Team

Sara Guadilla-Sáez

Alumni

I am a former PhD Researcher at ICTA-UAB. I hold a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology (UAB), an MSc in Advanced Forest Research (Technical University of Madrid), a BSc in Forestry Engineering (Catholic University of Avila), and a BSc in Environmental Sciences (Catholic University of Avila).

During my PhD research at LASEG group I examined the traditional knowledge embedded in practices applied in temperate deciduous forests of Northern Spain. I applied a field-based, comparative and interdisciplinary research that combined ethnography, botanical inventories, modeling, and historical investigation, to analyze the effectiveness of conservation policies in preserving species diversity, with a particular focus on community-based natural resources management.

Research areas

Indigenous and local ecological knowledge

Environmental governance and conservation

Projects

Sharing Traditional Ecological Knowledge (CONECT-e)
January 2015 – December 2019

Publications

Recognizing Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda Reyes-García V, Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro, Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz, Benyei, P, Bussmann, R.W., Diamond, S.K., García-del-Amo D, Guadilla-Sáez S., Hanazaki N., Kosoy N., Lavides, M., Luz A.C., McElwee P., Meretsky V.J., Newberry T., Molnár Z., Ruiz-Mallén I., Salpeteur M., Wyndham F.S., Zorondo-Rodriguez F. & Brondizio E.S. (2021). AMBIO.
Forest commons, traditional community ownership and ecological consequences: Insights from Spain. Guadilla-Sáez S., Pardo-de-Santayana M, Reyes-García V (2020). Forest Policy and Economics, 112: 102-107.
Seeds of change: reversing traditional agroecological knowledge’s erosion through a citizen science school program in Catalonia Benyei, P, Aceituno-Mata L, Calvet-Mir L, Tardio J, Pardo-de-Santayana M, García-del-Amo D, Rivera-Ferre M, Molina M, Gras-Mas A, Perdomo-Molina, A, Guadilla-Sáez S., Reyes-García V (2020). Ecology and Society, 25 (2): 19.
Biodiversity conservation effectiveness provided by a protection status in temperate forest commons of north Spain Guadilla-Sáez S., Pardo-de-Santayana M, Reyes-García V, Svenning, J-C. (2019). Forest Ecology and Management, 433: 656-666.
The role of traditional management practices in shaping a diverse habitat mosaic in a mountain region of Northen Spain. Guadilla-Sáez S., Pardo-de-Santayana M, Reyes-García V (2019). Land Use Policy, 89.