Socio-ecosystems lab: Building science for sustainability in a changing world
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Global Change · Resilience · Natural capital · Ecosystem services · Functional diversity · Adaptive governance · Environmental justice
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paloma.alcorlo@uam.esMi actividad investigadora principal se centra estudiar el efecto de las especies invasoras en la estructura y funcionamiento de los ecosistemas acuáticos mediterráneos, especialmente el debido al cangrejo rojo. Me interesa especialmente estudiar las características ecológicas tienen las especies invasoras para entender mejor cómo y cuándo colonizan los nuevos ecosistemas a los que llegan con el objeto de poder adoptar estrategias y recomendaciones adecuadas para llevar a cabo su gestión. Considero que debe existir un buen intercambio de información entre los investigadores y los gestores para afrontar el impacto de las invasiones biológicas, que están siendo uno de los principales agentes erosionadores de la biodiversidad de nuestros ecosistemas. Otras áreas de la ecología, en las que tengo interés, están relacionadas con la ecotoxicología, estudiar los efectos de la contaminación por metales pesados en nuestros ecosistemas acuáticos, o en la aplicación de isótopos estables para estudiar la estructura trófica de los ecosistemas o la migración de las especies.
Alteraciones de la resiliencia ecológica de un ecosistema de marisma mediterránea (marismas de doñana) mediadas por la presencia de una especie invasora, el cangrejo rojo americano (Procambarus clarkii). Entidad financiadora: CICYT.Dirección General de Investigación, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. (2006- 2009). IP: Carlos Montes
Impacto del cangrejo rojo americano (Procambarus clarkii) en el Parque Nacional de Doñana: efectos sobre las comunidades de productores primarios y capacidad de transferencia hacia niveles superiores de las cadenas tróficas’
Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales. (2004-2007). IP: Carlos Montes
91 497 89 13 jose.gonzalez@uam.esMy current research focuses on the study of the major factors that determine resilience in complex social-ecological systems, and the development of adaptive co-management responses to promote a transition to sustainability in those systems. The links between natural capital, ecosystem services and human well-being, along with the analysis of environmental aid and North-South ecological-distribution conflicts, are also other research topics in which I have been working extensively during the last years.
91 497 80 97 cesaragustin.lopez@uam.esI spent most of my research efforts investigating the landscape role as the vivid experience of our social-ecological system, clue for adaptive human attitudes to the environment. In addition, I worked in consulting to the Environmental Impact Assessment on the Landscape, developing and applying participatory methodologies. Five years in the University Centre for Public Health of Madrid Regional Community, allowed me to work in evaluation of effects on human welfare and health of various environmental pressures linked to ecological change (such as air pollution, noise, waves heat or work stress). After a clear mission for conducting research to action, I took part and led various participatory processes of community planning in Municipal Health Plans (project "Healthy Cities", W.H.O.). Currently, my work objectives are focused on landscape as interface between ecosystems and society, fundamental for human welfare and a key tool to evaluate and promote sustainability.
Participatory design of landscape for sustainable rural tourism in Caño Negro, Costa Rica. Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. 2010
Urban ecology in metropolitan regions of Brazil: landscape, quality of life and human development (ECOURBE). National Plan I + D + i, Ministry of Science and Innovation. 2010-2012.
Landscape Quality Assessment on Urban Ecosystems of Brazil. " Inter-University Cooperation Project-Banco Santander UAM Latin America (CEAL). 2009-2011.
Economic assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services associated with transhumant movements along the Conquense Royal Drove: implications for the management of Mediterranean agro-ecosystems in the face of global change. Ministry of Environment, 2008-2010.
91 497 67 25 berta.martin@uam.esMy research has mainly focused on looking for ecological, social, and economic dimensions regarding the assessment of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity. Regarding the ecological dimension, we focused our research in the relationships between functional diversity and ecosystem services supply. We also evaluate the role of environmental behavior, social networks and local knowledge on the social perception of the ecosystem services importance. Regarding the economic dimension, we analyze the weakness and strengths of the economic valuation techniques for estimating the monetary value of ecosystem services.
