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Keywords

Climate Change Adaptation, Water Security, Collaborative Natural Resource Management, Restoration Ecology

Countries

Chile

Biography

Ph.D. in Arid Lands Resource Sciences (University of Arizona, 2013), MSc. in Integrated Planning for Rural Development and Environmental Management (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, 2008), Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering (Bolivian Catholic University, 2004).
Research focus on integrating social and environmental dimensions for water management, restoration practices, land-use planning, and climate change adaptation. International and multidisciplinary projects in arid and semi-arid regions across the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

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Employment (6)

Universidad de Chile: Santiago, RM, CL

profesor/a (Universidad de Chile)
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University of Chile: Santiago, CL

2019 to 2021 | Postodctoral researcher (Departamento de Gestión Forestal y su Medio Ambiente. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza)
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Anahi Ocampo-Melgar

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Santiago, CL

2017 to 2017 | Postdctoral researcher (Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS))
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Santiago, CL

2014 to 2016 | Postdoctoral researcher (Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente )
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The University of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona, US

2010 to 2013 | Research assistant (Office of Arid Land Studies)
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University of Alicante: Alicante, ES

2009 to 2010 | Research assistant (Departamento de Ecología)
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Education and qualifications (3)

The University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, US

2010-08 to 2013-12 | Ph.D. Arid Lands Resource Sciences (Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs)
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Instituto Agronómico Mediterráneo de Zaragoza: Zaragoza, España, ES

2006-09 to 2008-06 | M.Sc, Integrated planing for rural development and environmental management
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Universidad Católica Boliviana - Cochabamba: Cochabamba, Cochabamba, BO

1998-03 to 2004-06 | Ingeniero Ambiental (Ingeniería Ambiental)
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Professional activities (1)

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification: Washington D. C., US

2022 to 2024 | Early career researcher (Science-Policy Interface (SPI))
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Funding (7)

Water Basin Councils: a polycentric governance as a participation and democratic approach for resilient societies

2023-01 to 2026-01 | Award
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Santiago, CL)
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Assessing ecosystem services in a desert socio-ecological system in Atacama, Chile: a plural approach to create hybrid knowledge towards future policy making

2022-04 to 2025-03 | Award
ANID (Santiago, CL)
URL: https://opia.fia.cl/601/w3-article-122624.html
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Exploration of robust water security pathways in a semi-arid coastal basin: A transdisciplinary perspective

2021-04 to 2024-03 | Award
ANID (Santiago, CL)
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Servicios ecosistémicos en cuencas con bosques mediterráneos andinos y subandinos, bajo un contexto de escasez hídrica y cambio climático.

2020-11 to 2024-11 | Salary award
CORPORACIÓN NACIONAL FORESTAL (Santiago, Metropolitana, CL)
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Anahi Ocampo-Melgar

Caracterización del consumo hídrico y del sistema hidrogeológico en la cuenca de Aculeo, determinación de posibles soluciones y campaña de educación ambiental

2020-06 to 2021-12 | Salary award
Gobierno Regional Metropolitano de Santiago (Santiago, Metropolitana, CL)
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Unraveling Sustainable Adaptive Capacity: Water Users’ Organizations Historic Decision-Making Patterns And Processes In The Face Of Socio-Natural Crises

2020-01-01 to present | Grant
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Santiago, CL)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.14089991
GRANT_NUMBER: 11200027
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Plan Estratégico De Gestión Hídrica En Las Cuencas De La Ligua, Petorca y Quilimarí

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UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE-ECOHYD-UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO (Valparaiso, Región de Valaparaiso, CL)
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Works (22)

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Report on Rising Aridity Trends Globally and Associated Biological and Agricultural Implications

Global Change Biology
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70009
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Part of ISSN: 1365-2486
Contributors: Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano; N. G. Pricope; A. Toreti; E. Morán‐Tejeda; J. Spinoni; A. Ocampo‐Melgar; Emma Archer; A. Diedhiou; T. Mesbahzadeh; Nijavalli H. Ravindranath et al.
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Justicia climática y acceso al agua en San José de Maipo, Chile

Investigaciones Geográficas: Una mirada desde el sur
2024-12-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5354/0719-5370.2024.76698
Contributors: Kate Altemus Cullen; Camila Arlé P. Kröll; Eduardo Panguinao Roldan; Maria Christina Fragkou; Anahí Ocampo-Melgar
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: institutional arrangements for a changing climate in the Chilean Mediterranean Region

npj Climate Action
2024-06-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s44168-024-00132-2
Contributors: Anahí Ocampo-Melgar; Pilar Barría; Claudia Cerda; Alejandro Venegas-González; Javiera Fernández; Raúl Díaz-Vasconcellos; Javier Zamora
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Dimensiones de valor pluralistas de los servicios ecosistémicos como una oportunidad hacia la transdisciplina

Revista Pensamiento y Acción Interdisciplinaria
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.29035/pai.9.1.95
Contributors: Claudia Loreto Cerda; Anahí Ocampo-Melgar; Iñigo Bidegain
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Ecosystem services of Chilean sclerophyllous forests and shrublands on the verge of collapse: A review

Journal of Arid Environments
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104927
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2-s2.0-85146031686

Part of ISSN: 1095922X 01401963
Contributors: Smith-Ramírez, C.; Grez, A.; Galleguillos, M.; Cerda, C.; Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Miranda, M.D.; Muñoz, A.A.; Rendón-Funes, A.; Díaz, I.; Cifuentes, C. et al.
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LATIN AMERICAN DRYLANDS: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable development

