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El ICTA-UAB recibirá uno de los premios que la asociación Amics de la UAB entrega cada año en el marco de la Festa Amics UAB.

Iron availability in seawater, key to explaining the amount and distribution of fish in the oceans

People tend to pay more attention to how much food they are eating, than with how rich their diet is in essential micronutrients like iron.

Mining waste dumped into Portmán Bay continues to release metals into the sea 25 years later

The waters of the Mediterranean Sea continue to receive dissolved metals from the mining waste deposited in Portmán Bay (Murcia) 25 years after the cessation of mining activity.

A new ICTA-UAB project to assess the impacts of micro- and nano-plastics in the tropical and temperate oceans

A new project led by ICTA-UAB researcher Patrizia Ziveri is one of five projects selected for funding by the Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans).

Big data reveals extraordinary unity underlying life’s diversity

Limits to growth lie at the heart of how all living things function, according to a new study carried out by ICTA-UAB researchers .

Jeroen van den Bergh, awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University of the Netherlands

The environmental economist at ICTA-UAB Prof. Dr Jeroen van den Bergh was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University of the Netherlands.

Paris Agreement hampered by inconsistent pledges, new ICTA-UAB research finds

Some countries' Paris Climate Agreement pledges may not be as ambitious as they appear, according a new study carried out by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB).

High lead concentrations found in Amazonian wildlife

Researchers from ICTA-UAB and the UVic-UCC detect high levels of lead concentration in wildlife samples from the Peruvian Amazon caused by lead-based ammunition and oil-related pollution in extraction areas.

Study gauges trees’ potential to slow global warming in the future

The Pyrenean forests, the Cantabrian coast and Galicia show an important potential to accumulate even larger amounts of carbon dioxide in the future and thus help to slow down the increase in CO2 concentrations which are warming the planet.

Why do environmentalists eat meat?

A study by researchers at the ICTA-UAB analyses the reasons why environmentally-minded scientists find it difficult to give up meat consumption, one of the world's greatest environmental problems.

La gestión del verde urbano permite incrementar la presencia de pájaros en las ciudades

Incrementar la biodiversidad del verde urbano permitiría aumentar la presencia de aves paseriformes en las ciudades mediterráneas, según un estudio científico realizado por investigadores del Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Ambientales de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) que analiza qué estrategias hay que implementar sobre la vegetación urbana para conseguir "naturalizar" las ciudades favoreciendo la entrada de flora y fauna.

The Ebro River annually dumps 2.2 billion microplastics into the sea

An ICTA-UAB study analyses the distribution and accumulation of microplastics from one of the main rivers of the western Mediterranean.

European project to support rooftop greenhouses projects

The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) is launching an open call to support rooftop greenhouse projects, in the framework of GROOF Project.

El ICTA-UAB participa en el proyecto que habilitará 10 escuelas de Barcelona como refugios climáticos

El Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Ambientales de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) es una de las instituciones impulsoras de un proyecto que habilitará 10 escuelas de Barcelona como refugios climáticos para disminuir el impacto de las altas temperaturas del verano.

New study dismisses green growth policies as a route out of ecological emergency

Researchers from ICTA-UAB and the Goldsmiths University of London suggest that emissions reduction is only compatible with a lower economical degrowth or a degrowth scenario.

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Esteve Corbera Elizalde

Esteve Corbera Elizalde

Esteve Corbera (PhD, MSc, BA) joined ICTA as a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ fellow in 2011 and, since 2016, he is a Senior Researcher funded by the UAB-Banco de Santander Talent Retention Programme. He earned his PhD degree in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia (UK) and graduated in Environmental Sciences at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). He also has an MSc in Natural Resources and Development (University of East Anglia) and a postgraduate course in Environmental Management (Universitat de Barcelona).

Esteve studies human relationships with nature, and the impact of social, policy and environmental change on resource governance. His research main focus is the analysis of climate change mitigation/adaptation and biodiversity conservation programs, including climate-policy and biodiversity conservation related instruments, such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and carbon offset projects, as well as biofuels, and how these impact livelihoods in the global South and transform institutions and people’s behavior.

