The LICCI Consortium
CORE TEAM

Victoria Reyes
Victoria
Reyes-García
ICREA Research Professor
ICREA Research Professor and LICCI director
Field site: Bolivia

André Braga
André
Braga Junqueira
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral researcher interested in ethnoecology, historical ecology and indigenous resource management systems
Field site: Brasil

Petra
Petra
Benyei
Postdoctoral researcher
Rural sociologist interested in the interface between science and technology studies and political agroecology
Field site: Bolivia and Spain

Mouna Chambon
Mouna
Chambon
Ph.D. researcher
Tropical ecologist and social scientist interested in gendered perceptions of climate change Impacts.
Field site: Kenya

David García
David
García del Amo
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral researcher interested in climate change and Indigenous and kocal knowledge
Field site: Spain

Xiaoyue Li
Xiaoyue
Li
Postdoctoral researcher
Applied environmental anthropologist
Field site: China

Laura Calvet
Laura
Calvet-Mir
Research coordinator
Environmental scientist interested in biocultural diversity, agroecology, and political ecology.

Encarna P. Fernández
Encarna
P. Fernández
Project manager

Vincent Porcher
Vincent
Porcher
Ph.D. researcher
Tropical ecologist interested in ethnobotany and children’s ecological knowledge
Filed site: Madagascar

Anna Porcuna Ferrer
Anna
Porcuna Ferrer
Ph.D. researcher
Environmental biologist interested in agroecology, ethnobotany, and local ecological knowledge
Field site: Senegal

Anna Schlingmann
Anna
Schlingmann
Ph.D. researcher
Environmental scientist investigating local climate change impacts and adaptation strategies
Field site: Argentina

Ramin Soleymani
Ramin
Soleymani
Software engineer
Computer scientist interested in open science, citizen science, environmental activism and art

Santiago Alvarez Fernandez
Santiago
Álvarez Fernández
Data Scientist
Marine biologist and expertise in data handling and statistical analyses.

Ouerle Chao
Ouerle
Chao
Ph.D. researcher
Anthropologist interested in climate change impacts on Mongolian culture, traditional knowledge.
Field site: China

Adrien Tofighi-Niaki
Adrien
Tofighi-Niaki
M.Sc. in International Development, University of Amsterdam.
Adrien is a researcher and strategist in environmental and climate change justice. He coordinates the Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts Observation Network (LICCION) and the Research on Indigenous Data Governance Protocols (RIDAGOP) projects.
PARTNERS

Mariam Abazeri
Field site: Iran

Miquel Torrents Ticó
Field site: Kenya

Julia Ávila
Field site: Brazil

Ayansina Ayanlade
Field site: Nigeria

Dániel Babai
Field site: Gyimes region, Romania

Tungalag Ulambayar
Field site: Mongolia

Rodrigo Bulamah
Field site: Haiti

Joao V. Campos-Silva
Field site: Brazilian Amazon

Rosario Carmona
Fields site: Lonquimay, Chile

Julián Caviedes
Field site: Chile

Rumbidzayi Chakauya
Fields site: Zimbabwe

Zhuo Chen
Field site: China

Fasco I. Chengula
Field site: Mafia island

Esther Conde
Field site: Bolivia

Aida Cuni-Sanchez
Field site: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Evgeniya Dudina
Field site: Russia

Eranga Galappaththi
Field site: Sri Lanka

Claudia Geffner Fuenmayor
Field site: Solomon Islands

Drew Gerkey
Field site: Siberia

Marcos Glauser
Field site: Paraguay

Eric Hirsch
Field site: Arequipa Region, Peru

Andrea Izquierdo
Field site: Puna, Argentina

Leneisja Jungsberg
Field site: Greenland

Marisa Lanker
Field site: Guatemala

Rihan Wu
Field site: Mongolia

Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado
Field site: Yucatan, Mexico

Juliette Mariel
Field site: Madagascar

Giulia Mattalia
Field site: Bukovina, Romania

Mohamed Djamel Miara
Field site: Algeria

Emmanuel M.N.A.N Attoh
Field site: Ghana

Maedeh Salimi
Field site: Iran

Aibek Samakov
Field site: Kazakhstan

Reinmar Seidler
Field site: India

Victoria Sharakhmatova
Field site: Siberia

Alpy Sharma
Field site: Himachal Pradesh, India

Uttam Babu Shrestha
Field site: Nepal

Ibrahim Sidi Zakari
Field site: Niger

Priyatma Singh
Field site: Fiji l

Simona Lippi
Field site: Albania

Vicenza Ferrara
Field site: Italy

Christophe Demichelis
Field Site: Gabon
COLLABORATORS

Michael Schönhuth
Dr. phil in Cultural Anthropology, 1989, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br.

Vanesse Labeyrie
Ph.D. in Population Biology, 2013, Montpellier SupAgro. She is a researcher at the GREEN research unit in CIRAD, Montpellier, working at the interface between agroecology and ethnoecology.

Sandrine Gallois
Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Ethnoecology, 2016, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain and National Museum of Natural History, France. She is a ethnoecologist based at Leiden University, Netherlands.

Sonia Graham
Ph.D. in Sociology, 2012, Charles Sturt University, Australia. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Christoph Schunko
Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 2016, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna. He is Assistant Professor at the Department for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna.

Álvaro Fernández - Llamazares Onrubia
Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, 2015, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is an ethnoecologist based at the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Jane Mbolle Chah
Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension, Rural Sociology. She has a position in the Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Sara Miñarro
Field site: Solomon Islands

Albert Cruz Gispert

Joey Ngunu
Marine biologist interested in marine biodiversity, adaptation of marine ecosystems to climate change, science communication and marine photography.

Pasang Dolma Sherpa
Executive Director of CIPRED in Nepal. For over a decade, she has worked with Indigenous peoples, women, and local communities to recognize their knowledge, cultural values, and customary institutions in light of environmental sustainable management and climate resilience.She has served in leading roles in several international forums, such as IIPFCC, FWG-LCIPP, UN-REDD, FCPF-World Bank, SPICEH.

Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri
Kittisak is the current Executive Director of IPF in Thailand. Since 1989, he has promoted and advocated for indigenous peoples’ issues and supported communities in climate change assessments and adaptation planning.His organization (IPF) is a partner of the LICCION initiative.

Vu Thi Hien
Director of CERDA in Vietnam. With 22 years of experience as a researcher and lecturer at Hanoi Agricultural University, she transitioned to international NGOs, specializing in development and climate change. At CERDA, she spearheads REDD+ projects, while also training and facilitating for vulnerable groups, particularly ethnic minorities in Vietnam.