Paola Ovando Pol
I am an Environmental Economist, with a PhD in Economics from the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). Former Macaulay Development Trust (MDT) Fellow in Natural Capital Accounting (2018-2021), and part of the Social, Economic and Geographic Sciences Group (SEGS). Paola has now left the James Hutton Institute as a staff member, but still collaborates with us and remains affiliated as a Honorary Associate.
Whilst I worked at the Hutton, my MDT fellowship focused on the Integration of natural capital thinking into land-based decision-making. For futher information on the MDT project objectives and outcomes please visit: Integrating natural capital thinking into land-based decision-making
Current research interests
My research focusses on the development of integrated economic and environmental models to better understand land use and management decisions and their environmental and socioeconomic effects. My research expertise includes economic valuation of ecosystem services and natural capital, and their integration into ecosystem accounting and economic decision analysis frameworks. I am especially interested in the quantification and analysis of trade-offs and synergies in the provision of private and public good and services.
I am member of the Steering Committe of various natural capital accounting related projects (INCASE, TEEBAgrifood framework applied to 7 countries, Scottish Natural Capital Account, I am also member of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force on Forests and Water Interactions, and was member in the past of the IUFRO Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water.
Past research
After finishing my PhD I was part of the scientific team of a large regional project aimed at developing an integrated Ecosystem Accounting System applied to forest landscapes in Spain, after which I was granted a Marie Curie Intra-European Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and The Environment of the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Before joining the James Hutton Institute, I was a Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Economics cluster) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (eawag).
Bibliography
- Wang, C.; Gimona, A.; Miller, D.; Wilkinson, M.; Ovando, P.; Wilkins , B.; Jiang, Y. (2022) Bringing more exploration and interaction to scenario modeling and data visualisation through 3D GIS and Virtual Reality, 30th Annual Geographical Information Science Research UK (GISRUK), Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5th - 8th April 2022
- Atkinson, G; Ovando, P. (2021) Distributional issues in natural capital accounting: An application to land ownership and ecosystem services in Scotland., Environmental and Resource Economics, 81, 215-241.
- Abdul-Salam, Y.; Ovando, P.; Roberts, D. (2021) Understanding the economic barriers to the adoption of agroforestry A Real Options analysis., Journal of Environmental Management, 302, Article. 113995.
- Stewart, G.B.; Glendell, M.; McMorran, R.; Troldborg, M.; Gagkas, Z.; Ovando, P.; Roberts, M.; Maynard, C.; Williams, A.; Clay, G.; Reed, M.S. (2021) Uplandia: making better policy in complex upland systems., Defra and Natural England Report, 68pp.
- Nisbet, T.; Andreucci, M.B.; De Vreese, R.; Hóghom, L.; Kay, S.; Kelly-Quinn, M.; Lyubenova, M.I.; Ovando, P.; Quinteiro, P.; Pérez Silos, I.; Valatin, G. (2021) Forest for water services: a step-by-step guide for payment schemes., User Manual 2021, Payments for Ecosystems Services, Forest Research, Surrey, 24pp.
- Ovando, P. (2021) Natural capital accounting approaches for land-based activities., Report on the James Hutton Institute, MDT Fellowship Webpage, February 2021, 76pp.
- Campos, P.; Oviedo, J.L.; Álvarez, A.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A. (2020) Measuring environmental incomes beyond standard national and ecosystem accounting frameworks: testing and comparing the agroforestry accounting system in a holm oak dehesa case study in Andalusia-Spain., Land Use Policy, 99, Article No. 104984.
- Ovando, P.; Speich, M. (2020) Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value in uneven forests., Forests, 11, Article No. 903.
- Campos, P.; Álvarez, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A. (2020) Refined systems of national accounts and experimental ecosystem accounting versus the simplified agroforestry accounting system: testing in Andalusian Holm oak open woodlands., Forests.
- Campos, P.; Alvarez, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A.; Ovando, P. (2020) Environmental incomes: Refined standard and extended accounts applied to cork oak open woodlands in Andalusia, Spain., Ecological Indicators, 117, Article No. 106551.
- Campos, P.; Alvarez, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparrós, A. (2020) Income and ecosystem service comparisons of refined national and agroforestry accounting frameworks: application to Holm Oak open woodlands in Andalusia, Spain., Forests, 11, Article No. 185.
- Ovando, P.; Speich, M. (2020) Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value in uneven forest., 25th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Online Conference, Berlin, 23 June - 3 July 2020.
- Neilson, R.; Lilly, A.; Aitkenhead, M.; Artz, R.R.E.; Baggaley, N.; Giles, M.E.; Holland, J.; Loades, K.; Ovando Pol, P.; Rivington, M.; Roberts, M.; Yeluripati, J. (2020) Measuring the vulnerability of Scottish soils to a changing climate., ClimateXChange Report, 42pp.
- Atkinson, G.; Ovando, P. (2020) Distributional issues in natural capital accounting: An application to land ownership and ecosystem services in Scotland., Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 382 and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper No. 354. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 38pp.
- Ovando, P. (2020) Application of the natural capital protocol at Glensaugh Farm., Report on James Hutton Institute webpage, 76pp.
