RICARDO L. CALDERON or Ric to his friends and colleagues had graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry in 1985, and Masters in Forestry in 1991, both from the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

Currently, he is designated as the Assistant Secretary for Staff Bureaus of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), overseeing the activities and operations of the four (4) Staff Bureaus of DENR namely: the Forest Management Bureau (FMB), Land Management Bureau (LMB), Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) and the Ecosystem Research and Development Bureau (ERDB). He is also designated as the concurrent Director of the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the DENR.