Forest Economics and Sustainable Land-use Planning

Diana Encalada M.Sc.


  • Bioeconomy
  • NTFP-related subsistence strategies
  • Economic valuation


Livelihood's strategies, land-use management and bio-economic modeling - The case of the productive systems of non-timber forest products in southern Ecuador



  • Assessment of biological interactions and ecosystem services of insectivorous bats through optical-acoustic technologies
  • Plan for the sustainable management and management of Vanillo (Caesalpinia spinosa)
  • BeeTREE. Native bees as tools for conservation and sustainable use: biotic interactions and productive perspectives
  • Development and strengthening of sustainable community tourism potential in Alto Nangaritza, Zurmi Parish, Nangaritza Canton, Zamora Chinchipe Province based on its environmental assessment
  • Validation of agricultural extension methods in rural Amazonian communities. El Pangui case
  • Knowledge adoption methods and agricultural extension services in rural Amazonian communities. El Pangui Case
  • Generation of community development in the Zamora and Yacuambi cantons based on the valuation of ecotourism as a source of income and improvement of the quality of life
  • Analysis of the opportunity cost of reforestation in the dry forest and humid forest in southern Ecuador
  • Analysis of the activity and its influence on forest conservation in southern Ecuador
  • Economic valuation for the conservation of water resources in the micro-basins that supply water to the city of Catacocha, Ecuado


since 2019 PhD student at the Department of Forest Economics and Sustainable Land Use Planning, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany (Frau Prof. Dr. Paul)
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since 2012 Teacher at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
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2011 - 2015 Graduate Studies in Economy (Economy of Natural Resources and Sustainable development)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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2001 - 2010 Diploma Studies in Economy (major) Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja


  • Microeconomics and Environmental Economics

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Gómez, R.; Aguirre, J.; Oliveros, L.; Paladines, R.; Ortiz, N.; Encalada, D.; Armenteras, D. A Participatory Approach to Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Andean Amazonia: Three Country Case Studies for Policy Planning. Sustainability 2023, 15, 4788. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064788.

Castro, L. M., Encalada, D., & Saa, L. R. (2022). Non-Timber Forest Products as an Alternative to Reduce Income Uncertainty in Rural Households. In (Ed.), Sustainable Rural Development [Working Title]. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102970.

  • Encalada, D., Ochoa-Moreno, W., Castro, L., Eraly, D., Paladines, B. (2017). Sustainable use of biodiversity. The Vanilla (Caesalpinia spinosa) as a sustainable productive alternative in the province of Loja. Pp. 88-97. In: Torres, B., M. Radice, S. Ochoa-Moreno and K. Cueva (Eds.) (2017). First seminar on the economics of natural resources and biotrade: opportunities and challenges. Book of Memories. Universidad Estatal Amazónica. Economics of Natural Resources and Business Development Program. Puyo, Ecuador. 293 pp.
  • Castro, L., Ochoa-Moreno, W., Encalada, D. (2017). Impacts of organic coffee certification: analysis of profitability and uncertainty. Pp. 141-149. In: Torres, B., M. Radice, S. Ochoa-Moreno and K. Cueva (Eds.) (2017). First seminar on the economics of natural resources and biotrade: opportunities and challenges. Book of Memories. Universidad Estatal Amazónica. Economics of Natural Resources and Business Development Program. Ecuador. 293 pp.
  • Ochoa-Moreno, W., Castro, L., Encalada, D. (2017). Agricultural productivity, conservation and management of land use in the dry forest south of Ecuador. Pp. 150-158. In: Torres, B., M. Radice, S. Ochoa-Moreno and K. Cueva (Eds.) (2017). First seminar on the economics of natural resources and biotrade: opportunities and challenges. Book of Memories. Universidad Estatal Amazónica. Economics of Natural Resources and Business Development Program. Puyo, Ecuador. 293 pp.
  • Encalada, D., Ortega, N., & Ochoa, D. (2017). The effect of public spending on CO2 emissions, the case of Ecuador. Economic Footprint, 21-37.
  • Valle, L., Izquierdo, L., Encalada, D., & Ochoa, S. (2017). Analysis of a portfolio of land use and profitability in peasant agriculture: A case study in the south of the Ecuadorian Amazon. In entity, Forest and Biodiversity. The role of the forest on biodiversity and rural populations (págs. 270-271). Puyo: Universidad Estatal Amazónica.


    • Maldonado, D., Encalada, D. (2014) Regional salary differences linked to education. Application to the southern region of Ecuador, 2010. Economic Analysis.186-202