2023 IBioS Student Fellow
Contact Details
pabloglz@mail.ubc.ca
Originally from Oaxaca City, Mexico, son of a couple of social workers, I am passionate about fishing, soccer and solving riddles. As a PhD candidate at UBC Landscapes and Livelihoods, I explore the ways in which landscapes managed mostly by smallholder farmers change and evolve. My current degree centers on: quantifying the population and spatial distribution of smallholder farmers in Mexico (1991 to 2023), monitoring large scale restoration initiatives and testing remote sensing techniques that could improve our understanding of the relationship between small farms and changes in land use and landscape configuration.
I hold a Masters in Rural Development Management from the Universidad Autonoma Chapingo with a specialization in Family Agriculture and Food Security and BS. in Mathematics from UNAM.
My first research projects were related to the Mayan Milpa system in the Yucatan region. Founder and director of Proyecto Kool Ja. Collaborated with El Hombre Sobre la Tierra (HST) and the Regional Bioslurry and Biogas Programme (RBBP) in the Yucatan developing agricultural rainwater collection systems and small-scale biodigesters for fertilizer and biogas.