Metode
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7203/metode.13.21458
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2-s2.0-85151001257

Part of ISSN: 21749221 21743487
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Lutz-Ley, A.; Zúñiga, A.; Cerda, C.; Goirán, S.
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Learning from sticky variables in cross-case analyses of collaboration in social-ecological systems

Ecosystems and People
2023-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2023.2187639
Contributors: Aireona Bonnie Raschke; Jessica Cockburn; Paúl Cisneros; Anahí Ocampo-Melgar; Michael Schoon; Candice Carr Kelman; Jaishri Srinivasan
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Comment on: “The impact of a lack of government strategies for sustainable water management and land use planning on the hydrology of water bodies: lessons learned from the disappearance of the Aculeo Lagoon in central Chile” by Valdés-Pineda et al. 2022 in Sustainability, 14(1), 413

Regional Environmental Change
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-022-01991-3
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2-s2.0-85141751471

Part of ISSN: 1436378X 14363798
Contributors: Barría, P.; Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Chadwick, C.; Galleguillos, M.; Garreaud, R.; Díaz-Vasconcellos, R.; Poblete, D.; Rubio-Álvarez, E.
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Cooperation under conflict: participatory hydrological modeling for science policy dialogues for the Aculeo Lake

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/hess-26-5103-2022
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2-s2.0-85140651865

Part of ISSN: 16077938 10275606
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Barría, P.; Chadwick, C.; Rivas, C.
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Rural transformation and differential vulnerability: Exploring adaptation strategies to water scarcity in the Aculeo Lake basin (Chile)

Frontiers in Environmental Science
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.955023
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2-s2.0-85139911012

Part of ISSN: 2296665X
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Barria, P.; Chadwick, C.; Diaz-Vasconcellos, R.
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Dialogic science-policy networks for water security governance in the arid Americas

Environmental Development
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100568
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2-s2.0-85091216055

Part of ISSN: 22114645
Contributors: Lutz-Ley, A.N.; Scott, C.A.; Wilder, M.; Varady, R.G.; Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Lara-Valencia, F.; Zuniga-Teran, A.A.; Buechler, S.; Díaz-Caravantes, R.; Ribeiro Neto, A. et al.
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Water allocation under climate change: A diagnosis of the Chilean system

Elementa
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1525/elementa.2020.00131
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2-s2.0-85114702928

Part of ISSN: 23251026
Contributors: Barría, P.; Sandoval, I.B.; Guzman, C.; Chadwick, C.; Alvarez-Garreton, C.; Díaz-Vasconcellos, R.; Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Fuster, R.
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Water management or megadrought: what caused the Chilean Aculeo Lake drying?

Regional Environmental Change
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-021-01750-w
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2-s2.0-85100375765

Part of ISSN: 1436378X 14363798
Contributors: Barría, P.; Chadwick, C.; Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Galleguillos, M.; Garreaud, R.; Díaz-Vasconcellos, R.; Poblete, D.; Rubio-Álvarez, E.; Poblete-Caballero, D.
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Restoration perceptions and collaboration challenges under severe water scarcity: the Aculeo Lake process

Restoration Ecology
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/rec.13337
Contributors: Anahí Ocampo‐Melgar; Pilar Barria; Cristian Chadwick; Pablo Villoch
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Experiences of voluntary early participation in Environmental Impact Assessments in Chilean mining

Environmental Impact Assessment Review
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2018.09.004
Contributors: Anahi Ocampo-Melgar; Lake Sagaris; Jorge Gironás
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A rule-based approach for preventive identification of potential conflictive criteria in mining operations in Chile

Journal of Cleaner Production
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.202
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2-s2.0-85044859096

Part of ISSN: 09596526
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Gironás, J.; Valls, A.
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Integrating knowledge exchange and the assessment of dryland management alternatives – A learning-centered participatory approach

Journal of Environmental Management
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.050
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2-s2.0-85008156751

Part of ISSN: 10958630 03014797
Contributors: Bautista, S.; Llovet, J.; Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Vilagrosa, A.; Mayor, Á.G.; Murias, C.; Vallejo, V.R.; Orr, B.J.
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Potential of an outranking multi-criteria approach to support the participatory assessment of land management actions

Journal of Environmental Management
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.041
Contributors: Anahí Ocampo-Melgar; Susana Bautista; J. Edward deSteiguer; Barron J. Orr
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Fuzzy rule-based decision support system for evaluation of long-established forest restoration projects

Restoration Ecology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12325
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2-s2.0-84954338949

Part of ISSN: 1526100X 10612971
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Valls, A.; Alloza, J.A.; Bautista, S.
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Scientists, Policymakers, and Stakeholders Plan for Climate Change: A Promising Approach in Chile’s Maipo Basin

Environment
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2016.1209004
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2-s2.0-84985016856

Part of ISSN: 19399154 00139157
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Vicuña, S.; Gironás, J.; Varady, R.G.; Scott, C.A.
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Participatory Criteria Selection: Finding Conflictive Positions in Environmental Postassessment of Land Management and Restoration Actions

Society & Natural Resources
2016-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1054568
Contributors: Anahí Ocampo-Melgar; Barron J. Orr
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Breaking the mold: Integrating participatory environmental assessments and underlying narratives to expose differences in traditional stakeholder categories

Journal of Arid Environments
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.07.007
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2-s2.0-84938388355

Part of ISSN: 1095922X 01401963
Contributors: Ocampo-Melgar, A.; Orr, B.J.; Kong, T.F.; Brandau, W.
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