The doctoral program in Biodiversity and Conservation follows the guidelines of Article 11, Supervision and Monitoring of Doctoral Students, of Royal Decree 99/2011 and of the Official Doctoral Studies Regulations of the ULL, which in its Articles 14, 15, and 16 describe the composition of the Academic Committee of the doctoral program and its functions, which include the supervision and monitoring of doctoral students during their doctoral training. The Academic Committee of the official doctoral program will be composed of a maximum of seven professors and/or researchers of the program, including the academic coordinator, who will act as its president and who meets the requirements of both the Royal Decree and the ULL Regulations.

Likewise, Article 23 of the Regulations describes the procedures established by the doctoral program for the supervision and monitoring of doctoral students during their doctoral training. In addition to the assignment of a tutor, the deadlines established for such assignment, and the procedure for modifying this assignment, according to Article 10 of the ULL Regulations, points 5, 6, and 7, the Academic Committee of the doctoral program will ensure an appropriate and proportionate distribution of doctoral students among the research lines comprising the doctoral program and their supervisors, establishing a series of limitations to avoid the accumulation of work under a single line and direction, excessive lengthening of the completion of the doctoral thesis for reasons beyond the students' control, or a lack of publications based on the results of the thesis.

Regarding the procedure used to monitor the activity log of each doctoral student and certify their data, the Tutor or the Director, or both, collect this information and send it to the program's Academic Committee through the RAPI application for reporting and certification. According to Article 15 of the ULL Regulations, this committee is responsible for annually evaluating the Research Plan and the Training Plan (Training Activities), which contain the activity document of each student in the program, within the established timeframes. This committee must also approve the doctoral students' planned stays at other national and international centers, joint supervisions, and international mentions, according to the Procedure for requesting an International Mention in a doctoral thesis at the ULL.