Kristell Hergoualc'h

Senior Scientist

Center for International Forestry Research

  • Kristell Hergoualc’h is a Senior Scientist in ecosystem functions with CIFOR’s Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development Team. She has more than 15 years’ experience conducting research on climate change mitigation in tropical countries including Indonesia, Peru and Costa Rica. She specializes in the biogeochemical impacts that deforestation, forest degradation and land-use change have on greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon stocks. She is lead author of several IPCC reports, notably the 2013 wetland supplement to the 2006 guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories, and the 2019 refinement to the 2006 guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories. Her research interests are in forestry, agroforestry, agriculture, land-use change, peatlands, greenhouse gas fluxes and climate change mitigation.

  • Position

    Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research

Publications

2022

Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru

Hastie, A.; Honorio Coronado, E.N.; Reyna, J.; Mitchard, E.T.A.; Åkesson, C.M.; Baker, T.R.; Cole, L.E.S.; Oroche, C.J.C.; Dargie, G.C.; Dávila, N.; De Grandi, E.C.; Del Águila, J.; Del Castillo Torres, D.; De La Cruz Paiva, R.; Draper, F.C.; Flores, G.; Grández, J.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Householder, J.E.; Janovec, J.P.; Lähteenoja, O.; Reyna, D.; Rodríguez-Veiga, P.; Roucoux, K.H.; Tobler, M.; Wheeler, C.E.; Williams, M.; Lawson, I.T.

2020

What do we know about Peruvian peatlands?

López Gonzales, M.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Angulo Núñez, Ó.; Baker, T.; Chimner, R.; del Águila Pasquel, J.; del Castillo Torres, D.; Freitas Alvarado, L.; Fuentealba Durand, B.; García Gonzales, E.; Honorio Coronado, E.; Kazuyo, H.; Lilleskov, E.; Málaga Durán, N.; Maldonado Fonkén, M.; Martín Brañas, M.; Vargas, T.M.; Planas Clarke, A.M.; Roucoux, K.; Vacalla Ochoa, F.

2020

¿Qué sabemos sobre las turberas peruanas?

López Gonzales, M.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Angulo Núñez, Ó.; Baker, T.; Chimner, R.; del Águila Pasquel, J.; del Castillo Torres, D.; Freitas Alvarado, L.; Fuentealba Durand, B.; García Gonzales, E.; Honorio Coronado, E.; Kazuyo, H.; Lilleskov, E.; Málaga Durán, N.; Maldonado Fonkén, M.; Martín Brañas, M.; Vargas, T.M.; Planas Clarke, A.M.; Roucoux, K.; Vacalla Ochoa, F.

2017

Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

Wijedasa, L.S.; Jauhiainen, J.; Könönen, M.; Lampela, M.; Vasander, H.; LeBlanc, M-C.; Evers, S.; Smith, T.E.L.; Yule, C.M.; Varkkey, H.; Lupascu, M.; Parish, F.; Singleton, I.; Clements, G.R.; Aziz, S.A.; Harrison, M.E.; Cheyne, S.; Anshari, G.Z.; Meijaard, E.; Goldstein, J.E.; Waldron, S.; Hergoualc'h, K.; Dommain, R.; Frolking, S.; Evans, C.D.; Posa, M.R.C.; Glaser, P.H.; Suryadiputra, N.; Lubis, R.; Santika, T.; Padfield, R.; Kurnianto, S.; Hadisiswoyo, P.; Lim, T.W.; Page, S.E.; Gauci, V.; van der Meer, P.J.; Buckland, H.; Garnier, F.; Samuel, M.K.; Kim Choo, L.N.L.; O'Reilly, P; Warren, M.; Suksuwan, S.; Sumarga, E.; Jain, A.; Laurance, W.F.; Couwenberg, J.; Joosten, H.; Vernimmen, R.; Hooijer, A.; Malins, C.; Cochrane, M.A.; Perumal, B.; Siegert, F.; Peh, K.S.-H.; Comeau, L.-P.; Verchot, L.V.; Harvey, C.F.; Cobb, A.; Jaafar, Z.; Wösten, H.; Manuri, S.; Müller, M.; Giesen, W.; Phelps, J.; Ding, L.Y.; Silvius, M.; Wedeux, B.M.M.; Hoyt, A.; Osaki, M.; Takashi, H.; Takahashi, H.; Kohyama, T.S.; Haraguchi, A.; Nugroho, N.P.; Coomes, D.A.; Le, P.Q.; Dohong, A.; Gunawan, H.; Gaveau, D.L.A.; Langner, A.; Lim, F.K.S.; Edwards, D.P.; Giam, X.; van der Werf, G.; Carmenta, R.; Verwer, C.C.; Gibson, L.; Grandois, L.; Graham, L.L.B.; Regalino, J.; Wich, S.A.; Rieley, J.; Kettridge, N.; Brown, C.; Pirard, R.; Moore, S.; Capilla, B.R.; Ballhorn, U.; Hua, C.H.; Hoscilo, A.; Lohberger, S.; Evans, T.A.; Yulianti, N.; Blackham, G.; Onrizal; Husson, S.; Murdiyarso, D.; Pangala, S.; Cole, L.E.S.; Tacconi, L.; Segah, H.; Tonoto, P.; Lee, J.S.H.; Schmilewski, G.; Wulffraat, S.; Putra, E.I.; Cattau, M.E.; Clymo, R.S.; Morrison, R.; Mijahid, A.; Miettinen, J.; Soo, C.L.; Valpola, S.; Wilson, D.; D'Arcy, L.; Gerding, M.; Sundari, S.; Thorton, S.A.; Kalisz, B.; Chapman, S.J.; Mat Su, A.S.; Basuki, I.; Itoh, M.; Traeholt, C.; Sloan, S.; Sayok, A.K.; Andersen, R.

Co-authors networks

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PARTNERS

Founding member states
Republic of Indonesia Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of Peru
Coordinating partners
Ministry of Environment and Forestry Republic of Indonesia CIFOR UN Environment FAO