Independent experts nominated by country party

Ramon Vallejo Calzada

Title
Dr.
First name
Ramon
Last name
Vallejo Calzada
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Soil Science
UN languages spoken

Spanish

French

Job function
Deputy Director
Division
Director of Forest Research Programme
Email
ramonv@ceam.es
Telephone number
34 6 1318227
Work experience
I have been leading a research group on land restoration to combat desertification for 18 years in CEAM. We conduct RTD work to support forest managers activities in fire management, post-fire and semi-arid degraded land restoration. In addition, we collaborate with the Forest Administration in the implementation of the research results in pilot and demonstration projects at real scale. I have coordinated five European Comission research projects so far, related to land restoration, in the context of desertification in the Mediterranean and other regions included in the UNCCD annexes. Our group develops intense national and international training and dissemination activities, especially at post-graduate level.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Ph.D. in Biology, rate: distinction cum laude: Forest Soils; Universidad Barcelona, 1983.
Number of Publications
231
Publication titles
1. BLADÉ, C. & VALLEJO, V.R., 2008. Seed mass effects on performance of Pinus halepensis Mill. Seedlings sown after fire. Forest Ecol. & Management , 255: 2362-2372._x000D_
2. CHIRINO, E., VILAGROSA, A., HERNÁNDEZ, E.I., MATOS, A. & VALLEJO, V.R., 2008. Effects of a deep container on morpho-functional characteristics and root colonization in Quercus suber L. seedlings for reforestation in Mediterranean climate. Forest Ecol. & Management, 256: 779-785._x000D_
3. PAUSAS, J.G., LLOVET, J., RODRIGO, A. & VALLEJO, V.R., 2008. Are wildfires a disaster in the Mediterranean basin? – A review. Int. J. Wildland Fire, 17: 713-723 _x000D_
4. FULÉ, P.Z., RIBAS, M., GUTIERREZ, E., VALLEJO, V.R., & KAYE, M., 2008. Forest structure and fire history in an old Pinus nigra forest, eastern Spain. Forest Ecol. & Management 255: 1234-1242._x000D_
5. DUGUY, B. & VALLEJO, V.R., 2008. Land-use and fire history effects on post-fire vegetation dynamics in eastern Spain. J. Vegetation Sci. 19: 97-108.
Other activities
1. Part-time permanent lecturer at the University of Barcelona. Subjects at the graduate level: Soil Science, Forest Fires, Land restoration_x000D_
2. Member of the advisory committee for the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (CIHEAM)_x000D_
3. Collaboration with private companities for the implementation of demonstration projects on limestone quarry restoration (LIFE project EcoQuarry)_x000D_
4. Member of the Steering Committee of the COST ACTION FP0701: Post-fire management in southern Europe_x000D_
5. Member of the Management Committee of the PHOENIX Regional Project Centre, European Forest Institute
Awards
1. Award by APAS organization: “EL BATEFUEGOS DE ORO” 2003 to the research on forest fires. Madrid._x000D_
2. Full Professorship accreditation by the Catalonian Agency for the Quality of the University System (AQU)_x000D_
3. Member of the Advisory Committee in the Centre for Fire Research (CIFU), Toledo, Spain
Organisation name
Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo
Organisation street address
Parque Tecnológico. Ch. Darwin 14, E-46980
Organisation city
Paterna (Valencia)
Organisation country
Spain