Claudio Garibay Orozco

Dr. Claudio Garibay Orozco serves as a Senior Researcher B at the Center for Research in Environmental Geography (CIGA), a research center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Morelia, Michoacán. He holds the prestigious National Researcher Level II recognition from Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNI), affirming his significant contributions to academic research.

His scholarly work spans environmental geography and historical analysis with two primary research lines: mining landscapes in Mexico and the semblance of environmental history, power, and territory in Mexico. This interdisciplinary focus examines how resource extraction shapes socio-ecological systems, territorial governance, and historical power structures, blending political ecology with geographical analysis of human-environment interactions.

Dr. Garibay Orozco has received the following scientific recognition:

• National Researcher Level II (SNI II)

He conducts research within UNAM's Center for Research in Environmental Geography (CIGA), which provides specialized infrastructure for geographical and environmental studies in western Mexico, supporting fieldwork, spatial analysis, and interdisciplinary collaboration on regional environmental challenges.