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Dr. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares is an ethnobiologist with an established research trajectory on the study of Indigenous Peoples and their contributions to biodiversity conservation. He worked as a researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland, for seven years (2016-2022) and is currently a Ramón y Cajal research fellow at the Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology (BABVE) and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology ( ICTA-UAB).
He has published more than 90 scientific articles, and has more than 30 months of field-based ethnographic experience among Indigenous Peoples and local communities in countries such as Bolivia, Kenya and Madagascar. The significance of his work has been recognized with important awards such as Olli's Prize from the University of Helsinki (2014), the Research Prize in Environmental Sciences from the College of Environmental Scientists of Catalonia (2016), or the Extraordinary PhD Award from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2019). He is currently leading a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (1.5M€) on the loss of traditional ecological knowledge in the Bolivian Amazon.
His e-mail address is: [email protected].
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IEK-CHANGES: Assessing long-term changes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge
Fernandez Llamazares Onrubia, A. (Principal Investigator), Dehmel, N. M. (Collaborator), Moraes Ramirez, M. G. (Collaborator), Gallois ., S. L. (Collaborator), Lewis, J. D. (Assessor), Sze , J. S. (Collaborator), Sánchez Román, I. V. (Collaborator), Diaz Reviriego, I. (Collaborator), Cardoso da Luz, A. C. (Collaborator), Guèze, M. (Collaborator), Konieczny, A. A. (Collaborator) & Orrit González, J. (Collaborator)
European Commission (EC), ERC Starting Grant
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: International research project
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LICCI: Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts. The Contribution of Local Knowledge to Climate Change Research (LICCI)
Reyes Garcia, V. E. (Principal Investigator), Braga Junqueira, A. (Investigator), Li , X. (Investigator), Benyei Peco, P. J. (Investigator), Calvet Mir, L. (Investigator), Porcher , V. (Investigator), Porcuna Ferrer, A. (Investigator), Schlingmann , A. (Investigator), Gravani , K. M. (Investigator), Garcia del Amo, D. (Investigator), Matias , D. M. (Investigator), Álvarez Fernández, S. (Others), Soleymani Fard, R. (Investigator), Chambon , M. (Investigator), Poncela Fernández, E. (Project Manager), Athayde, S. (Investigator), Abazeri, M. (Investigator), Avila Vieira, J. (Investigator), Ayanlade, A. (Investigator), Babai, D. (Investigator), Baker, J. (Investigator), Bulamah, R. (Investigator), Campos Silva, J. V. (Investigator), Carmona, R. (Investigator), Chakauya, R. (Investigator), Conde, E. (Investigator), Cuní Sánchez, A. (Investigator), Dudina, E. (Investigator), Fernandez Llamazares Onrubia, A. (Investigator), Gallois ., S. L. (Investigator), Gartler, S. (Investigator), Geffner Fuenmayor, C. J. (Investigator), Gerkey, D. (Investigator), Glauser, M. A. (Investigator), González-González, V. (Investigator), Guillerminet, T. (Investigator), Hirsch, E. M. (Investigator), Idfonce Chengula, F. (Investigator), Izquierdo, A. E. (Investigator), Jungsberg, L. (Investigator), Labeyrie, V. (Investigator), Schönhuth, M. (Assessor), López Maldondo, Y. C. (Investigator), Klappoth, B. (Investigator), Lanker, M. K. (Investigator), Mariel, J.A.-S. (Investigator), Mattalia, G. (Investigator), Miara, M. D. (Investigator), Nyadzi, E. (Investigator), Rajeswari Swaminathan, D. (Investigator), Ruggieri, F. (Investigator), Salimi, M. (Investigator), Seidler, R. G. (Investigator), Sharakhmatova, V. (Investigator), Sharma, A. (Investigator), Shrestha, U. B. (Investigator), Singh, P. (Investigator), Trey Leonard, K. (Investigator), Ulambayar, T. (Investigator), Chen, Z. (Investigator), Galappaththi, E. (Investigator), Samakov, A. (Investigator), Whu, R. (Investigator), Sidi Zakiri, I. (Investigator), Chao, O. (Collaborator), Torrents-Ticó, M. (Investigator), Caviedes Paúl, J. (Collaborator), Snorek, J. (Investigator), Sánchez, K. (Investigator), Ouma Okumu, W. (Investigator), Jiao, Y. (Investigator) & Drouin ., C. W. M. (Project Manager)
