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Northern Africa. She is member of the Continuing Committee of the International
Rangeland Congress since 2011. In addition, she served as international member of
the Science Council of the Ecological Society of America from 2010 to 2014 and as
vice chair and chair of the Rangeland Section of the Ecological Society of America
from 2016 to 2018 and is regional president of the Mexican Scientific Ecological
Society since 2012. She forms part of the Executive Committee of the International
Network for Desertification ARIDnet and contributed to the formulation of the
Dryland Development Paradigm. She has been associate editor of Rangeland
Ecology and Management from 2008 to 2010 and of Ecological Applications since
2012. She has organized national and international scientific and multi-sector workshops, meetings and congresses. Her publications have over 5290 citations (without
self-citations). Moreover, she has been PI of 15 national and international research
grants; has graduated 1 bachelor, 12 masters and 6 doctorate students; and has
taught 15 different graduate-level courses at national and international institutions.
Ileana Espejel is teacher-researcher at the School of Sciences, Universidad
Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), and leader of the academic group Manejo de
Recursos Costeros y Terrestres. In 2011, she received Ecology and Society Award
and an honorific mention by Semarnat-Ecological Award in 2014. She is cofounder
of three postgraduate programmes and a bachelor’s in environmental issues, member of the Research National System level III and jury member of several academic
and meeting committees. She has professional experience of 35 years in interdisciplinary research and teaching in arid and coastal environments and received
Academic Award in 2012 and Semarnat-Ecological Award in 2017. She is part of
the editorial board of Frontera Norte and Economía Sociedad y Territorio and peer
reviewer of journals like Tourism Management and Ocean and Coastal Management.
She has been responsible of 30 projects on environmental and ecosystem management issues. Most projects and papers have a main goal of inter- and transdisciplinary research seeking for the sustainable development of arid and coastal
communities in Mexico. As a professor, she has given 40 types of lessons on diverse
issues and institutions (ecology ecosystem management, interdisciplinary research
methodology and thesis workshops). Moreover, she is advisor of four bachelor’s
theses, 7 diploma levels, 37 master’s theses and 17 PhD theses besides being member of the interdisciplinary thesis committees of several postgraduate students. She
completed her bachelor’s degree in Biology in 1980 at the Autonomous National
University of México; master’s at INIREB in Xalapa, Veracruz; and PhD in
Vegetation Ecology at Uppsala University, Sweden, in 1986 and received the
Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) (Fundación Rockefeller) in
1997 at El Colegio de México.
Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña started her career as an anthropologist specialized in
archaeology with a degree from the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla. Since
then, her work focuses on dryland regions. Her first studies reconstructed a past that
is relevant for the future, looking for an understanding of subsistence practices
and climate change in the following topics: transitions from hunter-gatherers to
About the Editors
Northern Africa. She is member of the Continuing Committee of the International
Rangeland Congress since 2011. In addition, she served as international member of
the Science Council of the Ecological Society of America from 2010 to 2014 and as
vice chair and chair of the Rangeland Section of the Ecological Society of America
from 2016 to 2018 and is regional president of the Mexican Scientific Ecological
Society since 2012. She forms part of the Executive Committee of the International
Network for Desertification ARIDnet and contributed to the formulation of the
Dryland Development Paradigm. She has been associate editor of Rangeland
Ecology and Management from 2008 to 2010 and of Ecological Applications since
2012. She has organized national and international scientific and multi-sector workshops, meetings and congresses. Her publications have over 5290 citations (without
self-citations). Moreover, she has been PI of 15 national and international research
grants; has graduated 1 bachelor, 12 masters and 6 doctorate students; and has
taught 15 different graduate-level courses at national and international institutions.
Ileana Espejel is teacher-researcher at the School of Sciences, Universidad
Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), and leader of the academic group Manejo de
Recursos Costeros y Terrestres. In 2011, she received Ecology and Society Award
and an honorific mention by Semarnat-Ecological Award in 2014. She is cofounder
of three postgraduate programmes and a bachelor’s in environmental issues, member of the Research National System level III and jury member of several academic
and meeting committees. She has professional experience of 35 years in interdisciplinary research and teaching in arid and coastal environments and received
Academic Award in 2012 and Semarnat-Ecological Award in 2017. She is part of
the editorial board of Frontera Norte and Economía Sociedad y Territorio and peer
reviewer of journals like Tourism Management and Ocean and Coastal Management.
She has been responsible of 30 projects on environmental and ecosystem management issues. Most projects and papers have a main goal of inter- and transdisciplinary research seeking for the sustainable development of arid and coastal
communities in Mexico. As a professor, she has given 40 types of lessons on diverse
issues and institutions (ecology ecosystem management, interdisciplinary research
methodology and thesis workshops). Moreover, she is advisor of four bachelor’s
theses, 7 diploma levels, 37 master’s theses and 17 PhD theses besides being member of the interdisciplinary thesis committees of several postgraduate students. She
completed her bachelor’s degree in Biology in 1980 at the Autonomous National
University of México; master’s at INIREB in Xalapa, Veracruz; and PhD in
Vegetation Ecology at Uppsala University, Sweden, in 1986 and received the
Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) (Fundación Rockefeller) in
1997 at El Colegio de México.
Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña started her career as an anthropologist specialized in
archaeology with a degree from the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla. Since
then, her work focuses on dryland regions. Her first studies reconstructed a past that
is relevant for the future, looking for an understanding of subsistence practices
and climate change in the following topics: transitions from hunter-gatherers to
About the Editors