Camila Benavides Frias

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C11.213
Fon +49.4131.677-1721, camila.benavides_frias@leuphana.de

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Vita

  • Since February 2020 PhD student
    Project: Biocultural diversity in farming landscapes of the global south (BioKultDiv), Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
  • Since January 2020: project coordinator
    Project: Exploring the interlinkages between specialty coffee farms’ biodiversity and farmers practices in Bolivia, University Mayor de San Andrés- Bolivia and University of Bern, Switzerland
  • July 2019: Scientific Educator
    Project: Biodiversita, Objectif Sciences International (OSI-France) - Special Consultative Status to United Nations (ECOSOC)
  • April 2019 - Mai 2019: Seasonal Research assistant
    Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS), France
  • January-June 2018: Scientific internship
    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Paris-France
    Project: LEGUMIP, Strategy for the sustainable management of the lupin pests (Lupinus mutabilis) at socio-ecological landscapes of the Ecuatorian Andes
  • December 2015- Mars 2016, October 2016 - April 2017: Research assistant
    Institut de Recherche pour le Développent (IRD), Bolivia
    Project: Agroecology of Quinoa in Bolivia and Ecuador
  • May 2014 - March 2016: Research assistant
    National Herbarium of Bolivia (LPB), Bonn University
    Project: Systematics of Amaranthaceae.
  • May 2012 - January 2014: Scientific consultant
    Asesorías en Agricultura Ecológica (ECOTOP consult) in Alto-Beni, La Paz

Projects

  1. Exploring the interlinkages between specialty coffee farms’ biodiversity and farmers practices in Bolivia
    Camila Benavides Frias (Coordination)

    Project: Research

  2. Biocultural Diversity in Farming Landscapes of the Global South
    Jan Hanspach (Project manager, academic) , Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Project staff) , Camila Benavides Frias (Project staff) , Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Project staff) , Annika Drews-Shambroom (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. Proyecto de educación ambiental para la conservación del Área Protegida Municipal Bosque de Bolognia
    O. Miranda (Project manager, academic) , Camila Benavides Frias (Project manager, academic) , S. Flores (Project manager, academic) , N. Antezana (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Teaching

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Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Flower resource availability and Tetragonisca fiebrigi flower visits in two farming communities of Bolivian Chiquitanía
    Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Alexandria Saravia-Nava (Author) , Paula Rodriguez (Author) , Ping Sun (Author) , Felipe Christian Roberto Benra (Author) , Daniela Morón Aguilar (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Global Ecology and Conservation, 65 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. More-than-human synchronizations expose the fractures of the agrarian commodity frontier in the Bolivian Chiquitanía
    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Author) , Alder Keleman-Saxena (Author) , Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Journal of Rural Studies, 120 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Corrigendum to “Rethinking economic practices and values as assemblages of more-than-human relations” [Ecological Economics 211 (2023) 107866]
    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Author) , Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Christopher Raymond (Author) , 01.05.2024 , in: Ecological Economics, 219 , 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research

  4. Appraising biocultural approaches to sustainability in the scientific literature in Spanish
    Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Author) , Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Mario Torralba (Author) , Leonie Burke (Author) , María García-Martín (Author) , Elisa Oteros-Rozas (Author) , 01.04.2024 , in: Ambio, 53, 4 , p. 499-516 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

  5. Socioeconomic and biophysical factors affect tree diversity in farms producing specialty coffee in Caranavi, Bolivia
    Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Gabriel G. Torrico (Author) , Nayra Antezana Alvarado (Author) , Luis F. Pacheco (Author) , Johanna Jacobi (Author) , 01.02.2024 , in: Agroforestry Systems, 98, 2 , p. 427-439 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Interacciones entre plantas y animales
    Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Luis F. Pacheco (Author) , James Aparicio (Author) , Mariela Escobar (Author) , Raquel Galeón (Author) , Emilia García (Author) , Fernando Guerra (Author) , Isabel Gómez (Author) , Daniel M. Larrea-Alcázar (Author) , Miguel Limachi (Author) , Diego Maldonado (Author) , Bruno Miranda (Author) , Daniela Morales (Author) , M.Isabel Moya (Author) , Adriana Rico (Author) , Jorge Salazar-Bravo (Author) , Luciana Tellería (Author) , 01.01.2017 3 ed. La Paz , p. 193-199 , 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Press / Media

  1. Voces Indígenas 4: De cara al monte. Encuentros con la fauna chiquitana
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. Voces Indígenas 3: Die Aromen unserer Küchen
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Prizes

  1. Excellence Scholarship of Paris Saclay
    Camila Benavides Frias (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Education

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Courses