91 497 80 43 emilio.menendez@uam.esHa realizado actividades profesionales de ingeniería y desarrollo tecnológico durante treinta años en la industria básica y el sector de la energía, en españa y América Latina. Es profesor honorario del dpto de Ecología de la UAM desde 2002.Estudia cuestiones de desarrollo social, económico y tecnológico en aspetos relacionados con el sistema energético y su incidencia ambiental y social,en particular cambio climático y desarrollo de las energías renovables.
91 497 67 80 mateo.aguado@uam.esMy main interests involve dealing with the links between environmental sustainability and human well-being. In this line, my research focuses on the socio-ecological and multi-scalar development and study of development and human well-being indicators, as well as on environmental impact and ecosystem´s state indicators. From their international analysis emerge disturbing readings that transcend to other study areas, which also form part of my research interest field, such as the development cooperation aid politics, the North-South ecological-distribution conflicts, the ecological economics and the political ecology.
91 497 67 81 marina.garcia@uam.esMy research is focused on the links between ecosystem functioning and human well-being through the analysis of ecosystem service providers (functional diversity) taking into account how beneficiaries use, enjoy or value the ecosystem services. In addition, I am interested on: the impacts of drivers of change (land-use change and invasive alien species) in the delivery of services and disservices to different stakeholder groups, the role of landscape as a bridge between nature and society, and the different values attached to biodiversity conservation.
Methodologically, my research integrates monetary and non-monetary valuation techniques such as the stated preferences, social perceptions analysis, and the analysis of biodiversity from an ecological perspective. My ultimate goal is to operationalize the ecosystem service approach from a multidimensional view (biophysical, economic and socio-cultural) in environmental policy making.
91 497 80 08 anap.garcia@uam.esMy research interest emerged since I would like to make visible the invisible aspects from ecosystems (those tangible and/or intangible contributions), through the ecosystem service approach as a fundamental tool (an integrative framework) that possess multiple disciplines (from both biophysical and social sciences). Nowadays, my research focuses on spatial analysis of ecosystem services, from providing units to beneficiaries. My principal interest is to develop robust methodologies which include multiple variables (based on participatory mapping, cartographic base, theorical models, interviews and surveys) to map the supply and demand dimensions. The main purpose is to conduct a deep analysis to achieve explicit spatial results in order to deal with relevant scientific questionsa as well as to design specific conservation measures which incoporate whole socioecosystems dimensions.
Effect of land management on biodiversity and landscape capacity to provide ecosystem services to society: evidence from three social-ecological systems, Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (2012-2014).
91 497 80 08 erik.gomez@uam.esMy research covers various topics in environmental sciences, with an emphasis on the fields of ecological economics and political ecology. The core of my research is integrated assessment of ecosystem services, including biophysical accounts, valuation in economic and non-economic terms, and design of incentive systems for their protection such as Payments for Ecosystem Services. I have also conducted extensive research on resilience and adaptive capacity in social-ecological systems, with an emphasis in the assessment of knowledge, practices and institutions that enhance the capacity of communities to deal with disturbance. In relation to political ecology, I have analyzed critically the commodification of nature and examined distributional conflicts from unequal access to ecosystem service benefits across spatial and temporal scales.
Gómez-Baggethun, E., Barton, D.N., 2013. Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning. Ecological Economics In press: DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.08.019.
Gómez-Baggethun, E., Reyes-García, V., Olsson, P., Montes, C. 2012. Traditional ecological knowledge and community resilience to environmental extremes. A case study in Doñana, SW Spain. Global Environmental Change 22: 640-650.
Luck, G.W., Chan, K.M.A., Eser, U., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Matzdorf, Norton, B., Potschin, M.B. 2012. Ethical Considerations in On-ground Applications of the Ecosystem Services Concept. BioScience 62: 1020–1029.
Calvet-Mir, L., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Reyes-García, V. 2012. Beyond food production: Home gardens' ecosystem services. A case study in Vall Fosca, Catalan Pyrenees. Ecological Economics 74: 153–160
Gómez-Baggethun, E., Alcorlo, P., Montes, C. 2011. Ecosystem services associated with a mosaic of alternative states in a Mediterranean wetland: Case study of the Doñana Marsh (southwest Spain). Hydrological Sciences Journal 56: 1374–1387.
