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Augusto’s research focuses on the ecological parameters of biodiversity and community-based conservation and management as ways to contribute to biocultural values preservation. His research also focuses on working closely with communities to co-produced knowledge and provide feedback to stakeholders. He has worked with NGOs and Indigenous communities in Oaxaca on projects related to biodiversity monitoring, sustainable and friendly-biodiversity productive systems, and development of local technical capabilities.

Currently, Augusto is finishing his Ph.D. at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR- Oaxaca, Mexico; within the program Doctorado en Ciencias en Conservación y Aprovechamiento de Recursos Naturales. His PhD project is titled Analysis of biocultural heritage management of the Mitla-Yagul landscape in Oaxaca, Mexico, and strategies to strengthen social and ecological resilience” (Análisis del manejo del patrimonio biocultural del Paisaje Mitla-Yagul en Oaxaca, México, y estrategias para fortalecer la resiliencia ecológica-social).