Dr. Rafael Moreno-Sanchez has a bachelor degree in forestry from the Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico. He received his Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University in the USA. For the last 29 years Dr. Moreno has been working in the areas of Geographic Information Science and Technology and natural resources management, including the use of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications to create spatial models for the conservation and management of natural resources. He has research, teaching and administrative experience including: Researcher for the National Institute for Forest, Livestock, and Agriculture Research (INIFAP) in Mexico; Director of the National Center for Disciplinary Research in Conservation and Improvement of Forest Ecosystems INIFAP (Mexico); Post Doctoral Fellow with the Organization of American States—SEMARNAP in collaboration with the University of Western Ontario (Canada). He has been teaching full time since 1996 in the areas of natural resources management, sustainable development, and geographic information science and technology. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver.