JOSE LUIS VIVERO POL Email: joseluisvivero@gmail.com
Currently living in Nicaragua: Phone (505) 84458953
WORKING EXPERIENCE My thirteen years experience focuses on Food Security and Nutrition, Human Rights and Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America, Africa and the Caucasus, having lived in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Chile, Georgia, Ethiopia and Kenya. I have experience in Plant and Animal Conservation and plant genetic resources, mostly agro-biodiversity, forestry resources, threatened species management and redlisting. Global governance, climate change, biofuels, food culture and food ethics are recent topics of interest. QUALIFICATIONS Agricultural Engineer (Plant Breeding specialist) in University of Cordoba (1996) with a final thesis on “Characterization and Conservation Strategies of Wild Prunus Germplasm in Andalusia (plums and cherries)”, qualified with highest marks (see below Gen. Res. & Crop Evol. 48-5, 2001) http://www.springerlink.com/content/w945r11137125324/ Undergraduate Courses (1993) on Woodland Management, Tropical Ecology and Forest Mensuration in the University of Edinburgh, U.K. Diploma in Conservation and Management of Natural Areas and Sustainable Development (1997) in International University of Andalusia (400 h), La Rábida, Spain. Final thesis on conservation of endangered plant species in Andalusia (Vella spp.). http://ebd06.ebd.csic.es/pdfscazorla/Crespo.et.al.2005.Bot.J.Linn.Soc.pdf AFFILIATIONS, CURRENT POSITIONS AND INITIATIVES a)
Member of the Global Trees Specialists Group (Species Survival Commission-IUCN). http://www.globaltrees.org/gtsg.htm
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Preparation of a project titled “Conservation Atlas of Endemic Flora of Ethiopia” partially funded by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and Conservation International, and a project on “Red Listing and Mapping the Threatened Trees of Guatemala”, fully funded by Fauna and Flora International. http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/conservation-status-of-endemic-plants-of-ethiopia-
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Co-director of a graduate research project (Cristina Chajuleu, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala) on “Avifauna monitoring and design of visitors´ pathways in the Cerro Alux Municipal Park”.
d) Four updated datasheets for threatened endemic birds of Ethiopia included in the Globally Threatened Bird Forums and Threatened Birds of the World 2004 (CD Rom), Birdlife International, Cambridge. e)
Exhibition on Ethiopian Medicinal Plants at the IES Museum of Anthropology, June 2002, Addis Ababa.
PUBLICATIONS ON BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Crespo, M.B., S. Ríos, J.L. Vivero, J. Prados, E. Hernández-Bermejo & M.D. Lledó (2005). A new spineless species of Vella (Brassicaceae) from the high mountains of south-eastern Spain. Botanical Journal of Linnean Society 149 (1): 121-128. http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/vella_castrilensis-final http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00427.x/abstract
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Ortiz, S. & J.L. Vivero (2005). A new species and a new combination in the afroalpine Senecio nanus-S. schultzii complex (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). Blumea 50: 191-195. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/pubs/blumea/blumea501.htm#Senecio_ http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/blumea-2005-senecios-ethiopia BOOKS
Vivero, J.L., M. Szejner, J. E. Gordon & G. Magin (2006). The Red List of Trees of Guatemala. Global Trees Campaign, IUCN SSC. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. http://www.globaltrees.org/rl_guatemala.htm http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/red-list-of-trees-of-guatemala Vivero, J.L., Ensermu K. & Sebsebe D. (2005). The Red List of Endemic Trees and Shrubs of Etiopía and Eritrea. Global Trees Campaign, IUCN Species Survival Commission. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. http://www.globaltrees.org/rl_ethiopia.htm http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/red-list-ethiopia Vivero, J.L. (2001). A guide to endemic birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Shama Books, Addis Ababa. http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Endemic-Birds-Ethiopia-Eritrea/dp/1931253137 BOOK CHAPTERS
