Maria Mercedes Caron

Institution

European Forest Institute (Mediterranean Facility – EFIMED) / National Scientific and Technical Research Council – Argentina (IMBIV-CONICET)

Current address: European Forest Institute (EFIMED). St. Antoni M. Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona. Spain

IMBIV-CONICET Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611. Edificio de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Ciudad Universitaria. Cordoba 5000. Argentina

Research Interests

Forest dynamics, climate change, land-use change, biodiversity conservation, forest management

Topics to speak on:

Forest responses to climate change (focus on regeneration)

Biography

Engineer in Natural Resources and Environment/ Forest conservation and management, Mercedes is an experienced researcher in the study of the impacts of climate change on forests with a strong wish to contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of nature.

She currently works at the European Forest Institute – Mediterranean facility (Spain) on the interphase between research and policy on forest-related issues. She also holds a researcher position at the National Scientific and Technological Research Council (IMBIV-CONICET-Argentina) focussing is on the regeneration of woody species of the Chaco region of in the face of climate change.