Gómez-Baggethun, E., Ruiz-Pérez, M. 2011. Economic valuation and the commodification of ecosystem services. Progress in Physical Geography 35: 613-628.
Gómez-Baggethun, E., Mingorría, S., Reyes-García, V., Calvet, L., Montes, C., 2010. Traditional ecological knowledge trends in the transition to a market economy: Empirical study in Doñana natural areas. Conservation Biology 24:721-729.
Gómez-Baggethun, E., de Groot, R., Lomas, P., Montes, C. 2010. The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice: from early notions to markets and payment schemes. Ecological Economics 69: 1209-1218.
91 497 80 08 violeta.hevia@uam.esMy main interests are focused on the study of the conservation status of the different biophysical variables related to service providing units. In particular, in recent years, my research has been framed on a project on the services generated by ecosystems linked to transhumance in the Conquense Drove Road, in which I analyzed the conservation status of the drove road, and functional diversity with ants as indicator taxon. Following this line, my current research focuses on addressing the analysis of functional diversity through the study of various organisms as a tool for evaluating biodiversity in three Mediterranean socio-ecological systems.
Degree in Environmental Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid(UAM), 2005-2010.
MSc in Environmental Sciences“Infuence of a drove road in agricultural environments on the ant diversity”, Ecology Department at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 2010-2012.
Effect of land management on biodiversity and landscape capacity to provide ecosystem services to society: evidence from three social-ecological systems, Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (2012-2014).
Hevia, V., teros-Rozas, E., Zorrilla, P., González, J.A., Rubio, J.L. In press. Análisis del estado de conservación de la Cañada Real Conquense: implicaciones para el mantenimiento de la trashumancia. Memorias del II Congreso Nacional de Vías Pecuarias, TRAGSEGA- Junta de Extremadura.
91 497 80 08 irene.iniesta@uam.esMy research interests are mainly related to collective action and the management of social-ecological systems. I’m particularly interested in interdisciplinary fields such as social network analysis, local ecological knowledge and commons studies and I’m also keen on gender studies. My research has mainly focused on water management in semi-arid areas of Southeastern Spain. In my doctoral dissertation I study the role of local institutions and organisations in watershed management.
García-Llorente, M., Martín-López, B., Iniesta-Arandia, I., López-Santiago, C.A., Aguilera, P.A., Montes, C. The role of multi-functionality in social preferences toward semi-arid rural landscapes: An ecosystem service approach. Environmental Science & Policy 19-20: 136-146.
Martín-López, B., Iniesta-Arandia, I., García-Llorente, M., Palomo, I., Casado-Arzuaga, I., García Del Amo, D., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Palacios-Agundez, I., Willaarts, B., González, J.A., Santos-Martín, F., Onaindia, M., López-Santiago, C.A., Montes, C,. 2012. Uncovering ecosystem services bundles through social preferences. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38970.
Rico García-Amado, L., Ruiz Pérez, M., Iniesta-Arandia, I., Dahringer, G., Reyes,F., Barrasa, S. 2012. Building ties: social capital network analysis of a forest community in a biosphere reserve in Chiapas, Mexico. Ecology and Society 17(3): 3.
91 497 80 08 sara.mingorria@gmail.comMy main interests are the study of the accelerated rural changes and their relation to human wellbeing. My research focuses on land grabbing and land concentration conflicts in Southern countries. In my doctoral dissertation, on one hand, I analyse the social-environmental conflicts over palm oil and sugar cane expansion in Guatemala and the social-economic implications at household level of indigenous communities, and on other hand, the collective action and adaptive strategies developed by communities living in these territories. I carried out my fieldwork in Guatemala for three years backed by the Catalan Cooperation Agency (ACCD in Spanish) and an agreement between the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Institute of Agrarian and Rural Studies in Guatemala (IDEAR-CONGCOOP in Spanish). Methodologically my aim is to integrate qualitative and quantitative tools using an action-research framework. I want, to contribute to wider environmental justice and complex system debates http://ruralsystems.org
Mingorría, S., Gamboa, G., Alonso-Fradejas. 2011. "Mak'a kutan re hilank'” No hay días sin descanso. Cuadernos de Centroamérica.
