Draft:Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
Born
Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares

1988
NationalitySpanish
EducationUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
OccupationEthnobiology researcher
EmployerUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
AwardsResearch Prize in Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Scientists of Catalonia, Spain (2015)
Extraordinary PhD Award from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2019)

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares (Barcelona, ​​1988) is a Spanish ethnobiologist specialized in the study of Indigenous Peoples and their contributions to biodiversity conservation.[1]

Research

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He has published more than 90 scientific articles, in journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Current Biology, Global Environmental Change, People and Nature, or Conservation Letters, among others.[2] His research has focused on the roles of Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation, through geospatial analyses, and consolidating empirical methodologies to document changes in traditional ecological knowledge systems.[3] His work is based on more than 30 months of ethnographic field-based experience with Indigenous and local communities in countries such as Bolivia, Kenya or Madagascar.[4]

He has participated in several intergovernmental processes on biodiversity within the framework of the United Nations.[5][6] His research has been linked to the work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).[5] He is one of the 145 authors of the IPBES Global Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.[7]

Awards and recognitions

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2023 Winner of an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council.[8]

2019 Extraordinary PhD Award from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.[9]

2015 Research Prize in Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Scientists of Catalonia, Spain.[10]

2014 Olli’s Prize from the University of Helsinki, Finland.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Onrubia". Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. ^ "Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  3. ^ "Sustainability Research in Spotlight: Ethnobiology as an Active Edge in Sustainability Science". University of Helsinki, Finland. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  4. ^ "Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Onrubia". Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  5. ^ a b "Making biodiversity great again – a Spanish-Finnish experience on integrating indigenous peoples' knowledge into policymaking". University of Helsinki, Finland. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  6. ^ "Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares: "El planeta no está en venta". Portal Innova Spain. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  7. ^ "Chapter 6: Options for Decision Makers". Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  8. ^ "Three ICTA-UAB researchers awarded an ERC Starting Grant". Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  9. ^ "ICTA-UAB researchers were awarded the PhD Extraordinary Award". Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  10. ^ "Environmental Science Prize for Álvaro Fernández- Llamazares". Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  11. ^ "Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Onrubia". Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
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The Stories of the Amazon - Short scientific dissemination film - University of Helsinki, Finland.

Escoltant el que ens diuen les plantes del Pirineu català - Ethnobotanical dissemination film - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Category:Biodiversity Category:Indigenous peoples in Bolivia Category:Ethnobiology Category:Amazon rainforest Category:Research