The Directory

The offices of the institution.

The Embassy of Nature is governed through permanent offices with defined mandates. Authority resides in the office; those who hold it serve the institution, its mission, and the states and partners with which it works.

I · Office of the Founding President

Luis Felipe Fernández-Salvador y Campodónico

Founding President · Sixth Marquis of Lises

Luis Felipe Fernández-Salvador y Campodónico, Sixth Marquis of Lises, is the first Founding President of The Embassy of Nature. Explorer, filmmaker, and environmental activist, he directs the founding vision of the institution across every programme it undertakes.

His life of exploration began at fourteen, in the tradition of a family of adventurers. His expeditions, devoted to the preservation of indigenous cultures and hidden civilisations, span more than twenty-seven years and have shaped the conviction at the heart of the institution: that the natural world is a subject of diplomacy, not an object of consumption.

He led the sustainable restoration of the Hôtel Hérouet in Paris, seat of Casa Ecuador, and is the founder of Paracas Independent Films, where he developed “Fantastic Realism,” a genre uniting fiction and documentary. His films, among them A Son of Man and Waorani: Guardians of the Amazon, address pressing social and environmental questions.

Under his presidency, The Embassy of Nature was presented at the United Nations in 2023, was introduced to the world during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, staged Casa Ecuador at the 2025 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix — the first national pavilion of its kind in that arena — and announced the establishment of its permanent headquarters in Geneva.

Honours

Eduardo Kingman Award for Cultural Merit · 2018
Gentleman Awards · Man of the Year · 2019
Golden Millennium Award · United Nations SDG Festival · 2024, presented by Oliver Stone

II · Office of the Executive Director

Daniel del Valle Blanco

Executive Director

Daniel del Valle Blanco is the first Executive Director of The Embassy of Nature. Ambassador and diplomat, among the youngest to serve in United Nations fora, he directs the executive agenda of the institution and its alliances with states, institutions, and the private sector.

A Spanish jurist by training, he was accredited to the United Nations at the age of twenty as Attaché for Political and Youth Affairs at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta, and went on to serve as Ambassador and Permanent Observer to the United Nations of the International Youth Organisation for Ibero-America, representing a region of nearly one hundred and sixty million young people. He has presided over the UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board and has addressed the United Nations Security Council on the role of youth in peacebuilding.

He read law at the Real Centro Universitario El Escorial–María Cristina of the Complutense University of Madrid and holds a master’s degree in European Union–China relations from Rey Juan Carlos University. Within The Embassy of Nature, the Office of the Executive Director holds responsibility for the institution’s operations, its alliances, and the discipline of its execution.

Record of service

Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations · Attaché for Political and Youth Affairs
International Youth Organisation for Ibero-America (OIJ) · Ambassador and Permanent Observer to the United Nations
UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board · President
United Nations Security Council · Address on youth in peacebuilding · 2024
Serge Lazareff Prize, NATO · 2025

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