Gamboa, G., Mingorría, S. 2010. Políticas de desarrollo rural y relaciones de dependencia en hogares y comunidades campesinas Q’eqchi’ del Valle del Polochic (Guatemala). Monocultivos: La cara agraria del modelo extractivista de América Latina. Revista Territorios V del Instituto de Estudios Agrarios y Rurales de la Coordinación de ONGs y Cooperativas (IDEAR/CONGCOOP).
Mingorría, S., y Gamboa, G. 2010. Metabolismo socio-ecológico de comunidades campesinas Q’eqchi’ y la expansión de la agro-industria de caña de azúcar y palma africana: Valle del Río Polochic, Guatemala. Magnaterra Editores. www.valledelpolochic.wordpress.com
Alonso-Fradejas, A., Mingorría, S. 2010. Mujeres Maya-Q`eqchi` en la ruta de la soberanía alimentaria: sosteniendo las economías campesinas ante el capitalismo agrario flexible en el Valle del Polochic, Guatemala. International Land Coalition de América Latina.
Alonso, F., Marín, Y., Mingorría, S., Ozaeta, J.P., Samayoa, L., Sigüenza, P., Winkler, K. 2010. Monitoreo del agro centroamericano. Generando y compartiendo información estratégica para la trasformación. Experiencias en Nicaragua y Guatemala. Magnaterra Editores.
Gómez-Baggethun, E., Mingorría, S., Reyes-García, V., Calvet, L., Montes, C., 2010. Traditional ecological knowledge trends in the transition to a market economy: Empirical study in Doñana natural areas. Conservation Biology 24:721-729.
91 497 67 82 elisa.oteros@uam.esI’m mainly interested in the study of millenary relations between ecosystems and human populations, particularly in the agroecosystems and the livestock movements in the Mediterranean region. I am currently working on my PhD in the social-ecological network of transhumance trough the Conquense Drove Road (Spain), where I have participated in the multidimensional valuation (biophysical, socio-cultural and economic) of the ecosystem services related to this millenary practice. The main aim of my research is to explore and make more visible the links between human well-being and customary agrarian practices, to facilitate the dialogue between scientific and traditional/local knowledge and to inform decision-making. In this context I have explored the role of traditional ecological knowledge associated with transhumance, the links between ecosystem services and social-ecological resilience, and the possible future scenarios faced by transhumance. In addition, I am interested in ecological distribution conflicts and I devote part of my research to the critical analysis of the impacts of the agricultural policies of the North, in the South and in small peasant of the North.
Biology degree at Autonomous University of Madrid, 2002-2007.
Master’s Degree in Ecology at Autonomous University of Madrid, 2007-2009. “Factors Influencing Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services provided by Mediterranean Wetlands and Forests: a meta-analysis”. Ecology Department, UAM.
Economic assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services associated with transhumant movements along the Conquense Royal Drove: implications for the management of Mediterranean agro-ecosystems in the face of global change. Ministry of Environment, 2008-2010.
Analysis of social-environmental problems at the Ciénaga Grande of Santa Marta ecoregion, and development of an adaptive management proposal with participation of local communities”. Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, 2009-2010.
Oteros-Rozas, E. , González, J.A., Martín-López, B., López, C.A., Zorrilla-Miras, P., Montes, C. 2012. Evaluation ecosystem services in transhumance cultural landscapes. An interdisciplinary and participatory framework. GAIA 21: 185-193.
Oteros-Rozas, E. , González, J.A., Martín-López, B., López, C.A., Montes, C., 2012. Social-ecological resilience and transhumance landscapes in the Mediterranean: Learning from the past, looking for a future. In: Social-ecological resilience of cultural landscapes T. Plieninger and C. Bieling, eds.) Cambridge University Press.
91 497 67 79 ignacio.palomo@uam.esI am currently involved in the research of ecosystem services cartography and participatory scenario planning as methods for improving the management of two Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) in Spain: Doñana and Sierra Nevada. Working under the social-ecological systems approach, we conceptualize NPAs as service providing units that generate a range of ecosystem services of which society benefit. We are applying participatory scenario planning as a key strategy for understanding the ecosystem service’s trade-offs in and around the NPAs, and the engagement of stakeholders in the NPAs management. I blog on Luces de Montaña
MSc in Environmental Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2007-2009).
