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Guillermo Pardo

- Position:
Postdoctoral Researcher - Main Research Field:
GHG emissions and other environmental impacts associated to agri-food systems through LCA methodology - BC3 Research Line:
3. Research Line Terrestrial Ecosystems - Contact information:
Email address: guillermo.pardo@bc3research.org
Contact phone: +34 94-401 46 90 ext. 110 - Scopus Author ID: 55650562500
Short CV
Guillermo Pardo is Chemical Engineer specialized on Environmental Engineering by UCLM and he has a MSc on Management, Treatment and Use of Organic Waste by UMH.
For the last years he has been working in the environmental field at different research organisations, focusing on the topics of organic waste management, bio-energy (biogas, composting), and life cycle assessment of food related aspects.
He has worked as a research assistant (2006-2007) at the IGER-North Wyke (currently Rothamsted Research), as a process engineer (2007-2009) at the R+D department of Ros Roca Envirotec and as a junior researcher (2009-2012) at the sustainability department of AZTI-Tecnalia, studying different aspects related to the environmental impact of food products (LCA, carbon and water footprint), and evaluating alternatives to improve the sustainability of the food chain (i.e. food waste valorisation through bioenergy production or conversion into animal feed).
Guillermo developed his PhD thesis at BC3 investigating the GHG emissions and other environmental impacts associated to agri-food systems through integrated approaches that combine modelling and LCA methodology. His main fields of interest are in relation to different strategies for mitigation of emissions derived from the food supply chain, among others, livestock production, food waste recycling, diet shifts or alternative land uses.
Journal Articles
- 2023
- del Prado, A., Lynch, J., Liu, S., Ridoutt, B., Pardo, G., Mitloehner, F. 2023. Animal board invited review: Opportunities and challenges in using GWP* to report the impact of ruminant livestock on global temperature change. Animal. 17. (5) DOI (10.1016/j.animal.2023.100790).
- Jebari, A., Del Prado, A., Pardo, G., Álvaro-Fuentes, J. 2023. Climate change effects on northern Spanish grassland-based dairy livestock systems. Plant and Soil. DOI (10.1007/s11104-023-05936-5).
- Manzano, P., del Prado, A., Pardo, G. 2023. Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannas. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6 (1) DOI (10.1038/s41612-023-00349-8).
- Pardo, G., Casas, R., del Prado, A., Manzano, P. 2023. Carbon footprint of transhumant sheep farms: accounting for natural baseline emissions in Mediterranean systems. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI (10.1007/s11367-023-02135-3).
- Serrano-Zulueta, R., Pardo, G., Pauné, F., del Prado, A., Manzano, P. 2023. Herbivory baseline estimates in Spanish protected areas, and environmental implications. Landscape Ecology. DOI (10.1007/s10980-023-01783-y).
- Torán-Pereg, P., Deba-Rementeria, S., Estrada, O., Pardo, G., Vázquez-Araújo, L. 2023. Physicochemical and Sensory Evaluation Data to Drive the Development of a Green Chili Pepper Hot Sauce from Unexploited Raw Materials. Foods. 12. (19) DOI (10.3390/foods12193536).
- 2022
- Garmendia, E., Aldezabal, A., Galan, E., Andonegi, A., del Prado, A., Gamboa, G., Garcia, O., Pardo, G., Aldai, N., Barron, L.J.R. 2022. Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 42. (3) DOI (10.1007/s13593-021-00751-7).
- Jebari, A., Álvaro-Fuentes, J., Pardo, G., Batalla, I., Martín, J.A.R., Del Prado, A. 2022. Effect of dairy cattle production systems on sustaining soil organic carbon storage in grasslands of northern Spain. Regional Environmental Change. 22. (2) DOI (10.1007/s10113-022-01927-x).
- Pardo, G., del Prado, A., Fernández-Álvarez, J., Yáñez-Ruiz, D.R., Belanche, A. 2022. Influence of precision livestock farming on the environmental performance of intensive dairy goat farms. Journal of Cleaner Production. 351. DOI (10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131518).
