Overview

Overview

Maria E. Correa-Cano is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Exeter’s Environment and Sustainability Institute. . She is a biologist and an ecologist working in an interface of application between Engineering and environmental conservation.

After completing BSc and MSc studies in biosciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and subsequent delivery of environmental conservation programmes in Mexico, Maria has investigated the effects of anthropogenic activities on biodiversity, with a focus on light and plastic pollution, for her PhD and post-doctoral research. She also worked as consultant for the IUCN's Global Species Program under the project Safeguarding Mesoamerica crop wild species. Her research on Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus has contributed to the understanding of linkages between nexus elements and the impacts of agricultural expansion on the environment and on for the local and regional economies.

She is currently working on the 'Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach’ (RENEW) project.

Research interest

• Water-Energy-Food-Environment nexus (WEFE nexus)
• Lyfe Cycle Analysis and Material Flow Analysis
• Plastic Pollution
• Light Pollution
• Ecological processes and anthropogenic disturbance
• Biodiversity conservation, use and management

Research projects

• Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach, RENEW
• Global Forest Management to Reap Triple Benefits for Economy, Health and Climate (ENSURE, Environmental Sustainability & Resilience)
• NEXus Thinking for sustainable AGricultural development in Andean countries (NEXT-AG). Newton RCUK-CONICYT Broadening Impact Call (NERC).
• Exeter Multidisciplinary Plastics Research hub: EXEMPLAR. EPSRC.

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Publications

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2023

• Naranjo L, Correa-Cano ME, Rey D, Chengot R, España F, Sactic M, Knox JW, Yan X, Viteri-Salazar O, Foster W. (2023) A scenario-specific nexus modelling toolkit to identify trade-offs in the promotion of sustainable irrigated agriculture in Ecuador, a Belt and Road country, Journal of Cleaner Production, volume 413, DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137350.

2022

• Burgess AJ, Correa Cano ME, Parkes B. (2022) The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change, Crop and Environment, volume 1, no. 2, pages 145-160, DOI:10.1016/j.crope.2022.05.001. [PDF]
• Correa-Cano ME, Salmoral G, Rey D, Knox JW, Graves A, Melo O, Foster W, Naranjo L, Zegarra E, Johnson C. (2022) A novel modelling toolkit for unpacking the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus of agricultural development, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, volume 159, pages 112182-112182, article no. 112182, DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112182. [PDF]

2021

• Goettsch B, Urquiza‐Haas T, Koleff P, Acevedo Gasman F, Aguilar‐Meléndez A, Alavez V, Alejandre‐Iturbide G, Aragón Cuevas F, Azurdia Pérez C, Carr JA. (2021) Extinction risk of Mesoamerican crop wild relatives, PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, volume 3, no. 6, pages 775-795, DOI:10.1002/ppp3.10225. [PDF]

2020

• Kouloumpis V, Pell RS, Correa-Cano ME, Yan X. (2020) Potential trade-offs between eliminating plastics and mitigating climate change: An LCA perspective on Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles in Cornwall, Science of the Total Environment, volume 727, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138681.

2018

• Harrison XA, Donaldson L, Correa-Cano ME, Evans J, Fisher DN, Goodwin CED, Robinson BS, Hodgson DJ, Inger R. (2018) A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology, PeerJ, volume 6, DOI:10.7717/peerj.4794. [PDF]
• Correa-Cano ME, Goettsch B, Duffy JP, Bennie J, Inger R, Gaston KJ. (2018) Erosion of natural darkness in the geographic ranges of cacti, Sci Rep, volume 8, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-22725-8. [PDF]

2017

• Rodríguez P, Villalobos F, Sánchez-Barradas A, Correa-Cano ME. (2017) Macroecology in Mexico: history, progress and perspectives, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, volume 88, pages 52-64, DOI:10.1016/j.rmb.2017.10.006.

2015

• Bennie J, Duffy JP, Davies TW, Correa-Cano ME, Gaston KJ. (2015) Global trends in exposure to light pollution in natural terrestrial ecosystems, Remote Sensing, volume 7, no. 3, pages 2715-2730, DOI:10.3390/rs70302715.

2014

• Gomez-Hinostrosa C, Hernandez HM, Terrazas T, Eugenia Correa-Cano M. (2014) Studies on Mexican Cactaceae. V. Taxonomic notes on Selenicereus tricae, BRITTONIA, volume 66, no. 1, pages 51-59, DOI:10.1007/s12228-013-9308-y. [PDF]

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