Pablo Manzano

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, BC3

Currently works at BC3, and collaborates with the University of Helsinki.

Research line:

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability of livestock-based socioecosystems.

HELSUS post-doctoral fellow, FPU predoctoral Fellow.

Previous research experience at University of Helsinki (Finland), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (Italy), International Union for Conservation of Nature (Kenya), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).

Doctor in Rangeland Ecology (2015), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

2024

Article / Applying life cycle assessment to European high nature value farming systems: Environmental impacts and biodiversity

Agricultural Systems

Torres-Miralles, M.; Kyttä, V.; Jeanneret, P.; Lamminen, M.; Manzano, P.; Tuomisto, H.L.; Herzon, I.

Review / Carolyn K. Lesorogol: Conservation and Community in Kenya: Milking the Elephant.

Nomadic Peoples

Yamat, L.E.; Manzano, P.

2023

Article / Underrated past herbivore densities could lead to misoriented sustainability policies

npj Biodiversity

Manzano P, Pardo G, Itani MA and del Prado A

Article / Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannas

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Manzano, P.; del Prado, A.; Pardo, G.

Article / Herbivory baseline estimates in Spanish protected areas, and environmental implications

Landscape Ecology

Serrano-Zulueta, R.; Pardo, G.; Pauné, F.; del Prado, A.; Manzano, P.

Article / Regenerative rangeland management farmers in Spain: enthusiastic among a great diversity in farming conditions

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Serrano-Zulueta, R.; Del Prado, A.; Manzano, P.

Article / Carbon footprint of transhumant sheep farms: accounting for natural baseline emissions in Mediterranean systems

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Pardo, G.; Casas, R.; del Prado, A.; Manzano, P.

Article / Ecosystem management using livestock: Embracing diversity and respecting ecological principles

Animal Frontiers

Thompson, L.; Rowntree, J.; Windisch, W.; Waters, S.M.; Shalloo, L.; Manzano, P.

Article / Challenges for the balanced attribution of livestock's environmental impacts: The art of conveying simple messages around complex realities

Animal Frontiers

Manzano, P.; Rowntree, J.; Thompson, L.; Del Prado, A.; Ederer, P.; Windisch, W.; Lee, M.R.F.

Letter / Grazing research should consider mobility and governance.

Science

Pablo Manzano, Francisco M. Azcarate, Slimane Bencherif, Daniel Burgas, Bayarmaa Byambaa, Mar Cabeza, Luis Cadahía, Dawn Chatty, Jussi T. Eronen, Kathleen Galvin, Pedro M. Herrera, Øystein Holand, Moustapha Itani, Maryam Niamir-Fuller, Ferran Pauné, Gregory Perrier, Ian Scoones, Oula Seitsonen, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Elsa Varela, Ann Waters-Bayer

Review / Global principles in local traditional knowledge: A review of forage plant-livestock-herder interactions

Journal of Environmental Management

Sharifian, A.; Gantuya, B.; Wario, H.T.; Kotowski, M.A.; Barani, H.; Manzano, P.; Krätli, S.; Babai, D.; Biró, M.; Sáfián, L.; Erdenetsogt, J.; Qabel, Q.M.; Molnár, Z.

2022

Article / El impulso y desarrollo de la ganadería regenerativa como herramienta para la sostenibilidad agroalimentaria

BC3 Policy Briefings

Rubén Zulueta, Pablo Manzano y Agustín del Prado

Article / El impulso y desarrollo de la ganadería regenerativa como herramienta para la sostenibilidad agroalimentaria

BC3 Policy Briefings

Rubén Zulueta, Pablo Manzano y Agustín del Prado

Letter / Transformation of animal agriculture should be evidence-driven and respectful of livestock's benefits and contextual aspects

Animal

Leroy, F.; Abraini, F.; Beal, T.; Dominguez-Salas, P.; Gregorini, P.; Manzano, P.; Rowntree, J.; van Vliet, S.

