Benedicto Vargas Larreta
Full professor
TecNM/Campus El Salto
Research interest:
Forest growth modelling
Biomass and carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems
Forest stands dynamics
Office Location: Tecnológico # 101, 34942 El Salto, Durango, MX
Phone Number: +52 (675) 87 609 33
Emails: bvargas@itelsalto.edu.mx vlbene@gmail.com
Advising: Undergraduate and Graduate Major Advisor
Education
Bachelor of Forest Development
Master of Forest Sciences
PhD in Forest Sciences
Teaching
Undergraduate
Forest management, Dendrometry, Forest resource assessment, Silviculture
Postgraduate
Forest biometrics, Forest modelling tools, Silviculture, Research seminar
Notable Achievements
Member of the National Researchers System (Level II) since 2010
Honorary Researcher of the State Researchers System of Durango, for the period 2023-2026
State Award for Science, Technology, and Innovation Durango 2016, for research conducted in the area of modelling carbon dynamics in managed temperate forests
Consultant: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for the development of volume, biomass, and carbon equations for forest species in Nicaragua
Consultant: Diploma in Applied Forest Statistics for technicians of the National Forestry Institute of Nicaragua, funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Lead researcher: National Network of Research in Forest Inventories and Biometrics of the National Forestry Commission, Mex.
Member: Forestry Research Advisory Council of the National Forestry Commission, Mex.
Member: Climate Change Advisory Council of Durango, Mex.
Member: Thematic Network Mexican Carbon Program, recognized by CONACYT, Mex.
Member: Forest Resources Network of the Science and Technology Council of Durango; coordinator of the research lines Climate Change and Mitigation, as well as Forestry and Forest Management, Mex.
Collaborator: Research Group "Unit of Sustainable Forest Management UXFS", Polytechnic School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Developer: Carbon forest projects under the Mexico Forest Protocol v.3.0 of the Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
Verifier: Senior Verifier for The Earth Lab of carbon forest projects under the Mexico Forest Protocol of the Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
Evaluator: Evaluation committees of CONACYT (CONACYT-DAAD Program of Germany, Program for the Training of High-Level Human Resources Abroad, the Basic Science Fund, and the Frontier Research Fund, among others)
Evaluator: CONACYT Registry of Accredited Evaluators (RCEA), in Area 6 (Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences), Mex.
Reviewer: International scientific journals (Ecosciences, Forestry, Forests, iForest, Carbon Management, Remote Sensing, Wetlands, Scientific Reports, Colombian Forests, and Bosque) and national journals (Chapingo Forest Sciences and Environment Series, Madera y Bosques, Mexican Journal of Forest Sciences, Agrociencia)
Associate Editor: Carbon Management Journal (Taylor & Francis), UK