His articles have been published in internationally renowned academic journals and books, including Nature Climate Change, World Development or Ecological Economics. In Catalonia, he has co-authored the study 'The use of energy in Catalonia' (CADS, 2009), the book 'Water and Climate Change in the Mediterranean' (UNESCOCAT, 2010), and 'The second report on climate change in Catalonia' (Generalitat de Catalunya, 2010).
Esteve has authored the 'Sustainable Development and Equity' and the 'Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use' chapters of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is an editorial member of Geoforum and has been a member the international editorial boards of the Journal of Peasant Studies (ongoing) and Global Environmental Change (2013-2015).

Keywords
Climate change, mitigation, biodiversity, ecosystem services, incentives

Personal webpage: www.estevecorbera.com (for complete and updated list of publications, projects, etc.)

Esteve Corbera Elizalde
Email UAB: Esteve.Corbera@uab.cat
Web: www.estevecorbera.com
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ICTA Telephone: 935868975

Highlighted publications

Albizua A., Pascual U., Corbera E. "Large-scale Irrigation Impacts Socio-cultural Values: An Example from Rural Navarre, Spain". Ecological Economics. 2019, vol. 159, p. 354-361

Albizua A., Corbera E., Pascual U. "Farmers’ vulnerability to global change in Navarre, Spain: large-scale irrigation as maladaptation". Regional Environmental Change. 2019, p. 1-12

Barnaud C., Corbera E., Muradian R., Salliou N., Sirami C., Vialatte A., Choisis J-P., Dendoncker N., Mathevet R., Moreau C., Reyes-García V., Boada M., Deconchat M., Cibien C., Garnier S., Roser Maneja R., Antona M. "Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action: a conceptual framework". Ecology and Society. 2018, vol. 23, num. 1

Delgado-Serrano, M.M., Oteros-Rozas, E., Ruiz-Mallén, I., Ortiz Guerrero, C.E., Escalante, R., Calvo-Boyero, D., & Corbera, E. "Influence of community-based natural resource management strategies in the resilience of social-ecological systems". Regional Environmental Change. 2018, vol. 18, num. 2, p. 581–592

Honey‐Rosés J., Marlene M., Ramírez M.I., Corbera E. "Quantifying active and passive restoration in Central Mexico from 1986–2012: assessing the evidence of a forest transition". Restoration Ecology. 2018

Howe C., Corbera E., Vira B., Brockington D., Adams W.M. "Distinct positions underpin ecosystem services for poverty alleviation". Oryx. 2018

Satyal P., Corbera E., Dawson N., Dhungana H., Maskey G. "Representation and participation in formulating Nepal’s REDD+ approach". Climate Policy. 2018

d’Armengol L., Prieto Castillo M., Ruiz-Mallén I., Corbera E. "A systematic review of co-managed small-scale fisheries: Social diversity and adaptive management improve outcomes". Global Environmental Change. 2018, vol. 52, p. 212-225

Ezzine-de-Blas D., Corbera E., Lapeyre R. "Payments for Environmental Services and Motivation Crowding: Towards a Conceptual Framework". Ecological Economics. 2018

Robledo‐Abad C., Althaus H.J., Berndes G., Bolwig S., Corbera E., F. Creutzig, Garcia‐Ulloa J., Geddes A., Gregg J.S., Haberl H., Hanger S., Harper R.J., Hunsberger C., Larsen R.K., Lauk C., Leitner S., Lilliestam J., Lotze‐Campen H., Muys B., Nordborg M., Ölund M., Orlowsky B., Popp A.,Portugal‐Pereira J., Reinhard J., Scheiffle L.,Smith P. "Bioenergy production and sustainable development: science base for policy-making remains limited". GCB Bioenergy. 2017, vol. 9, num. 3

Almeida-Leñero L., Revollo-Fernández D., Caro-Borrero A., Ruiz-Mallén I., Corbera E., Mazari-Hiriart M., Figueroa F. "Not the same for everyone: Community views of Mexico's payment for environmental services programmes". Environmental Conservation. 2017