- 2021
- Del Prado, A., Manzano, P., Pardo, G. 2021. The role of the European small ruminant dairy sector in stabilising global temperatures: Lessons from GWP∗ warming-equivalent emission metrics. Journal of Dairy Research. 88. (1) 8-15-8. DOI (10.1017/S0022029921000157).
- Jebari, A., Alvaro-Fuentes, J., Pardo, G., Almagro, M., Del Prado, A. 2021. Estimating soil organic carbon changes in managed temperate moist grasslands with RothC. PLoS ONE. 16. (8 August) DOI (10.1371/journal.pone.0256219).
- Pardo, G., del Prado, A. 2021. A simple model for the effect of thermal stress on the productivity of small ruminants. Livestock Science. 251. DOI (10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104649).
- Pérez-Domínguez, I., del Prado, A., Mittenzwei, K., Hristov, J., Frank, S., Tabeau, A., Witzke, P., Havlik, P., van Meijl, H., Lynch, J., Stehfest, E., Pardo, G., Barreiro-Hurle, J., Koopman, J.F.L., Sanz-Sánchez, M.J. 2021. Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets. Nature Food. 2 (12) 970-980. DOI (10.1038/s43016-021-00385-8).
- 2020
- Del Prado, A., Galán, E., Batalla, I., Pardo, G. 2020. Impacts and adaptations to climate change in ruminants. ITEA Informacion Tecnica Economica Agraria. 116. (5) 461-482-482. DOI (10.12706/itea.2020.038).
- Pardo, G., del Prado, A. 2020. Guidelines for small ruminant production systems under climate emergency in Europe. Small Ruminant Research. 193. DOI (10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106261).
- Sampedro, J., Waldhoff, S.T., Van de Ven, D.J., Pardo, G., Van Dingenen, R., Arto, I., del Prado, A., Sanz, M.J. 2020. Future impacts of ozone driven damages on agricultural systems. Atmospheric Environment. 231. DOI (10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117538).
- 2019
- Dellar, M., Topp, C., Pardo, G., del Prado, A., Fitton, N., Holmes, D., Banos, G., Wall, E. 2019. Empirical and dynamic approaches for modelling the yield and N content of European grasslands. Environmental Modelling and Software. 122. DOI (10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104562).
- Van De Ven, D.J., Sampedro, J., Johnson, F.X., Bailis, R., Forouli, A., Nikas, A., Yu, S., Pardo, G., García De Jalón, S., Wise, M., Doukas, H. 2019. Erratum: Integrated policy assessment and optimisation over multiple sustainable development goals in Eastern Africa (Environ. Res. Lett. (2019) 14 (094001) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab375d). Environmental Research Letters. 14. (9) DOI (10.1088/1748-9326/ab49ad).
- Van de Ven, Dirk-Jan; Sampedro, Jon; Johnson, Francis X; Bailis, Rob; Forouli, Aikaterini; Nikas, Alexandros; Yu, Sha; Pardo, Guillermo; García de Jalón, Silvestre; Wise, Marshall; Doukas, Haris. 2019. Integrated policy assessment and optimisation over multiple sustainable development goals in Eastern Africa. Environmental Research Letters. 14. (9) 94001. DOI (10.1088/1748-9326/ab375d).
- 2018
- Jebari, A., del Prado, A., Pardo, G., Rodríguez Martín, J.A., álvaro-Fuentes, J. 2018. Modeling regional effects of climate change on soil organic carbon in Spain. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47. (4) 644-653-653. DOI (10.2134/jeq2017.07.0294).
- 2017
- Pardo, G., del Prado, A., Martínez-Mena, M., Bustamante, M.A., Martín, J.A.R., Álvaro-Fuentes, J., Moral, R. 2017. Orchard and horticulture systems in Spanish Mediterranean coastal areas: Is there a real possibility to contribute to C sequestration?. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 238. 153-167-167. DOI (10.1016/j.agee.2016.09.034).
- Pardo, G., Moral, R., del Prado, A. 2017. SIMSWASTE-AD - A modelling framework for the environmental assessment of agricultural waste management strategies: Anaerobic digestion. Science of the Total Environment. 574. 806-817-817. DOI (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.096).