- Engel, S.; Ovando, P. (2019) Guest editorial special issue on payments for forest watershed services., Water Resources and Economics, 28, Article No. 100153.
- Creed, I.F.; Jones, J.J.; Archer, E.; Claassen, M.; Ellison, D.; McNulty, S.G.; Van Noordwijk, M.; Vira, B.; Wei, X.; Bishop, K.; Blanco, J.A.; Gush, M.; Gyawali, D.; Jobbágy, E.; Lara, A.; Little, C.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Mukherji, A.; Murdiyarso, D.; Ovando Pol, P.; Sullivan, C.A.; Xu, J. (2019) Managing forests for both downstream and downwind water., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2, Article No.64.
- Ovando P.; Beguería S.; Campos, P. (2019) Carbon sequestration or water yield? The effect of payments for ecosystem services on forest management decisions in Mediterranean forests., Water Resources and Economics, 28, Article No. 100119.
- Campos, P.; Caparros, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Ovando, P.; Alvarez-Farizo, B.; Diaz-Balteiro, L.; Carranza, J.; Begueria, S.; Diaz, M.; Herruzo, A.C.; Martinez-Pena, F.; Solino, M.; Alvarez, A.; Martinez-Jauregui, M.; Pasalodos-Tato, M.; de Frutos, P.; Aldea, J.; Almazan, E.; Concepcion, E.D.; Mesa, B.; Romero, C.; Serrano-Notivoli, R.; Fernandez, C.; Torres-Porras, J.; Montero, G. (2019) Bridging the gap between national and ecosystem accounting application in Andalusian Forests, Spain., Ecological Economics, 157, 218-236.
- Ovando, P.; Brouwer, R. (2019) A review of economic approaches modeling the complex interactions between forest management and watershed services., Forest Policy and Economics, 100, 164-176.
- Ovando, P.; Rodríguez-Lucatero, C.; Olivera, M.; Atkinson, G. (2019) Forest management and natural capital with an application to Mediterranean silvopastoral systems. , 24th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Manchester, UK, 26-29 June 2019.
- Ovando, P.; Beguería, S., Campos, P. (2018) Carbon sequestration or water yield? The effect of payments for ecosystem services on forest management decisions in Mediterranean forests., Spanish - Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resources Economist (AERNA) 2018 Congress, Madrid, Spain. 3-5 September 2018.
- Ovando, P.; Speich, M. (2018) Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value., ESP Regional Conference 2018. Ecosystem Services in a Changing World: Moving from theory to practice, San Sebastian, Spain, 15-19 October 2018.
- Atkinson, G; Ovando, P. (2021) Distributional issues in natural capital accounting: An application to land ownership and ecosystem services in Scotland., Environmental and Resource Economics, 81, 215-241.
- Abdul-Salam, Y.; Ovando, P.; Roberts, D. (2021) Understanding the economic barriers to the adoption of agroforestry A Real Options analysis., Journal of Environmental Management, 302, Article. 113995.
- Campos, P.; Oviedo, J.L.; Álvarez, A.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A. (2020) Measuring environmental incomes beyond standard national and ecosystem accounting frameworks: testing and comparing the agroforestry accounting system in a holm oak dehesa case study in Andalusia-Spain., Land Use Policy, 99, Article No. 104984.
- Ovando, P.; Speich, M. (2020) Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value in uneven forests., Forests, 11, Article No. 903.
- Campos, P.; Álvarez, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A. (2020) Refined systems of national accounts and experimental ecosystem accounting versus the simplified agroforestry accounting system: testing in Andalusian Holm oak open woodlands., Forests.
- Campos, P.; Alvarez, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A.; Ovando, P. (2020) Environmental incomes: Refined standard and extended accounts applied to cork oak open woodlands in Andalusia, Spain., Ecological Indicators, 117, Article No. 106551.
- Campos, P.; Alvarez, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparrós, A. (2020) Income and ecosystem service comparisons of refined national and agroforestry accounting frameworks: application to Holm Oak open woodlands in Andalusia, Spain., Forests, 11, Article No. 185.
- Engel, S.; Ovando, P. (2019) Guest editorial special issue on payments for forest watershed services., Water Resources and Economics, 28, Article No. 100153.
- Creed, I.F.; Jones, J.J.; Archer, E.; Claassen, M.; Ellison, D.; McNulty, S.G.; Van Noordwijk, M.; Vira, B.; Wei, X.; Bishop, K.; Blanco, J.A.; Gush, M.; Gyawali, D.; Jobbágy, E.; Lara, A.; Little, C.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Mukherji, A.; Murdiyarso, D.; Ovando Pol, P.; Sullivan, C.A.; Xu, J. (2019) Managing forests for both downstream and downwind water., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2, Article No.64.
- Ovando P.; Beguería S.; Campos, P. (2019) Carbon sequestration or water yield? The effect of payments for ecosystem services on forest management decisions in Mediterranean forests., Water Resources and Economics, 28, Article No. 100119.