2009-2012 Managing National Parks beyond their limits: assessing and mapping ecosystem services as a tool for landscape planning within the global change context. Spanish Ministry of the Environment
Palomo, I., Martín-López, B., Potschin, M., Haines-Young, R., Montes, C. 2012. National Parks, buffer zones and surrounding landscape: Mapping ecosystem services flows. Ecosystem Services Journal . In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.09.001
Martín-López, B., Iniesta-Arandia, I.,García-Llorente, M., Palomo, I., Casado-Arzuaga, I., García Del Amo, D., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Palacios-Agundez, I., Willaarts, B., González, J.A., Santos-Martín, F., Onaindia, M., López-Santiago, C.A., Montes, C,. 2012. Uncovering ecosystem services bundles through social preferences. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38970.
Martín-López, B., García-Llorente, M., Palomo, I., Montes, C., 2011. The conservation against development paradigm in protected areas: Valuation of ecosystem services in the Doñana social-ecological system (southwestern Spain). Ecological Economics 70:1481-1491.
Palomo, I., Martín-López, B., López-Santiago, C., Montes, C. 2011. Participatory Scenario Planning for Protected Areas Management under the Ecosystem Services Framework: the Doñana Social-Ecological System in Southwestern Spain. Ecology and Society 16: 23.
Palomo, I. Los servicios de los ecosistemas de las montañas. Peñalara 535:38-39.
91 497 67 78 federica.ravera@uam.esWe live in a context of high uncertainty about the vulnerability and resilience of socio-ecological systems facing global changes. A research-action needs to approach stakeholder engagement with real commitment and a genuine desire to involve and take on board them in the decision-making over issues that will affect them, integrating their experiences, knowledge systems, values and motivations.
I’m an interdisciplinary researcher concerned by issues related to learning management and participation, deliberative processes, knowledge integration and value incommensurability
My research is framed by disciplines such as ecological economics, political ecology and theories of resilience and vulnerability applied to studies of global change in rural spaces. My research interest focuses on evaluating factors, practices, institutions which support processes of adaptation to change and transitions of socio-ecological systems towards sustainability in mountain and dry regions of the world. My action interest is to facilitate those processes from a new perspective in the relationship science-society-policy.
I’m also currently interested in the exploration of gender issues in agro-biodiversity conservation and adaption to climate change. Methodologically for my research I’m used to triangulate approaches from natural and social science and qualitative and quantitative methods, such as institutional analysis, participatory scenario development, participatory modeling and social multicriteria assessment.
Degree in Environmental Science for the Universitá degli studi di Milano Bicocca
Master degree in Rural Development and International Cooperation for the European School of Advanced Studies - Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italia)
Master degree in Ecological Economics - from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (España)
PhD in Ecological Economics - for the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (España)
Before her PhD, Federica was collaborating with the Unit of Agrarian System Analysis at the FAO in Rome and Peru from 2002 to 2005, as a young consultant.
During her PhD she was working in several international projects collaborating with the Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF) and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the University Autonomous of Barcelona (UAB).
In 2009, within the project: “Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change”, she collaborated with the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds as a Marie Curie fellow.
In 2012, she was working for Basque Center for Climate change (BC3) and Biodiversity International as postdoctoral researcher in the program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Efectos de la gestión del territorio en la capacidad de la biodiversidad para suministrar servicios a la sociedad: evidencias en tres sistemas socio-ecológicos. BIOPAIS. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (I+D+i). Entidades participantes: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y Universidad Pablo de Olavide. I.P: Carlos Montes 2012-2014
On-farm participatory network for climate change adaptation and visualization in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) (http://ccafs.cgiar.org/). Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Ravera F., Tarrasón D. and E. Simelton (2011). Envisioning adaptive strategies to change: participatory scenarios for agro-pastoral semiarid systems in Nicaragua. Ecology and Society 16(1): 20. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art20/
Ravera F., Hubacek K., Reed M. and D. Tarrasón (2011). Learning from experiences in adaptive action research: a critical comparison of two case studies applying participatory scenario development and modelling approaches. Journal of Environmental Policy and Governance 21: 433-453.