- Sanz-Cobena, A., Lassaletta, L., Aguilera, E., Prado, A.d., Garnier, J., Billen, G., Iglesias, A., Sánchez, B., Guardia, G., Abalos, D., Plaza-Bonilla, D., Puigdueta-Bartolomé, I., Moral, R., Galán, E., Arriaga, H., Merino, P., Infante-Amate, J., Meijide, A., Pardo, G., Álvaro-Fuentes, J., Gilsanz, C., Báez, D., Doltra, J., González-Ubierna, S., Cayuela, M.L., Menéndez, S., Díaz-Pinés, E., Le-Noë, J., Quemada, M., Estellés, F., Calvet, S., van Grinsven, H.J.M., Westhoek, H., Sanz, M.J., Gimeno, B.S., Vallejo, A., Smith, P. 2017. Strategies for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in Mediterranean agriculture: A review. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 238. 5-24-24. DOI (10.1016/j.agee.2016.09.038).
- 2016
- del Prado, A., Corré, W.J., Gallejones, P., Pardo, G., Pinto, M., del Hierro, O., Oenema, O. 2016. NUTGRANJA 2.0: a simple mass balance model to explore the effects of different management strategies on nitrogen and greenhouse gases losses and soil phosphorus changes in dairy farms. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 21. (7) 1145-1164-1164. DOI (10.1007/s11027-014-9598-8).
- Lassaletta, L., Aguilera, E., Sanz-Cobena, A., Pardo, G., Billen, G., Garnier, J., Grizzetti, B. 2016. Leakage of nitrous oxide emissions within the Spanish agro-food system in 1961–2009. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 21. (7) 975-994-994. DOI (10.1007/s11027-014-9569-0).
- Pardo, G., Martin-Garcia, I., Arco, A., Yañez-Ruiz, D.R., Moral, R., Del Prado, A. 2016. Greenhouse-gas mitigation potential of agro-industrial by-products in the diet of dairy goats in Spain: A life-cycle perspective. Animal Production Science. 56. (3) 646-654-654. DOI (10.1071/AN15620).
- 2015
- Balbi, S., del Prado, A., Gallejones, P., Geevan, C.P., Pardo, G., Pérez-Miñana, E., Manrique, R., Hernandez-Santiago, C., Villa, F. 2015. Modeling trade-offs among ecosystem services in agricultural production systems. Environmental Modelling and Software. 72. 314-326-326. DOI (10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.12.017).
- Gallejones, P., Pardo, G., Aizpurua, A., del Prado, A. 2015. Life cycle assessment of first-generation biofuels using a nitrogen crop model. Science of the Total Environment. 505. 1191-1201-1201. DOI (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.061).
- Pardo, G., Moral, R., Aguilera, E., del Prado, A. 2015. Gaseous emissions from management of solid waste: A systematic review. Global Change Biology. 21. (3) 1313-1327-1327. DOI (10.1111/gcb.12806).
- 2014
- Sanz-Cobena, A., Lassaletta, L., Estellés, F., Del Prado, A., Guardia, G., Abalos, D., Aguilera, E., Pardo, G., Vallejo, A., Sutton, M.A., Garnier, J., Billen, G. 2014. Yield-scaled mitigation of ammonia emission from N fertilization: The Spanish case. Environmental Research Letters. 9 (12) DOI (10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/125005).
- 2013
- Del Prado, A., Mas, K., Pardo, G., Gallejones, P. 2013. Modelling the interactions between C and N farm balances and GHG emissions from confinement dairy farms in northern Spain. Science of the Total Environment. 465. 156-165-165. DOI (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.064).
Other Publications
- 2020
- Batalla, I., Pardo, G., delPrado, A. 2020. Gases de efecto invernadero y producción caprina: ¿qué debemos tener en cuenta? . Tierras caprino, 30, pp 10-17. 10-17.
BC3 Working Papers & Policy Briefings
- 2015
- [2015-03] Under what conditions is the bioethanol and biodiesel produced entirely in the Basque Country sustainable? Agustin del Prado, Patricia Gallejones y Guillermo Pardo