as if we have all the time in the world. We don’t. We are one or two decades away from crossing points of no return.”

His warning is not only directed at governments and institutions but also at citizens. The transformation, he insists, must be deep and collective.

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Like many in his community, Christian was a hunter. But fate took him down a different path: today, he trains tracking dogs for jaguar conservation projects. For seven years, he has worked with Dr. Gerardo Ceballos’s team, pioneers in using dogs as a non-invasive tool to study large felines. His dogs have helped track at least a dozen big cats in the Yucatán Peninsula.