Impactos ambientales del ganado Rumiante contextualizado a través de líneas bases de herbivoría natural

University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU)

Rubén Serrano Zulueta - In preparation

An interdisciplinary evaluation of sustainability for East African land uses

Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV-EHU)

Logolie E. Yamat - In preparation

The Ecological Impacts of Semi-Nomadic Pastoralism in High Mountains

University of Helsinki

Moustapha Abdullah Itani - In preparation

Impacto y gestión de los sistemas de ganadería extensiva en el secuestro de carbono en suelos, y la mitigación del cambio climático. Escenarios comparados en España y el Ecuador

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

José Luis Urdiales Arévalo - In preparation

2024

Making it rain: An experimental approach to test the fog-catching functionality of cloud forests

University of Helsinki

A multispecies approach to address human-wildlife conflicts in farmlands

University of Helsinki

How Rural Depopulation in the Iberian Peninsula Affects Iberian Wolf Density

University of Helsinki

2023

Explorando la capacidad de carga de los sistemas naturales pastados e implicaciones para la gestión de sistemas domésticos análogos en Europa

University of the Basque Country

2022

Productos de origen animal en España: de lo convencional a lo ecológico. Estudio del impacto y posibles escenarios de transición.

Universidad Internacional de Andalucía

2024

Lecture “A nuanced perspective on livestock and climate - the case for Rangelands and Pastoralists”. Masters in Veterinary, Major Track “Veterinary Medicine in the Global South”, University of Ghent, Belgium: 3 h (2nd semester – 19th March 2024).

Field Course: Human-Wildlife Conflicts in East Africa. Masters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Helsinki, Finland: 56 h (2nd semester - 27th Jan-7th Feb & 28 Mar 2024).

2023

Post-graduate course "Livestock grazed socio-ecosystems in the context of climate change". Centro de Ciências Rurais, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: 15 h (2nd semester – 28th-29th November 2023)

Lecture on livestock, world vegetation and climate change. Part of the course "Sustainable Agriculture: a Global Perspective", Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Systems. Universiteit Gent, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering. 3 h (1st semester – 13th October 2023)

Field Course: Human-Wildlife Conflicts in East Africa. Masters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Helsinki, Finland: 56 h (2nd semester - 17th-28th Jan & 14 Mar 2023).

2024

Invited talk | A comprehensive view on transhumance in Europe, with challenges and opportunities

3rd Mountain Livestock Farming Systems Meeting. - Invited talk

Pablo Manzano

Invited talk | Methane Emission and Soil Carbon Assessment in Grasslands

International Symposium on GHG mitigation in livestock system for sustainable livestock transformation - Invited talk

Pablo Manzano, Guillermo Pardo, Agustín del Prado

Invited talk | The environmental values of transhumance

Ad Hoc Action: Transhumance and local breeds - Invited talk

Pablo Manzano

Oral presentation | Caracterizando la trayectoria pastoralismo para optimizar los esfuerzos contra el cambio climático.

XI Remedia workshop “Reconectando agricultura, ganadería y silvicultura hacia la neutralidad climática. Un encuentro de la ciencia y sociedad ibéricas” - Oral presentation

Serrano-Zulueta R, del Prado A, Manzano P

Poster presentation | Evaluando la circularidad en sistemas ganaderos trashumantes.

XI Remedia workshop “Reconectando agricultura, ganadería y silvicultura hacia la neutralidad climática. Un encuentro de la ciencia y sociedad ibéricas” - Poster presentation

Guillermo Pardo, Raquel Casas, Agustín del Prado, Pablo Manzano

Poster presentation | Una primera aproximación global a los niveles base de emisiones de metano de la herbivoría.

XI Remedia workshop “Reconectando agricultura, ganadería y silvicultura hacia la neutralidad climática. Un encuentro de la ciencia y sociedad ibéricas” - Poster presentation

Pardo G, Serrano-Zulueta R., del Prado A, Manzano P

Poster presentation | Debates climáticos en redes sociales: ¿cuánto de constructivo? Un ejemplo de X/Twitter y ganadería.