Hunsberger C., Corbera E., Borras S., Franco J.C, Woods K., Work C., de la Rosa R., Eang V., Herre R., Sai Sam Kham, Park C., Sokheng S., Spoor M., Thein S., Kyaw Thu Aung, Thuon R., Vaddhanaphuti C. "Climate change mitigation, land grabbing and conflict: towards a landscape-based and collaborative action research agenda". Revue Canadienne d’Études du Développement/Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 2017, p. 1-20

Corbera E., Hunsberger C., Vaddhanaphuti C. "Climate change policies, land grabbing and conflict: perspectives from Southeast Asia". Revue Canadienne d’Études du Développement/Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 2017, vol. 38, num. 3, p. 297-304

Corbera E., Schroeder H. "REDD+ Crossroads Post Paris: Politics, Lessons and Interplays". Forests. 2017, vol. 8, num. 12, p. 508

Corbera E., Martin A., Springate-Baginski O., Villaseñor A. "Sowing the seeds of sustainable rural livelihoods? An assessment of Participatory Forest Management through REDD+ in Tanzania". Land Use Policy. 2017

Moros, L., Vélez, M.A., & Corbera, E. "Payments for Ecosystem Services and Motivational Crowding in Colombia's Amazon Piedmont". Ecological Economics. 2017

Martin A., Coolsaet B., Corbera E., Dawson N.M., Fraser J. A., Lehman I., Rodriguez I. "Justice and conservation: The need to incorporate recognition". Biological Conservation. 2016, vol. 197, p. 254-261

Dunlop T., Corbera,. "Incentivizing REDD+: How developing countries are laying the groundwork for benefit-sharing". Environmental Science & Policy. 2016, vol. 63, p. 44–54

Costedoat S., Koetse M., Corbera E., Ezzine-de-Blas D. "Cash only? Unveiling preferences for a PES contract through a choice experiment in Chiapas, Mexico". Land Use Policy. 2016, vol. 58, p. 302–317

Caruso E., Schunko C., Corbera E., Ruiz Mallén I., Vogl C. R., Martin G., Arrázola S., Bandeira F.P., Calvo-Boyero D, Camacho Benavides CI., Mota Cardoso T., Chan-Dzul A., Conde E., del Campo C., Huanca T., Laranjeiras Sampaio J.A., Oliveros S., Porter-Bolland L., Ruiz Betancourt O. "Lessons for Research Policy and Practice: The Case of Co-enquiry Research With Rural Communities". Journal of Research Practice. 2016, vol. 12, num. 1

Khatun K., Corbera E., Ball S. "Fire is REDD+: offsetting carbon through early burning activities in south-eastern Tanzania". Oryx. 2016

Börner J, Baylis K, Corbera E, Ezzine-de-Blas D, Ferraro PJ, Honey-Rosés J, Lapeyre R., Persson U.M, Wunder S. "Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation". PLOS ONE. 2016, vol. 11, num. 11

ElDidi H., Corbera E. "A moral economy of water: charity wells in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Development and Change". Development and Change. 2016, vol. 48, num. 1, p. 121–145

Špirić J., Corbera E., Reyes-García V., Porter-Bollan L. "A Dominant Voice amidst Not Enough People: Analysing the Legitimacy of Mexico’s REDD+ Readiness Process". Forests. 2016, vol. 7, num. 12, p. 313

Corbera E., Calvet-Mir E., Hughes H, Paterson M. "Patterns of authorship in the IPCC Working Group III report". Nature Climate Change. 2016, vol. 6, p. 94–99

Hendrickson C.Y., Corbera E. "Participation dynamics and institutional change in the Scolel Té carbon forestry project, Chiapas, Mexico". Geoforum. 2015, vol. 59, p. 63-72

Hunsberger C, Corbera E., Borras Saturnino M., de la Rosa R., Eang V., Franco J.C., Herre R., Kham S.S., Park C., Pred D., Sokheng H., Spoor M., Thein S., Thu K., Thuon R., Vaddhanaphuti C., Woods K., Work C. "Land based climate change mitigation, land grabbing and conflict: understanding intersections and linkages, exploring actions for change". Mosaic Research Project. 2015, vol. 1

