Geographisches Institut

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Dr. Giulia Curatola Fernandez

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Unit Landsysteme und Nachhaltige Ressourcennutzung

Telefon: +41 31 684 32 93
E-Mail: giulia.curatola@unibe.ch
Büro: 107
Postadresse: Universität Bern
Geographisches Institut
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern

Mein Forschungsthema ist die Erfassung und Analyse von Landschaftsveränderungen durch gemischte quantitative und qualitative Methoden auf der Grundlage von Fernerkundung und GIS. Insbesondere konzentriere ich mich auf die Muster und Triebkräfte des Wandels von Landnutzung und -bedeckung in tropischen Regionen. Durch die Anwendung eines transdisziplinären Ansatzes besteht das Ziel meiner Arbeit darin, die derzeitigen Landbewirtschaftungspraktiken in Richtung nachhaltigerer Produktionssysteme zu verbessern, Kultur- und Naturlandschaften zu schützen und unberührte Ökosysteme zu bewahren.

Forschung

Research focus

Land use/cover change detection
Deforestation drivers
Forest fragmentation
Mapping of tropical mountain peatlands
Vegetation spectroscopy
Community-based conservation

Further professional interests

Ecosystem function and services
Invasive species
Land degradation
Food systems

Field experience

Madre de Dios, Amazonas and Ancash (Peru), Loja and Zamora (Ecuador)

Publikationen

Journal Articles

Wingate VR, Curatola Fernández GF, Ifejika Speranza C. Small forest patches in West Africa: mapping how they are changing to better inform their conservation. Environmental Conservation. Published online 2024:1-9. doi:10.1017/S0376892924000171
Curatola Fernández GF, Makowski Giannoni S, Delgado Florián E, et al. Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru. Environmental Conservation. 2023;50(4):212-219. doi:10.1017/S0376892923000267
T. Knoke, C. Paul, P. Hildebrandt, B. Calvas, L. M. Castro, F. Härtl, M. Döllerer, U. Hamer, D. Windhorst, Y. Wiersma, G. F. Curatola Fernández, W. Obermeier, J. Adams, L. Breuer, R. Mosandl, M. Weber, B. Stimm, E. Beck, W. Haber, C. Fürst & J. Bendix (2016). Compositional diversity of rehabilitated tropical lands supports multiple ecosystem services and buffers uncertainties. Nature Communications 7, 11877. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11877. Link to PDF: http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11877
C. I. B. Wallis, D. Paulsch, J. Zeilinger, B. Silva, G. F. Curatola Fernández, R. Brandl, N. Farwig & J. Bendix (2016). Contrasting performance of Lidar and optical texture models in predicting avian diversity in a tropical mountain forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 174, 223-232. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.019. Link to PDF: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425715302406
G. F. Curatola Fernández, W. A. Obermeier, A. Gerique, M. F. López Sandoval, L. W. Lehnert, B. Thies & J. Bendix (2015). Land cover change in the Andes of southern Ecuador—Patterns and drivers. Remote Sensing 7:3, 2509-2542. DOI: 10.3390/rs70302509. Link to PDF: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/3/2509
G. F. Curatola Fernández, B. Silva, J. Gawlik, B. Thies & J. Bendix (2013). Bracken fern frond status classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador: combining multispectral satellite data and field spectroscopy. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34:20, 7020-7037. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.813091. Link to PDF: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AmM3B7Kxi9iIqGewuCIC/full

Book Section

K. Roos, J. Bendix, G. F. Curatola Fernández, J. Gawlik, A. Gerique, U. Hamer, P. Hildebrandt, T. Knoke, H. Meyer, P. Pohle, K. Potthast, B. Thies, A. Tischer & E. Beck (2013). Current Provisioning Services: Pasture Development and Use, Weeds (Bracken), and Management. In: Bendix J., Beck E., Bräuning A., Makeschin F., Mosandl R., Scheu S. & Wilcke W. (Eds): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador. Ecological Studies, Springer: Berlin – Heidelberg - New York, Vol. 221. Link to PDF: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_15