Twyman, C., E. D. G. Fraser, L. C. Stringer, C. Quinn, A. J. Dougill, F. Ravera, T. A. Crane, and S. M. Sallu. (2011). Climate science, development practice, and policy interactions in dryland agroecological systems. Ecology and Society 16(3): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-04261-160314
Tarrasón D, Urrutia, J.T., Ravera F., Herrera E., Andrés P. and Espelta J.M. (2010) Conservation status of tropical dry forest remnants in Nicaragua: Do ecological indicators and social perception tally? Biodiversity and conservation 19(3): 813-827.
Ravera F., Tarrasón D. Grasa, D. y Andrés P. (2009) Proceso y métodos de evaluación integrada participativa de sostenibilidad en agro-ecosistemas semi-áridos. Un caso de estudio en un área protegida en el trópico seco nicaragüense. Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica, 13: 79-99. [online] URL: http://www.redibec.org/IVO/rev13_06.pdf
91 497 67 78 cristina.quintas@uam.esMy main interest focuses are in the biophysical and socio-cultural assessment of ecosystem services, especially water services in semiarid environments of the Iberian Peninsula. My main goal is to study the links between ecosystems and human well-being from a multidisciplinary approach, addressing the analysis of the services from the different dimensions of valuation. All this in order to get useful results to land management and ecosystem conservation. Today, my study focuses on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of Spain, participating in economic valuation of services.
Degree in Environmental Sciences at the Almería University (2011).
MSc in Global Change Assessment at the Universidad de Almería (2012).
91 497 67 78 fernando.santos.martin@uam.esDuring the past eight years I have been working as an associate researcher in different international organizations and projects. In 2008-2009 I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Davis University (California) modeling the impact of climate change on agricultural landscape. In 2003-2007, I developed my PhD dissertation under the EU funded project: Agroforestry Options for Small Farmers in degraded soils. My doctoral thesis was designed to gain a better understanding of the decisions that cause a rapid conversion of tropical forests and the slow process of rehabilitation through sustainable practices. My expertise and interest include aspects of social science, ecological modeling and evaluation of ecosystem services.
Post-Doctoral researcher at Davis, University (California, EEUU), 2008-2009.
PhD on Tropical Agroforestrysat Córdoba University (Spain), 2003-2007.
Associate researchat the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) in the Philippines, 2001-2003.
Forestry Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, 1994-2001.
Martín-López, B., Iniesta-Arandia, I.,García-Llorente, M., Palomo, I., Casado-Arzuaga, I., García Del Amo, D., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Palacios-Agundez, I., Willaarts, B., González, J.A., Santos-Martín, F., Onaindia, M., López-Santiago, C.A., Montes, C,. 2012. Uncovering ecosystem services bundles through social preferences. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38970.
Montes C, Santos-Martín, F., Aguado M, Martín-López B, González JA, Benayas J, López C, Piñeiro C, Gómez Sal A, Carpintero O, Díaz Pineda. 2012. La Evaluación de los Ecosistemas del Milenio en España. Ambienta 98: 2 - 12.
Jackson, L.E., Wheeler, S.M., Hollander, A.D., O'Green A.T., Orlove, B.S., Six, J., Sunner, D.A., Santos-Martín, F., Kramer, J.B., Horwart, J.R., Howitt, R.E., Tomich T.P. Case study on potential agricultural responses to climate change in a California landscape. Climatic Change 109, 407-427.
Santos-Martín, F.,and van Noordwijk M. 2011. Is native timber tree intercropping an economically feasible alternative for smallholder farmers in the Philippines? Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 55, 257–272.
Santos-Martín, F.,, Bertomeu M., van Noordwijk M. and Navarro R. 2011. Understanding forest transition in the Philippines: main farm-level factors influencing smallholder’s capacity and intention to plant native timber trees.Small-scale Forestry DOI 10.1007/s11842-011-9166-y
Santos-Martín, F., B. Lusiana, and M. van Noordwijk. 2010. Tree Growth Prediction in Relation to Simple Set of Site Quality Indicators for Six Native Tree Species in the Philippines. International Journal of Forestry Research, vol. 2010, Article ID 507392, 10 pages, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/507392.
