Aitor Ameztegui

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PROGRAM / Multifunctional forest management

Aitor is a Forestry Engineer from the University of Valladolid, and holds a PhD in Forest Sciences from the University of Lleida (2013). He is currently a Serra-Húnter Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Engineering at the University of Lleida. His research focuses on understanding how the interactions between human activity and environmental changes determine the functioning and dynamics of forests. He is particularly interested in (i) assessing land use legacies and how they affect forest dynamics and their ability to respond to the challenges of climate change; and (ii) the use of simulation models to inform forest management and decision-making. Its ultimate goal is to help decision-makers anticipate the impacts of global change by implementing appropriate adaptive management strategies based on the best available science.