| Expert Name | Ms. Grisel Herrero Echevarría |
| Title | Senior Scientist |
| Division | Ministry of Science Technology and Environment |
| Institution | Institute of Ecology and Systematic IES, Ministry of Science Techn. and Environment |
| City | La Habana |
| Country | Cuba |
| Telephone | 53 7 578 266 |
| Email | ecologia.ies(at)ama.cu; larenee(at)ceniai.inf.cu |
| Work Experience | -Advisory and participant, Soil chemistry: Phosphorus fractionation, potassium balance and mobility, mineralogy
-Advisory and participant, Forestry, management of forest Plantations, nutrition of forest plantations, nurseries and seed orchards, Criteria & Indicators for a Sustainable Management
-Advisory and participant, Restoration Ecology: rehabilitation of ecosystems degraded by open-cut mining activities
-Advisory, Implementation of research results in a long scale
-Management of projects in Science and Technology National Programs
-Tutor of Degree Thesis
-Professor of postgraduate courses, including MSc |
| Qualifications | -B. Sc in Chemistry, University of Havana
-Ph D in Agriculture Sciences |
| Number of Publications | 35 |
| Awards | -Award “Carpintero Real” for the conservation of the environment and restoration of degraded ecosystems in Holguín province Cuba
-Award “Outstanding Woman in Science” Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Science Adademy of Cuba |
| Other Activities | --Member of Scientific Council of the Institute of Ecology and Systematic
-Member of Redaction Committee of the Forest Magazine “Baracoa” and the magazine “Organic Agriculture”.
-Member of the Cuban Society of Soil Science and the Cuban Society of forest & agricultural workers
-Member of the Expert Committee of Science & Technology National Programs
-Member of the Cuban Group of the CCD |
| Publications | -“Forest species trials in degraded lands by open-cut mining activities.” Proceedings of the Cuban Forest Congress, 1998
-“National Study on Biodiversity in the Republic of Cuba.” CITMA/UNEP/IES/CeNBio, Havana p. 480, 1998
-“Sustainable Development of Mountains in Cuba” p. 430, 1999
-“Nutrition of Pinus caribaea var. caribaea” CITMA, Ministry of Agriculture, Havana, 150 p. 2001
-II National Inform, Revising Committee for Implementation (CRIC) of the Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought, CITMA/CCD, 71 p. 2002 |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 14:35:00 |