European Commission (EC), ERC Consolidator Grant
1/06/18 → 31/05/23
Project: International research project
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LEK- The adaptive nature of culture. A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of Local Environmental Knowledge in three indigenous societies
Reyes Garcia, V. E. (Principal Investigator), Diaz Reviriego, I. (Investigator), Duda , R. (Investigator), Fernandez Llamazares Onrubia, A. (Investigator), Gallois ., S. L. (Investigator), Gueze , M. L. A. (Investigator), Napitupulu Easterli, R. L. (Investigator) & Pyhaelae , A. A. (Investigator)
1/01/11 → 31/12/15
Project: International research project
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities report a consistent decline in the body mass of birds across three continents
Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Alvarez-Fernandez, S., Fraixedas Núñez, S., Burgas, D., Cabeza, M., Campos-Silva, J. V., Carmona, R., Caviedes, J., Conde, E., Guillerminet, T., Huanca, T., Ibarra, J. T., López-Maldonado, Y., Mariel, J., Attoh, E. M. N. A. N., Torrents-Ticó, M., Ulambayar, T., Wu, R. & Reyes-García, V., 10 Feb 2026, In: Oryx. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A potential turning point for Bolivia’s biodiversity conservation
Moraes R, M., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Aguirre, L. F., Maillard, O. & Romero-Muñoz, A., 9 Dec 2025Research output: Other contribution
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Cultivating reciprocity and supporting Indigenous lifeways through the cultural transformation of natural resource management in North America
Fisk, J. J., Berl, R. E. W., Long, J., Jacobs, L., van Eeden, L., Adams, M. M., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Murphy, J., Gavin, M., Williams, C. K., Salerno, J., Verschuuren, B., Bennett, N., Idohou, R. & Mawyer, A., May 2025, In: People and Nature. 7, 5, p. 1171-1184 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Cultural integration of invasive species
Jarić, I., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Molnár, Z., Arbieu, U., Canavan, S., Correia, R. A., Essl, F., Kamelamela, K. L., Ladle, R. J., Maurice, A. C., Meinard, Y., Novoa, A., Nuñez, M. A., Pyšek, P., Roll, U., Sbragaglia, V., Shackleton, R. T., Shani, L., Sherren, K. & Teff-Seker, Y. & 3 others, , 26 Jun 2025, In: NPJ Biodiversity. 4, 1, 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review
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Foundational principles of an applied cultural evolutionary science for natural resource management and conservation
Berl, R. E. W., Fisk, J. J., van Eeden, L. M., Salerno, J., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Leong, K. M., Long, J. W., Boomer, G. S., Williams, C. K., Arbieu, U., Lehnen, L., Landon, A. C., Ellis, E. C., Verschuuren, B., Larson, L. R. & Gavin, M. C., 4 Dec 2025, In: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 380, 1940, 20240262.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review
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Thesis
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A statistical approach to bioclimatic trend detection in the airborne pollen records of Catalonia (NE Spain)
Fernandez Llamazares Onrubia, A. (Author), Delgado de la Torre, R. (Director) & Belmonte Soler, J. (Co-director), 11 Jul 2012Student thesis: Dissertation (TFM)
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: AN ETHNOECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM BOLIVIAN AMAZONIA
Fernandez-Llamazares Onrubia, A. (Author), Pyhaelae , A. A. (Director) & Reyes-Garcia, V. (Director), 10 Dec 2015Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Global Environmental Change, Local Knowledge and Resilience: insights from an Amazonian indigenous society
Fernández-Llamazares Onrubia, A. (Author), A. Pyhälä. (Director) & Reyes Garcia, V. (Director), 10 Dec 2015Student thesis: Doctoral thesis