Santos-Martín, F.,, and van Noordwijk M. 2009. Tradeoffs analysis for possible timber based agroforestry scenarios using native trees in the Philippines..Agroforestry Systems 76: 555-567.
Santos-Martín, F., Navarro C. R., Mulia R., and van Noordwijk M. 2009. Application and validation of a fractal branching model for estimating aboveground biomass of four native tree species in the Philippines. Agroforesty Systems 78: 193-202.
91 497 67 78 pedro.zorrilla@uam.esMy research interest is focused in the interaction between society and ecosystems, since I think that the first need for a sustainable world is changing the functioning and relation of society with ecosystems. Currently, I am working in the biophysical accountability and mapping of ecosystem services. My current research is focused in the transhumant movements along the Conquense Royal Drove, Central Spain. I have been working also with natural capital (mapping and quantifying the loss of natural capital in Doñana, South Spain) and water resources management (focused in the groundwater management of an over-exploited aquifer in the Upper Guadiana Basin, Central Spain).
Degree in Environmental Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid(UAM), 1999-2004.
MSc in Environmental Sciences“Loss of Natural Capital in the Doñana Great Ecosystem during the xxth century.”, Ecology Department at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 2004-2006.
PhD in Ecology and Environmental Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 2006-2009.
Economic assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services associated with transhumant movements along the Conquense Royal Drove: implications for the management of Mediterranean agroecosystems in the face of global change. Ministry of Environment, 2008-2010.
Zorrilla, P., Carmona, A. De la Hera, C. Varela-Ortega, P. Martínez-Santos, J. Bromley, H. J. Henriksen. 2010. Evaluation of bayesian networks in Participatory Water Resources Management: application to the Upper Guadiana Basin in Spain. Ecology and Society. 15(3): 12. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art12/.
Martínez Santos, P., Henriksen, H., Zorrilla, P., Martinez-Alfaro, P.E. 2010. Comparative reflections on the use of modelling tools in conflictive water management settings: The Mancha Occidental aquifer, Spain. Environmental Modelling & Software: 25 (11): 1439-1449.
Lopez-Gunn, E., Zorrilla, P.. 2010. The Western Mancha aquifer: data mapping to provide transparency to aid stakeholder participation and decision making, v2010, 302-310. 10.4113/jom.2010.1088.
Llamas, M.R., Varela-Ortega, C., De La Hera, A., Aldaya, M., Villarroya, F., Martínez-Santos, P., Blanco-Gutiérrez, I., Carmona-García, G., Esteve-Bengoechea, P., De Stefano, L., Hernández-Mora, N., Zorrilla, P., 2010. "The Guadiana Basin" in "The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook", Jaroslav Mysiak et al., (edits.) Earthscan, London, pp. 103-114, ISBN: 978-1-84407-792-2.
Zorrilla, P., Gómez-Baggethum, E., Lomas, P., Montes, C. Land use Changes and loss of natural capital in the Guadalquivir Marshes (Doñana, Southwest-Spain). In preparation.
91 497 80 08 sandra.vilardy@uam.esMis actividades como investigadora se desarrollan alrededor de la intención de comprender los procesos que determinan el estado actual de los sistemas socio-ecológicos en zonas marinas y costeras, especialmente en el Caribe colombiano, desde el marco de los sistemas complejos adaptativos y la resiliencia. La aproximación que hago se nutre de diferentes disciplinas desde la historia ecológica, la economía ecológica y la ecología política, por lo tanto las investigaciones realizadas se basan de manera considerable en métodos de investigación – acción – participativa. Es un objetivo fundamental de mi trabajo como investigadora, que los resultados obtenidos sean ofrecidos y transferidos de manera eficiente como herramientas para la gestión, no solo para las entidades públicas que tengan ese tipo de competencia, sino también para las comunidades locales de las zonas de trabajo, con el propósito de ayudar a la reconstrucción de la resiliencia por medio del acompañamiento directo y el dialogo de saberes.
