Research Group
ECOP – Landscape Ecology Lab
Founded in 2024, the Landscape Ecology Lab follows a mission-oriented, problem-driven, and evidence-based approach to environmental challenges. It is a dynamic research hub dedicated to tackling urgent environmental challenges through the lens of landscape ecology and sustainable environmental planning. ECOP’s mission is to support evidence-based decision-making and policy development, fostering nature-based solutions that enhance climate resilience and landscape sustainability.
Integrating interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, combining landscape ecology, fire science, and biological conservation, Landscape Ecology Lab‘s work is strategic and translational, bridging science, policy, and practice to develop nature-based solutions for sustainable land management.
This research’s group envision a future where landscapes are resilient, ecologically balanced, and adaptive to change, ensuring a harmonious coexistence between nature and society. Through scientific innovation and strategic planning, we aim to shape sustainable land management practices that benefit both ecosystems and communities.
Research Lines
- Fire ecology and adaptive management – Investigating fire regimes, integrated fire management, and fire-smart landscapes to enhance ecosystem resilience.
- Land-use change and ecosystem dynamics – Assessing how land-use policies shape biodiversity and ecosystem services and landscape resilience.
- Climate change and Nature-based solutions – Developing stragegies to mitigate climate-driven disturbances and promote ecosystem adaptation.
- Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services – Monitoring and assessing biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem functions to support long-term conservation planning.
- Technological innovation and strategic planning – Leveraging Earth observation data, remote sensing technologies, advanced ecological modelling, optimization tools, and AI-driven analytics to support evidence-based decision-making.
Projects
RESFIRE (PID2023-152690OA-C22) – Assessing the potential of REStoring ecological FIRe regimes as Nature-based Solution to extreme wildfires in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Funding agency: State Research Agency AEI
Execution centers: MBG-CSIC and CREAF
Period: 2024 – 2027
Subproject 2 coordinator: Adrián Regos (MBG); Co-PI: Sergio Prats (MBG).
Funding: 225,000 €
RAMÓN Y CAJAL – Complementary grant to the postdoctoral contract ‘Ramon y Cajal’ (RYC2022-036822-I)
Funding agency: Government of Spain – Ministry of Science and Innovation
Execution centers: MBG-CSIC
Period: 2024 – 2029
PI: Adrián Regos
Funding: 65,450.00 €
FirESmart (PCIF/MOG/0083/2017) – Nature-based solutions for preventive fire management and sustained supply of ecosystem services.
Funding agency: Fundaçao para Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).
Execution centers: CIBIO / InBIO, Forest Technology Center of Catalonia, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD).
Period: 2019 – 2023
PI: Adrián Regos. Number of researchers: 14
Funding: 199,691.25 €
ECOP Publications
Transfer Activities
FirESmart VIDEO – Nature-based solutions for preventive fire management and sustainable supply of ecosystem services.
Year: 2020
REMAINS – FirESmart – R package to simulate landscape dynamics in the Gerês-Xures Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Portugal/Spain).
Includes the processes of forest fires, post-fire regeneration, forest restoration and land cover change (i.e. forest plantations, rural abandonment and agricultural conversion).
BOOK’S CHAPTER – Modelos de distribución de especies en ecosistemas forestales
Chapter authors: Salvador Arenas-Castro, Adrián Regos y Pablo González-Moreno
Book: Geomática, Teledetección y Modelos Espaciales Aplicados a la Gestión de Sistemas Forestales
Year:: 2022
Staff
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Trainee Staff in Landscape Ecology
| Student | Position | Training | Training Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvana Pais | FCT Scholarship | PhD Student | University of Porto |
| Miguel Cánibe | EBD Contract | PhD Student | University of Santiago |
| Concepción García-Redondo | Xunta de Galicia Civil Servant | PhD Student | University of Vigo |
| Augusto Salonio | Master’s | University of Santiago | |
| Fernando García | PhD Student | University of Santiago | |
| Marwa Elgoul | Exchange | PhD Student | Université de Carthage |
| Maroua Boucharma | Exchange | PhD Student | Mohamed Cherif Messaadia University |
Join the MBG and the BIOCLIM Group
The Misión Biológica de Galicia is the perfect place to boost your career in science. If you want to develop in a collaborative environment committed to the advancement of knowledge, do not hesitate to contact us; We are open to receive expressions of interest and applications for doctoral theses (PhD), Master’s theses (TFM), Bachelor’s theses (TFG) or Vocational Training (FP) internships.
Get in touch and start training in the Misión Biológica de Galicia
Adrián Regos
se.cisc.gbm@sogera