Mariana Vidal

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PhD student

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Mariana Vidal

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Chair of Forest Biometry and Forest Systems Analysis

Chair of Forest Biometry and Forest Systems Analysis

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marianavidal@​forst.tu-dresden.de

Research interests

My research expertise is on resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to climate-related hazards. My interests lie in the interactions between natural resources and livelihood with emphasis on the socio-economic and land use outcomes. My research uses stakeholder analysis, pattern analysis and agent-based modeling, with foundations on land use economics, community forestry and computer sciences.

I have worked in Latin America, in particular in Peru, in close collaboration with local communities, ministries and development agencies. My work has always been oriented towards creating the capacity needed at the level of governments, institutions, organizations, up to individual people for the sustainable management of natural resources. Tasks involved from policy advisory to participatory rural assessment with local communities.

I believe that the involvement of local stakeholders in all stages from the design to the implementation of projects fosters the construction of meaning in social interaction and better motivate interest and sustain engagement.

Projects

• 2018: International Training Programme on Environmental Management for Developing and Emerging Countries (UNEP/UNESCO/BMU)
• 2014 – 2015: Programme ProAmbiente - Contribution to the Environmental Objectives of Peru. Implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (BMZ)
• 2010 – 2013: International Network on Climate Change – INCA. TU Dresden (DAAD).

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

• Vidal Merino M, Sietz D, Jost F, Berger U (2018) Archetypes of Climate Vulnerability: a Mixed-method Approach Applied in the Peruvian Andes. Clim Dev 0:1–17. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1442804
• Lindner A, Jost F, Vidal Merino M, Reategui N, Berger U, Pretzsch J. (2017) Aligning Socio-economic Field Laboratories and Agent Based Models assessing local climate change adaptation measures of Andean farmers. Journal of Forest and Landscape Research 1 (2017): 7–17. DOI: 10.13141/jflr.v2i1.77

Posters

• Vidal Merino M, Berger T, Pretzsch J, Berger U. (2012) Modelling the Adaptation Strategies of Farmers of the Andes Against Climate Change and the Related Development of Land Use / Land Cover. Proceedings Tropentag 2012 "Resilience of agricultural systems against crises".
• Vidal Merino M, Jost F, Amos G, Medina F, Pretzsch J, Berger U. (2012) Challenges Presented by Climate Change in the Andean Region: Land Use Cover Change and Adaptive Response of Small Farmers. Proceedings Tropentag 2012 "Resilience of agricultural systems against crises".
• Vidal M & Krott M (2011) Stakeholders, Interests and Power as Drivers of Community Forestry: Case Studies from Ecuador and Peru. Proceedings Tropentag 2011 "Development on the Margin".