Antonio J. Castro Martínez was born in Almería, Spain, on July 18 of 1979. He is an interdisciplinary scientist with a strong interest in understanding the sustainability of socio-ecological systems and solutions for conservation conflicts. He is overall interested in exploring the complexity of people-nature relations, with the ultimate goal of understanding the resilience of socio-ecological systems and the ecological, moral, and psychological dimensions that influence conservation.
He is currently Associate Professor of Sustainability at the University of Almeria (2020- ) and Affiliated Faculty at the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University (2018- ). At UAL he is PI of the Sustainability, Resilience and Governance of Socio-Ecological Systems Lab (SociECOS Lab) and coordinates the Aula de Mar at UAL.
He is Associate Editor of Ecology & Society, People & Nature and Journal of Arid Environments. He served as Lead Author (2018-2022) in the chapter 3 focused on different valuation methodologies and approaches of the IPBES Values Assessment
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