XI Remedia workshop “Reconectando agricultura, ganadería y silvicultura hacia la neutralidad climática. Un encuentro de la ciencia y sociedad ibéricas” - Poster presentation

Manzano P, Navarro A, del Prado A

Poster presentation | Advances in the study of carrying capacity of extensive livestock systems through natural analog ecosystems

XX International Botanical Congress - Poster presentation

Laura ´González, Rubén Serrano-Zulueta, Guillermo Pardo, Agustín del Prado, Pablo Manzano

Poster presentation | Phylogenetic relationships of the Campanula group Megalocalyx, and assignment of a new species from Beirut.

XX International Botanical Congress - Poster presentation

Laura Calvo-Heredia, Moustapha Itani, Juanjo Aldasoro, M. Alarcón, Mohamed S. Al-Zein, Pablo Manzano, Andrea Sánchez Meseguer

2023

Conference organization | Pastoral marginalities and uncertainties in Latin America today

World Anthropology Congress 2023 - 19th IUAES-WAU - Conference organization

Greta Semplici, Pablo Manzano

Conference organization | Mirando las Raíces: carbon farming.

X Remedia Workshop. - Conference organization

Agustín del Prado, Guillermo Pardo, Inmaculada Batalla, Pablo Manzano

Invited talk | Ecological aspects of livestock agriculture

The importance of Grazers and their Ecosystems - in context of climate and sustainbility. - Invited talk

Pablo Manzano

Invited talk | Earth needs much herbivory, but the right way: implications for livestock management

11th International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores - Invited talk

Pablo Manzano, Mar Cabeza

Oral presentation | A Novel Socio-ecological Approach for Assessing the Impacts of Pastoralism on Floral Diversity

4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Plant Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration in the Mediterranean”, Valencia, Spain, 23rd – 27th October 2023 - Oral presentation

Moustapha A. Itani, Hicham El Zein, Salma N. Talhouk, Sylvain Perdigon, Mohammad Al-Zein, Aya Jamaleddine, Ramzi Al Malti, Tiago Monteiro-Henriques, Pablo Manzano, Mar Cabeza.

Oral presentation | A proposal for characterizing pastoralist mobility types globally

World Anthropology Congress 2023 - 19th IUAES-WAU - Oral presentation

Pablo Manzano

Oral presentation | Diversity and sustainability of Latin American pastoralism: an overview of 7 case studies.

World Anthropology Congress 2023 - 19th IUAES-WAU - Oral presentation

Greta Semplici, Pablo Manzano

Oral presentation | La tradición como una herramienta de gestión sostenible.(Tradition as a sustainable management tool)

“Building our future from our past: cultural heritage as a sustainable resource in time of climate crisis”. Side event, Spain Pavillion, UNFCCC CoP28, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. - Oral presentation

Pablo Manzano

Oral presentation | Estimaciones empíricas de niveles base de herbivoría en los Espacios Protegidos españoles e implicaciones ambientales.

XVI congreso de la AEET - Oral presentation

Serrano-Zulueta, R., Pardo, G., del Prado, A., Manzano, P.

Oral presentation | Mediterranean Woody Systems: fire or herbivory, that is the question.

British Ecological Society Anual Meeting 2023 - Oral presentation

Ferran Pauné, Rosario Fanlo, Guillem Masó, Federico Fillat, Pablo Manzano

Oral presentation | Emisiones de ganado doméstico en el distrito de Ngorongoro, Tanzania: la ecosfera como escenario dominante

X Remedia Workshop: "Mirando las raíces: carbon farming" - Oral presentation

Guillermo Pardo, Agustín del Prado, Pablo Manzano

Poster presentation | Productos de origen animal en España: de lo convencional a lo ecológico. Estudio del impacto y posibles escenarios de transición