Felipe Christian Roberto Benra
PhD Student
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Deutscher Platz 5e
04103 Leipzig
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Scientific Career
Employments
since 08/2018
PhD Student, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
03/2015 - 07/2018
Research assistant in project Fondecyt 1151187 “Socio-ecological systems’ trajectories: Conceptual development and empirical application at the municipality level in southern Chile”. Universidad Austral de Chile.
05/2015 - 08/2015
Scientific work in the VESPLAN Network. This network focuses on the vulnerability analysis of socio-ecological systems to the loss of ecosystem services. Universidad Austral de Chile.
03/2015 - 05/2015
Work in Project Fondecyt 1140530 “Consequences of spatial heterogeneity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in changing forest landscapes” Universidad Austral de Chile.
Undergraduate work experience
02/2014 - 12/2014
Scientific Work in the project entitled “Bridging Ecosystem Services and Territorial Planning (BEST-P): A southern South American initiative”. The BEST-P Project has the vision of studying and linking ecosystem services with land-use planning and the analysis of biophysical, social and economic capital.
08/2013
Field assistant in a research project "Fondecyt High Resolution Hydroclimate Variability in the Central Andes of Chile and Argentina during the Last Millennium: A Tree-Ring and Modeling Perspective", Valdivia, Chile. This project studies the climates of the past through the tree-rings, providing tools to understand the climate of the future.
02/2013 - 06/2013
Field assistant in doctoral research of the "FarmLand - European network on farmland heterogeneity, biodiversity and ecosystem services" project. The doctoral works are entitled "Landscape scale farmland heterogeneity and pollination services" and "Landscape scale farmland heterogeneity and biological control services", Göttingen, Germany. I did this work as an exchange student in the context of a student practice.
03/2011-
05/2011
Research assistant of the research project Fondecyt 1110744. Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia, Region of the Rivers, Chile. Native forest management area.
01/2011 -
03/2011
Field assistant for the Fondecyt project 1100555 "The late Pleistocene - Early Holocene site of Pilauco (south - central Chile): paleoenviroment and taphonomy", Osorno, Chile. This study is delves into Pleistocene flora and fauna of the Pilauco site.
Education
03/2009 -
12/2014
Universidad Austral de Chile
Degree (Diplom) in natural resource conservation engineering with maximum distinction
Research Interests
I am interested in ecological, economic and social analysis of ecosystem services. It fascinates me to see how ecosystem services react to different drivers such as land use change and land tenure patterns. These drivers influence provision and demand of ecosystem services and in some cases makes them extremely unequal. I am also interested in incentives given for provision of ecosystems services such as payment for ecosystem services (PES) their implementation, dynamics, attributes and real world impact. Further, I model and map ecosystem services change, mostly with the aim of generating scientific and policy tools for linking ecosystem services with people’s well-being.
Publications
Articles in ISI listed journals (3)
- Benra, F.C.R., Nahuelhual, L., (2019):
A trilogy of inequalities: Land ownership, forest cover and ecosystem services distribution
Land Use Pol. 82 , 247 - 257
full text (url) - Benra, F., Nahuelhual, L., Gaglio, M., Gissi, E., Aguayo, M., Jullian, C., Bonn, A., (2019):
Ecosystem services tradeoffs arising from non-native tree plantation expansion in southern Chile
Landsc. Urban Plan. 190 , art. 103589
full text (url) - Nahuelhual, L., Saavedra, G., Henríquez, F., Benra, F., Vergara, X., Perugache, C., Hasen, F., (2018):
Opportunities and limits to ecosystem services governance in developing countries and indigenous territories: The case of water supply in Southern Chile
Environ. Sci. Policy 86 , 11 - 18
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Pre-IDIV publications
Papers
2019 F. Benra; L. Nahuelhual; M. Gaglio; E. Gissi; M. Aguayo; C. Jullian; A. Bonn
Tradeoffs arising from non-native tree plantation expansion in southern Chile (Submitted to Landscape and Urban Planning)
2018 Nahuelhual, L.,Benra, F. Laterra, P. Marin, S. M. Arriagada, R. Jullian, C. Patterns of ecosystem services supply across farm properties: Implications for ecosystem services-based policy incentives. Science of the Total Environment. 941–950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.042
2018 L. Nahuelhual; G. Saavedra; F. Henríquez; F. Benra; G. Blanco; C. Perugache; F. Hasen. Opportunities and limits to ecosystem services governance in developing countries and indigenous territories: The case of water supply in Southern Chile. Environmental Science and Policiy.11-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.04.012
2016 Nahuelhual, L., F. Benra, F. Rojas, G. Ignacio Díaz, and A. Carmona. 2016. Mapping social values of ecosystem services: What is behind the map? Ecology and Society 21(3):24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08676-210324
Books
2017 Nahuelhual, L., Benra, F. Jullian, C. 2017. Panguipulli: su capital natural y servicios ecosistémicos. ISBN: 978-956-390-017-0
2018 L. Nahuelhual, F. Benra, S. Marín, G. Saavedra; X. Vergara. Characterizing socio-ecological traps: An exploration in forest and marine socio-ecological systems of Southern and Austral Chile. In: Social-ecological systems of Latin America: complexities and challenges. Springer Verlag. (Accepted)
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