Estado actual de la Restauración ecológica en Chile, perspectivas y desafíos

Cecilia Smith-Ramírez; Mauro E. González; Cristian  Echeverría; Antonio Lara

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2015), Artículos

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2015)

Current state of ecological Restoration in Chile: perspectives and challenges

Artículos

Cecilia Smith-Ramírez⁺⁻
Mauro E. González⁺⁻
Cristian Echeverría⁺⁻
Antonio Lara⁺⁻

Cecilia Smith-Ramírez

1. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, 2. Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Teja s/n, Valdivia

Mauro E. González

2 Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Teja s/n, Valdivia; 3 Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia, Isla Teja s/n, Valdivia;

Cristian Echeverría

Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Victoria 631, Concepción

Antonio Lara

2 Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Teja s/n, Valdivia; 3 Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia, Isla Teja s/n, Valdivia

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Keywords

Restauración forestal
revegetación
rehabilitación

How to Cite

Smith-Ramírez, C., González, M. E., Echeverría, C. ., & Lara, A. (2015). Current state of ecological Restoration in Chile: perspectives and challenges. Anales Del Instituto De La Patagonia, 43(1), 11–21. Retrieved from https://analesdelinstitutodelapatagonia.cl/index.php/analespatagonia/article/view/693

Abstract

Ecological restoration is a discipline that was born just under 30 years. In Latin America it is in a formation stage, with Chile as one of the countries that has led in some aspects of restoration. The purpose of this paper is to review the state of the art of Ecological Restoration (ER) in Chile. Specifically we aim to: i) a brief compilation of the first actions of ecological restoration developed in the country; ii) to identify the ecological restoration of forest ecosystems that have been or are being implemented; iii) to identify the organizations that have been involved; and iv) to outline the main challenges and opportunities of ER in the country. We found about 60 ER initiatives in the country, that are being developed by NGOs, government, forest companies and universities. Despite being many initiatives, the area covered by each one is rather small. However, there are commitments to expand it considerably. ER is increasingly being taught in universities. The challenges aimed primarily at generating a National and Regional ER Plans that

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