Costedoat S., Corbera E., Ezzine-de-Blas D., Honey-Rosés J., Baylis K., Castillo-Santiago M. "How Effective Are Biodiversity Conservation Payments in Mexico?". PLOS ONE. 2015

Corbera, E. "Valuing nature, paying for ecosystem services and realizing social justice: A response to Matulis (2014)". Ecological Economics. 2015, vol. 110, p. 154-157

Calvet-Mir, L., Corbera, E., Martin A., Fisher J., Gross-Camp, N. "Payments for ecosystem services in the tropics: A closer look at effectiveness and equity". Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2015, vol. 14

Baylis, K., Honey-Rosés, J., Börner, J., Corbera, E., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Ferraro, P.J., Lapeyre, R., Persson, U.M., Pfaff, A., Wunder, S. "Mainstreaming Impact Evaluation in Nature Conservation". Conservation Letters. 2015

Ruiz-Mallén I., Corbera E., Calvo-Boyero D., Reyes-Garcí, V., Brown K. "How do biosphere reserves influence local vulnerability and adaptation? Evidence from Latin America". Global Environmental Change. 2015, vol. 33, p. 97-108

Caro-Borrero A., Corbera E., Neitze, K.C., Almeida-Leñero L. ""We are the city lungs": Payments for ecosystem services in the outskirts of Mexico City". Land Use Policy. 2015, vol. 43, p. 138-148

Asara V., Otero I., Demaria F., Corbera E. "Socially sustainable degrowth as a social–ecological transformation: repoliticizing sustainability". Sustainability Science. 2015, vol. 10, num. 3, p. 375-384

Ruiz-Mallén I., Schunko C., Corbera E., Rös M., Reyes-García V. "Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America". Ecology and Society. 2015, vol. 20, num. 3

Ruiz-Mallén I., Corbera E., Calvo-Boyero D., Reyes-García V. "Participatory scenarios to explore local adaptation to global change in biosphere reserves: Experiences from Bolivia and Mexico". Environmental Science & Policy. 2015, vol. 54

Kongsager, R., Corbera E. "Linking adaptation and mitigation in carbon forestry projects: evidence from Belize". World Development. 2015, vol. 76, p. 132-146

Corbera, E., Martin, A. "Carbon offsets: accommodation or resistance?". Environment and Planning A. 2015, vol. 47, num. 10, p. 2023–2030

Wittman, H., Powell, L., Corbera, E. "Financing the agrarian transition? The Clean Development Mechanism and agricultural change in Latin America". Environment and Planning A. 2015, vol. 47, num. 10, p. 2031-2046

Khatun, K., Gross-Camp, N., Corbera, E., Martin, A., Ball, S., Massao, G. "When Participatory Forest Management makes money: insights from Tanzania on governance, benefit sharing, and implications for REDD+". Environment and Planning A. 2015, vol. 47, num. 10, p. 2097-2112

Corbera E. "Valuing nature, paying for ecosystem services and realizing social justice: A response to Matulis (2014)". Ecological Economics. 2015, vol. 110, p. 154–157

Hunsberger C., Bolwig S., Corbera E., Creutzig F. "Livelihood impacts of biofuel crop production: implications for governance". Geoforum. 2014, vol. 54, p. 248-260

Mingorría S., Gamboa G., Martín-López B., Corbera E. "The oil palm boom: socio-economic implications for Q’eqchi’ households in the Polochic valley, Guatemala". Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2014

Castree N., Adams W.M., Barry J., Brockington D., Büscher B., Corbera E., Demeritt D., Duffy R., Felt U., Neves K., Newell P., Pellizzoni L., Rigby K., Robbins P., Robin L., Bird Rose D., Ross A., Schlosberg D., Sörlin S., West P., Whitehead M., Wynne B. "Changing the intellectual climate". Nature Climate Change. 2014, vol. 4, p. 763-768

