Jofre Rodrigo
Executive Director, Xarxa per a la Conservació de la Natura
Jofre is from Catalonia and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Girona, as well as a Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Foundations of Economic Analysis from the same university. Following his Master’s degree, he focused on professional environmental consultancy. He is currently executive co-director of the Xarxa per a la Conservació de la Natura (XCN). Established in 2003, XCN is a second-level organization composed of over 160 associations, foundations, city councils and enterprises working to foster land stewardship and environmental volunteering as a nature conservation strategy for Catalonia. A working group under XCN coordination facilitated, for the first time in Europe, the civil code regulation of land stewardship contracts in Catalonia. Currently, the Government of Catalonia is working together with the XCN to implement a public Register of Stewardship Agreements and a tax incentive framework for land stewardship.