Other

https://spda.org.pe/publicacion/mapeo-de-turberas-una-herramienta-de-informacion-para-la-conservacion-de-los-paisajes-altoandinos-en-el-norte-del-peru/. Spanish version of the article: Curatola Fernández GF, Makowski Giannoni S, Delgado Florián E, et al. Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru. Environmental Conservation. 2023;50(4):212-219. doi:10.1017/S0376892923000267
La ruta natural: viajes y destinos. Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental-Conservamos por Naturaleza. Lima, 2020.
B. Monteferri and D. Bonilla (2021). El Rugir del Marañón. Documentary film. Conservamos por Naturaleza (SPDA).
¿Qué es la contaminación lumínica y cuál es su relación con CityBike de San Isidro y Miraflores? B. Monteferri, C. Scheske, G. Curatola, P. Grandez and J. Bringas (2019). SPDA / Actualidad Ambiental. Link to article: https://www.actualidadambiental.pe/que-es-la-contaminacion-luminica-y-cual-es-su-relacion-con-citybike-de-san-isidro-y-miraflores/

Curriculum vitae

Education

2018:	PhD in Natural Sciences, Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg (DE) Dissertation on the spatio-temporal distribution patterns an of an invasive species linked to human-induced fires and deforestation in southern Ecuador
2009:	Licenciatura in Geography, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PE) Dissertation on the spatial distribution patterns of a native amazonian tree as indicator of anthropogenic forest disturbance in Madre de Dios, Peru
2007:	BSc in Geography, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PE)
2006:	Academic exchange year at the University of Fribourg (CH)

Professional experience

09/2020-06/2022:	Scientific Advisor, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Lima (PE)
01/2020-08/2020:	Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Nature, Earth and Energy, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima (PE)
03/2019-12/2019:	Scientific Advisor, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Lima (PE)
09/2018-03/2019:	Returning Expert, GIZ / Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Lima (PE)
03/2010-05/2018:	Scientific assistant, Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing, University of Marburg (DE)
03/2008-06/2009:	Lecturer and teaching assistant, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PE)
12/2007-03/2008:	Research assistant, Resident Naturalist program, Explorer’s Inn Lodge, Madre de Dios (PE)
11/2005- 04/2006:	Pre-professional intern, GIS department of the Ministry of Education, Lima (PE)
01/2005- 04/2005:	Pre-professional intern, NGO Practical Action, Huaraz (PE)

Languages

Spanish, Italian, German, English and French

Lehre

Herbstsemester

Kolloquium Geographien der Nachhaltigkeit
Forschungspraktikum Geographien der Nachhaltigkeit

Frühlingssemester

Feldkurs Integrative Geographie
Vorlesung + Übungen Geographien der Nachhaltigkeit
Kolloquium Geographien der Nachhaltigkeit
Forschungspraktikum Geographien der Nachhaltigkeit
Vorlesung Sustainability in the Anthropocene

Aktivitäten und Dienstleistungen

Memberships

UMB coordinator at the Institute of Geography (University of Bern): https://www.geography.unibe.ch/about_us/staff/intermediate_staff/index_eng.html
Global Land Program (Socio-Ecological Land Systems of Latin America): https://glp.earth/users/giulia-curatola-fern%C3%A1ndez
Mountain Research Initiative Expert: https://mri-expert-database.cde.unibe.ch/user/giulia.curatola@unibe.ch/
SSLAS Post-Doctoral Network: https://www.sslas.org/postdoc
Member of the Initiative Afrique (University of Bern): https://www.unibe.ch/research/strategy_and_focus/research_strategy/international_partnerships/initiative_afrique/index_eng.html

Reviewer

Environmental Conservation
Ecology and Society
Geocarto
Land