- Campos, P.; Caparros, A.; Oviedo, J.L.; Ovando, P.; Alvarez-Farizo, B.; Diaz-Balteiro, L.; Carranza, J.; Begueria, S.; Diaz, M.; Herruzo, A.C.; Martinez-Pena, F.; Solino, M.; Alvarez, A.; Martinez-Jauregui, M.; Pasalodos-Tato, M.; de Frutos, P.; Aldea, J.; Almazan, E.; Concepcion, E.D.; Mesa, B.; Romero, C.; Serrano-Notivoli, R.; Fernandez, C.; Torres-Porras, J.; Montero, G. (2019) Bridging the gap between national and ecosystem accounting application in Andalusian Forests, Spain., Ecological Economics, 157, 218-236.
- Ovando, P.; Brouwer, R. (2019) A review of economic approaches modeling the complex interactions between forest management and watershed services., Forest Policy and Economics, 100, 164-176.
- Classen, M.; Vira, B.; Xu, J.; Gyawali, D.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Ovando, P.; Creed, I.F.; Ellison, D.; McNulty, S.G.; Archer, E.; Sullivan, C.A. (2018) Current and future perspectives on forest-water goods and services., In: Creed, I.F. & van Noordwijk, M. (eds.). Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. IUFRO World Series Volume 38. Vienna, Austria, pp101-118.
- Ovando, P.; Caparrós, A.; Diaz-Balteiro, L.; Pasalodos, M.; Beguería, S.; Oviedo, J.L.; Montero, G.; Campos, P. (2017) Spatial valuation of forests’ environmental assets. An application to Andalusian silvopastoral farms., Land Economics, 93, 87-108.
- Ovando, P.; Campos, P.; Oviedo, J.L.; Caparrós, A. (2016) Ecosystem accounting for measuring total income in private and public agroforestry farms., Forest Policy and Economics, 71, 43-51.
- Ovando, P.; Campos, P.; Oviedo, J.L.; Montero, G. (2010) Private net benefits from afforesting marginal crop and shrublands with cork oaks in Spain., Forest Science, 56, 567-577.
- Caparrós, A.; Cerdá, E.; Ovando, P.; Campos, P. (2010) Carbon sequestration with reforestations and biodiversity-scenic values., Environmental and Resources Economics, 45. 49-72.
- Stewart, G.B.; Glendell, M.; McMorran, R.; Troldborg, M.; Gagkas, Z.; Ovando, P.; Roberts, M.; Maynard, C.; Williams, A.; Clay, G.; Reed, M.S. (2021) Uplandia: making better policy in complex upland systems., Defra and Natural England Report, 68pp.
- Nisbet, T.; Andreucci, M.B.; De Vreese, R.; Hóghom, L.; Kay, S.; Kelly-Quinn, M.; Lyubenova, M.I.; Ovando, P.; Quinteiro, P.; Pérez Silos, I.; Valatin, G. (2021) Forest for water services: a step-by-step guide for payment schemes., User Manual 2021, Payments for Ecosystems Services, Forest Research, Surrey, 24pp.
- Ovando, P. (2021) Natural capital accounting approaches for land-based activities., Report on the James Hutton Institute, MDT Fellowship Webpage, February 2021, 76pp.
- Neilson, R.; Lilly, A.; Aitkenhead, M.; Artz, R.R.E.; Baggaley, N.; Giles, M.E.; Holland, J.; Loades, K.; Ovando Pol, P.; Rivington, M.; Roberts, M.; Yeluripati, J. (2020) Measuring the vulnerability of Scottish soils to a changing climate., ClimateXChange Report, 42pp.
- Atkinson, G.; Ovando, P. (2020) Distributional issues in natural capital accounting: An application to land ownership and ecosystem services in Scotland., Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 382 and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper No. 354. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 38pp.
- Ovando, P. (2020) Application of the natural capital protocol at Glensaugh Farm., Report on James Hutton Institute webpage, 76pp.
- Wang, C.; Gimona, A.; Miller, D.; Wilkinson, M.; Ovando, P.; Wilkins , B.; Jiang, Y. (2022) Bringing more exploration and interaction to scenario modeling and data visualisation through 3D GIS and Virtual Reality, 30th Annual Geographical Information Science Research UK (GISRUK), Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5th - 8th April 2022
- Ovando, P.; Speich, M. (2020) Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value in uneven forest., 25th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Online Conference, Berlin, 23 June - 3 July 2020.
- Ovando, P.; Rodríguez-Lucatero, C.; Olivera, M.; Atkinson, G. (2019) Forest management and natural capital with an application to Mediterranean silvopastoral systems. , 24th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Manchester, UK, 26-29 June 2019.
- Ovando, P.; Beguería, S., Campos, P. (2018) Carbon sequestration or water yield? The effect of payments for ecosystem services on forest management decisions in Mediterranean forests., Spanish - Portuguese Association of Environmental and Natural Resources Economist (AERNA) 2018 Congress, Madrid, Spain. 3-5 September 2018.
- Ovando, P.; Speich, M. (2018) Optimal harvesting decision paths when timber and water have an economic value., ESP Regional Conference 2018. Ecosystem Services in a Changing World: Moving from theory to practice, San Sebastian, Spain, 15-19 October 2018.