Vivero, J.L., Ensermu K. & Sebsebe D. (2006). Progress on the Red List of plants of Ethiopia and Eritrea: conservation and biogeography of endemic flowering taxa. In: Ghazanfar S.A & Beentje H.J. (eds). Taxonomy and ecology of African Plants, their conservation and sustainable use, pp. 761-778. Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew. http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=572 http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/aetfat-chapter-jlv Vivero, J.L. (2003). The traditional ethnobotanical knowledge and its socio-economic importance in Ethiopia. In C. Porras, ed., The ark of diversity. Catalogue of IES Museum of Anthropology, pp. 61-65. Adis Ababa, Ethiopia. http://www.meabooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=20947&keyword=Carmen+Porras&search by=author&offset=0&fs=1&CLSN_2946=12949180582946794f6932b089a5c62a Williams, S.D., J.L. Vivero, S. Spawls, Anteneh S. & Ensermu K. (2004). Ethiopian Highlands. In: Mittermeier, R. et al. (eds.), Hotspots Revisited: Earth´s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Ecoregions, pp. 262-273. CEMEX, Mexico DF. http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/ethiopianhighlands-final--19-marhttp://www.conservation.org/publications/Pages/hotspots_revisited.aspx Galicia, D., E. del Valle, M. Benito, J.A. Calleja, F. Domínguez, E. Hernández-Bermejo, F. Herrera, J.C. Moreno, J. Prados, H. Sainz, R. Sánchez & J.L. Vivero (2003). Vella pseudocytisus L. subsp. pseudocytisus. En: Bañares, A. et al. (2003). Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza, Madrid. http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/afa-vella-pseudo http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/inventarios/inb/flora_vascular/documentos.htm Vivero, J.L. et al. (1999-2000). 26 plant species entries. En: G. Blanca et al. (eds.). Libro Rojo de la Flora Silvestre Amenazada de Andalucía. Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla. Tomo I: Especies en peligro de extinción: http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/site/aplica/medioambiente/site/web/menuitem.a5664a21 4f73c3df81d8899661525ea0/?vgnextoid=9cd038fdbbcaa010VgnVCM1000000624e50aRCRD Tomo II: Especies vulnerables http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/site/aplica/medioambiente/site/web/menuitem.a5664a21 4f73c3df81d8899661525ea0/?vgnextoid=07db9f89b02ba010VgnVCM1000000624e50aRCRD
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Vivero, J.L. (2000). Quercus pyrenaica Willd. and Q. canariensis Willd. entries. In: Forestry Compendium: Global Module. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. http://www.cabi.org/fc/Default.aspx?site=163&page=2146&incontent=&fromab=&profile=43&tab=0& query=&sort=title_sort%20asc Vivero, J.L.; M. Clemente Munoz & J.E. Hernandez Bermejo (1998). 10 spanish threatened tree data sheets. In Oldfield, S. et al. The World List of Threatened Trees. WCMC & IUCN. http://www.unep-wcmc.org/trees/Background/intro2.htm
PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS IN NATIONAL JOURNALS
Vivero, J.L. (2003). El arca amenazada: biodiversidad y conservación en Etiopía. Quercus n°203 : 40-45. http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/trabajo_final_etiop_a_de_jose_luis_vivero_para_que Vivero, J.L. (2001). The role of forest resources in non-farm activities and their importance for rural livelihood diversification in Ethiopia. Paper presented at the XIth annual conference of the Biological Society of Ethiopia. February 1-3, 2001, Addis Ababa University. http://issuu.com/joseluisvivero/docs/role_forest_resources_conference_socbiol Vivero, J.L. (2000). Non-wood forest products & food security of Georgian IDPs. Non-Wood News 7: 9. FAO http://www.fao.org/docrep/x4945e/x4945e02.htm Lora, A. & J.L. Vivero (1998). Notas corológicas sobre la flora de Andalucía. Acta Botanica Malacitana n° 23: 243-245 http://www.biolveg.uma.es/abm/Volumenes/vol23/23_LoraVivero.pdf Vivero, J.L.; J. Prados & J.E. Hernandez Bermejo (1999). Iberian Chorologic Carthography: Viburnum Opulus L. Bot. Compl. 23 : 133-137 http://revistas.ucm.es/bio/02144565/articulos/BOCM9999110133A.PDF Vivero, J.L. (1998). Iberian Chorologic Cathography: Vella lucentina Crespo. Botanica Complutensis 22: 205206 http://revistas.ucm.es/bio/02144565/articulos/BOCM9898110193A.PDF Vivero, J.L. & J.E. Hernandez Bermejo (1998). Biology, ecology and conservation of Sierra Nevada Blackthorn (Prunus ramburii Boiss.). Quercus 153: 18-22. Vivero, J.L. & J.E. Hernández-Bermejo (1997). Situation and conservation guidelines of wild Prunus species in Andalusia. Conservacion vegetal 2: 9-10. http://www.uam.es/otros/consveg/documentos/numero2.pdf
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