Victoria Reyes-García
Professor at the Institut of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB)
VULCAR-FATE Co-leader
Victoria Reyes-García (Ph.D in Antropology, 2001, U. Florida) is ICREA Research Professor at the Institut of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). Her research focuses on Indigenous and local knowledge, particularly regarding environmental issues. Reyes-García coordinates the Laboratory for the Analysis of Socio-Ecological Systems in a Global World (http://www.laseg.cat/en).
Marie-Claire Paiz
Country Director, Gabon
The Nature Conservancy country program Country Director, Gabon
MILENA BEEKMANN
PhD student, Université La Sapienza, Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
Milena Beekmann is a PhD student pursuing research on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity changes in forest landscapes in the Congo Basin. Her project focuses on both the direct and indirect impacts of climatic changes (via local people’s climate change adaptation strategy) on ecosystems, through a socio-ecological perspective. Milena is planning to explore how this nexus will be applied in two Congo Basin sites: the Lac Télé Community Reserve, Republic of Congo, and the Bas Ogooué Ramsar Site, in Gabon. Using multidisciplinary methodologies, the study will combine local ecological knowledge and scientific monitoring tools, aiming to generate meaningful knowledge for socio-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity in the two landscapes.