Mercedes Rois DÃaz
Scientist
Sustainability and Climate Change Unit
European Forest Institute
Spain
Biography
Ms. Mercedes Rois Díaz is a researcher in the Sustainability and Climate Change Unit at the European Forest Institute. She works in the AGFORWARD project (Agroforestry that will advance Rural Development) focusing on the driving factors for the farmers implementing agroforestry or not, and the analysis of policies influencing the uptake of agroforestry across Europe. In the past her research has focused on developing indicators on forest biodiversity in the framework of the European Environment Agency, and the application of sewage sludge on silvopastoral systems. She holds an M.Sc. in Forest Sciences (2000) from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) with an Erasmus exchange (2000) to the Georg-August-University in Göttingen (Germany), and a Marie Curie internship (2004) in the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki (Greece). In addition to her work as researcher, she has expertise in project management from different funding agencies and she has worked as Office Manager in the EFI Office in Barcelona. Specialised in:
Research Interest
Agroforestry Forest biodiversity Forest capacity building Project management
Publications
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Amigo, J., F.J. Silva - Pando, M.P. González, M.J. Rozados, M. Rois, I. DÃaz - Maroto, 2001. Diversidad florÃstica en robledales atlánticos del Noroeste de la PenÃnsula Ibérica. III Congreso Forestal Español. Granada, Spain.
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Rois, M., I. DÃaz - Maroto & M.A. RodrÃguez, 1999. Determinación de las pautas de crecimiento del género Quercus en la cuenca alta del rÃo Eo. Actas del Congreso de Ord enación y Gestión de Montes. Lugo, Spain.
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Silva - Pando, F.J., J. Amigo, M.P. Gonzalez, I. DÃaz - Maroto, M.J. Rozados & M. Rois., 1998. Relationship between surface soil and plant com position of oakwoods in NW Spain. International Congress of Ecology VII. Florence, Italy.
