Paloma Troya Santamaría

(Associate)

phone: (+34) 629473046; e-mail:

Born: 1 September 1972, Logroño (Spain).

Education

Graduate in Agricultural Technical Engineering at the University of La Rioja (Spain). Graduated in Environmental Sciences from UNED (National University of Distance Education — Spain).

Research interests

Wildlife tracking; zoology and etology; ecology, biodiversity and environmental conservation and protection.

Current projects

Research in ‘European project for wildlife tracking’ for publication of guide of tracks and signs of European fauna, publisher Omega (2010—2021)

Teaching of Forest Management and the Natural Environment at the ‘Integrated Center Agroforestal’ (Pamplona — Spain) (2002—2020)

Professional experience

Co-founder of the commercial brand ‘Servicio de Rastreo Forestal’ SERAFO (2010—)

Deputy Director of the Scientific Tracking Department of the Chelonia Association (Spain) (2014—)

Tracker of the Ibero-American division of the Scott Donelan Tracking School (2018—)

Coordinator and tracker of the Arguedas project ‘Door to the Bardenas Reales’ for the city council of Arguedas (Navarra — Spain) (2020)

Coordinator and tracker of the catalog of signs of fauna of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain) (2018—2019)

Coordination and review of the inventory of the footprints and traces of the fauna of Corella (Navarra — Spain)(2017)

Tracker in the project for the integral tracking of wild fauna within the project of ‘Vivencia Dehesa. Tajo Valdepajares Reserve, Private Area of Ecological Interest’ (Extremadura — Spain) (2015—2020)

Head of forestry department of the ‘Integrated Center Agroforestal’ (Pamplona — Spain) (2018—2020)

Specialist professor for CENEAM, National Center for Environmental Education (Segovia — Spain) (2018—2020)

Scientific tracking expeditions for the ‘European Wildlife Tracking Project’ in Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Great Britain, Gibraltar, Andorra, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Malta, Romania, Bulgaria and Armenia (2010—2020)

Definitive official professor of the ‘Integrated Center Agroforestry’ (Pamplona — Spain) (2002—)

Responsible for agriculture project in Development Aid Project in Hushé (Pakistan). Sarabastall Foundation (Caspe, Zaragoza) (2001—2009)

Acting professor of Forest Management and Natural Environment at the ‘Gonzalo de Berceo’ secondary school in Alfafo, La Rioja (2000—2002)

Acting professor of Agriculture and Forestry at the ‘Joaquín Costa’ Adult Education Center in Caspe, Zaragoza (Spain) (1996—2000)

Most recent publications

Troya, P., Gómez, F., 2020. Rastreadores colaboran en una reserva india de Nuevo México. — Quercus, 412: 46—47.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2018. Simplified guide for human tracking. — Neoicnology & human footprints analysis. Pamplona. Ed. Fernando Gómez Velasco.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2018. Rastreo. — En Romero, J. V., Jabalera, M., Koester, R. (coord.), Manual de búsqueda y salvamento terrestre. Volumen I: Búsqueda en entorno rural (pp. 570—608). Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2018. Guía simplificada de rastreo humano. — Neoicnología y análisis de huellas humanas. Pamplona. Ed. Fernando Gómez Velasco.

Troya, P., Gómez, F., 2017. Elvia la rastreadora: tras las huellas de los renos de Papá Noel: mi primera guía de huellas de animales del norte de Europa. — Pamplona. Ed. Fernando Gómez Velasco.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., Pérez, E., 2017. Corella, Tierra Salvaje. Un acercamiento a su fauna a través de los rastros. — Pamplona. Ed. Fernando Gómez Velasco.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2017. Rastreo humano. Indicios de presencia. Huellas, rastros y señales. — Pamplona. Ed. Fernando Gómez Velasco.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2016. Rastreo aplicado a prevención de riesgos por fauna salvaje. — Pure Survival. Agosto 2016, 12—23.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2016. Indicios de presencia animal. Parte I. Las huellas. — Pure Survival. Mayo 2016, 15—21.

Gómez, F., Troya, P., 2016. Indicios de presencia animal (II). Excrementos y otros indicios. — Pure Survival. Junio 2016, 18—26.

— More complete list of publications — section e-Natura | Staff publications