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Paola Ovando Pol
I am an Environmental Economist, with a PhD in Economics from the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). My PhD work focused on the economic analysis of native forests conservation and extension in Mediterranean areas. I hold a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and an additional B.Sc. degree in Agribusiness Engineering from the San Francisco University in Quito (Ecuador).
I joined the James Hutton Institute in July 2018, as MDT Fellow in Natural Capital Accounting, and I am part of the Social, Economic and Geographic Sciences Group (SEGS).
Full CV (https://sites.google.com/view/paolaovandopolphd/home)
MDT project: 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.
Currently, I act as vice-leader of Working Group on PES cost-effectiveness analysis in the Cost Action “Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for 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
- 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. (In press) Managing forests for both downstream and downwind water., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
- Campos, P.; Oviedo, J.L.; Álvarez, A.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A. (2020) Measuring the 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, 11, Article No. 393.
- 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. (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.
- 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.
- Campos, P.; Oviedo, J.L.; Álvarez, A.; Ovando, P.; Mesa, B.; Caparros, A. (2020) Measuring the 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, 11, Article No. 393.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ovando, P. (2020) Application of the natural capital protocol at Glensaugh Farm., Report on James Hutton Institute webpage, 76pp.
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