Biologist, with postgraduate degrees from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and other major European universities. Former Scientific Coordinator and Head of the Scientific Unit of the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Distinguished with several international awards, such as Leader in Conservation, awarded by the IVth International Congress on Wildlife Management in Amazonia and Latin America. Menghi collaborates with many European universities and regularly offers seminars and conferences on practicing sustainability at the governmental level, in different countries.