Since Fernando was little he had this passion and curiosity for the African wildlife. He grew up making books out of pictures from magazines and old books of African species and ecosystems like the savanna that he used to cut. He is passionate about wildlife documentaries, and once he saw for the first time the scene of a guepardo hunting he knew one day he will work in Africa contributing to conserve its amazing wildlife.

In 2004 Fernando discovered the amazing world of science of tracking while he was studying in Segovia (Spain). After the coming years he dedicated his life to protect the Spanish forests as a guard forest and firefighter.

In 2010, he decided to create his own brand, SERAFO (Servicio de Rastreo Forestal). Over the last 11 years Fernando has developed his knowledge, abilities and increase his experience internationally, and this has given him opportunities to track emblematic and endangered species worldwide. He had participated en diverse projects where the tracking of the specie was crucial to be able to locate it and study it like the Orinoco crocodile, Iberian amphibians or European mink. He also has created different scientific tramps and the tracking of exotic invasive species around all Europe.

Currently, he combined different techniques:

• Bosquimanos, using the system of evaluation Cybertracker Conservation.

• Patrol techniques he had learned from the native Americans Jicarilla Apache from New Mexico.

• The abilities gained in the Checa and Sikuani communities from the Plains of the Colombian Orinoco.

• Tracking techniques learned from

  • The natives Matsé from the amazonian Peruvian jungle,

  • The beréberes from the Sahara, and

  • The rangers of Caucasus of Armenia and Bulgaria.

Fernando not only combines ancestral techniques but uses his knowledge and capabilities in human tracking, as the methods of special forces and reconnaissance and intelligence. All in favor for the fight against poaching and for the investigation of environment crimes. This led him to contact the founders of Tactical Tracking (Tac-Track) of Rangers Survivalcraft which have a training with the best standards for human tracking in the world (Scott Donelan Tracking School of USA). He got Level II certification in the USA as a Tactical Tracker.

He is trained in emergencies, first aid and survival techniques, as well as veterinary clinic assistant and drone pilot. And has a huge experience as a trainer of different courses, as well as editing and publishing diverse manuals, guides and books of wildlife and human tracking.

All his energy, experience, and enthusiasm is towards conservation of species and their habitat, to protect what we have left and even to restore species and habitats that one day where there. Everything with a deep love and respect for nature and the abilities of tracking of those remanent indigenous communities from whom we have to learn how to live in harmony with our biodiversity.

Today, Fernando is head of Wildlife Tracking Department in different organizations, he is a trainer and co-funder of the Mediterranean School for Wildlife Tracking (EMERAF), he is the oficial guide tracker for the Original Nature Agency , and he is a member of the Spanish Geographic Society (SGE).

Recognition as Scientific Tracker in partnership with:

• The National Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Bulgarian Sciences

• Rewarded with the Jicarilla Apache tie in New Mexico (2018)