Creutzig F., Ravindranath N.H., Berndes G., Bolwig S., Bright R., Cherubini F., Chum H., Corbera E., Delucchi M., Faaij A., Fargione J., Haberl H., Heath G., Lucon O., Plevin R., Popp A., Robledo-Abad C., Rose S., Smith P., Stromman A., Suh S., Masera O. "Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: An assessment". GCB Bioenergy. 2014, vol. Early View

Pascual U., Phelps J., Garmendia E., Brown K., Corbera E., Martin A., Gómez-Baggethun E., Muradian R. "Social equity matters in payments for ecosystem services". BioScience. 2014, vol. 64, num. 11, p. 1027-1036

Creutzig F., Corbera E., Bolwig S., Hunsberger C. "Integrating place-specific livelihood and equity outcomes into global assessments of bioenergy deployment". Environmental Research Letters. 2013, vol. 8

Gómez-Baggethun E., Corbera E., Reyes-García V. "Traditional ecological knowledge and global environmental change: Research findings and policy implications". Ecology and Society. 2013, vol. 18, num. 4

Muradian R., Arsel M., Pellegrini L., Adaman F., Aguilar B., Agarwal B., Corbera E., Ezzine de Blas D., Farley J., Froger G., Garcia-Frapolli E., Gómez-Baggethun E., Gowdy J., Kosoy N., Ramos-Martín J., Rival L., Saenz F., Van Hecken G.,Vira B., Urama K. "Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions". Conservation Letters. 2013, vol. 6, num. 4, p. 274-279

Ruiz-Mallén I., Corbera E. "Community-based conservation and traditional ecological knowledge: Implications for social-ecological resilience". Ecology and Society. 2013, vol. 18, num. 4, p. 12

Corbera E. "Powers of exclusion. Land dilemmas in Southeast Asia". Journal of Peasant Studies. 2012, vol. 39, p. 221-225

Corbera E. "Problematizing REDD+ as an experiment in payments for ecosystem services". Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2012, vol. 4, num. 6, p. 612-619

Corbera E., Friedli C. "Planting trees through the clean development mechanism: a critical assessment". Ephemera. 2012, vol. 12, num. 1/2, p. 206-241

Corbera E., Jover N. "The undelivered promises of the clean development mechanism: insights from three projects in Mexico". Carbon Management. 2012, vol. 3, num. 1, p. 39-54

Corbera E., Pascual U. "Ecosystem services: Heed social goals". Science. 2012, vol. 335, num. 6069, p. 655-656

Smalley R., Corbera E. "Large-scale land deals from the inside out: Findings from Kenya's Tana Delta". Journal of Peasant Studies. 2012, vol. 39, num. 3-4, p. 1039-1075

Corbera E., Estrada M., May P., Navarro G., Pacheco P. "Rights to land, forests and carbon in REDD+". Forests. 2011, vol. 2, num. 1, p. 301-342

Corbera E., Schroeder H. "Governing and implementing REDD+". Environmental Science & Policy. 2011, vol. 14, num. 2, p. 89-99

Russi D., Corbera E., Puig-Ventosa I., Cazorla-Clariso X. "Payment for ecosystems services in Catalonia, Spain. A review of experience and potential applications". Spanish Journal of Rural Development. 2011, vol. II, num. Special 1, p. 87-100

Pascual U., Corbera E. "Pagos por servicios ambientales: perspectivas y experiencias innovadoras para la conservación de la naturaleza y el desarrollo rural". Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros. 2011, vol. 228, p. 11-29

Larson A.M., Corbera E., Cronkleton P., Van Dam C., Bray D.B., Estrada M., May P., Medina G., Navarro G., Pacheco P. "Rights to forests and carbon under REDD+ initiatives in Latin America". CIFOR Infobrief. 2010, vol. 33, p. 1-8

Kosoy N., Corbera E., Brown K. "Participation in payments for ecosystem services: Case studies from the Lacandon rainforest, Mexico". Geoforum. 2008, vol. 39, num. 6, p. 2073-2083

Corbera E., Kosoy N., Martinez Tuna M. "Equity implications of marketing ecosystem services in protected areas and rural communities: Case studies from Meso-America". Global Environmental Change. 2007, vol. 17, num. 3-4, p. 365-380

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