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Author : Christopher Serenari
Release : 2014
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Book Synopsis Conservation and Development in Chilean Patagonia by : Christopher Serenari
Download or read book Conservation and Development in Chilean Patagonia written by Christopher Serenari. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trace Gale-Detrich
Release : 2023-10-06
Genre : Nature
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Book Synopsis Tourism and Conservation-based Development in the Periphery by : Trace Gale-Detrich
Download or read book Tourism and Conservation-based Development in the Periphery written by Trace Gale-Detrich. This book was released on 2023-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book applies a social ecological systems (SES) lens to conservation-based development in Patagonia, bringing together authors with historical, contemporary, and future-oriented perspectives in order to increase understanding of the social and environmental implications of nature-based tourism and other forms of conservation-based territorial development. By focusing on Patagonia (as a region) and its various forms of conservation-based development, this book contributes one of the first collections of South American based lessons and will be valuable to researchers and practitioners, both locally and around the world, seeking to better understand complex interconnections between social and ecological environments, and pursue a similar path to resilience and sustainability.
Author : Pablo L. Peri
Release : 2021-04-29
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Ecosystem Services in Patagonia by : Pablo L. Peri
Download or read book Ecosystem Services in Patagonia written by Pablo L. Peri. This book was released on 2021-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to quantify and discuss how societies have directly and indirectly benefited from ecosystem services in Patagonia; not only in terms of provisioning and cultural services, but also regulating and supporting services. Patagonia, a region that stretches across two countries (ca. 10% in Chile and 90% in Argentina), is home to some of the most extensive wilderness areas on our planet. Natural grasslands comprise almost 30% of the Americas, including the Patagonian steppe, while Patagonian southern temperate forests are important for carbon sequestration and storage, play a pivotal role in water regulation, and have become widely recognized for their ecotourism value. However, profound changes are now underway that could affect key ecosystem functions and ultimately human well-being. In this context, one major challenge we face in Patagonia is that ecosystem services are often ignored in economic markets, government policies and land management practices. The book explores the synergies and trade-offs between conservation and economic development as natural landscapes and seascapes continue to degrade in Patagonia. Historically, economic markets have largely focused on the provisioning services (forest products, livestock) while neglecting the interdependent roles of regulating services (erosion and climate control), supporting services (nutrient cycling) and cultural services (recreation, local identity, tourism). Therefore, the present work focuses on ecosystem functions and ecosystem services, as well as on trends in biodiversity and the interactions between natural environments and land-use activities throughout Patagonia.
Author : Juan Carlos Castilla
Release : 2024-02-04
Genre : Nature
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Book Synopsis Conservation in Chilean Patagonia by : Juan Carlos Castilla
Download or read book Conservation in Chilean Patagonia written by Juan Carlos Castilla. This book was released on 2024-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chilean Patagonia, located at the southwestern tip of South America, is one of the last regions on earth where highly intact environments predominate. With a coastline that extends along some 100,000 km of fjords, channels, and islands, it has one of the world ́s most extensive marine-terrestrial interfaces. Local place-based and Indigenous cultures and management practices are a vital presence across the region, while the long and rich history of conservation efforts have resulted in officially protected areas covering over 50% of the land and 41% of the coastal-marine area. However, Chilean Patagonia is increasingly facing anthropogenic pressures associated with increased infrastructure and access, salmon aquaculture, extractive industries, and the spread of invasive exotic species. Despite widespread recognition that Chilean Patagonia represents a unique global reservoir of socio-natural heritage, to date there has been no region-wide assessment of the scientific evidence of the conservation status of its ecosystems or the priorities for their effective conservation. Conservation in Chilean Patagonia: Assessing the state of knowledge, opportunities, and challenges is the first book to gather and synthesize the available scientific and socio-environmental information related to Patagonian conservation. It presents the collaborative work of 68 researchers and local experts, representing a range of specialties and perspectives, including: biology, ecology, socio-ecology, fisheries, aquaculture, anthropology, economics, geography, tourism, cryosphere, oceanography, climate and global change. The book’s 18 chapters focus on the status of key ecosystems and conservation tools, and provide recommendations toward the construction of a renewed, inclusive, and integrated conservation agenda for the Chilean Patagonian region. It provides an essential primer for anyone interested in the future of this ecologically vital region, as well as lessons on interdisciplinary collaboration and integrated analysis of conservation issues useful for conservation practitioners and scholars. This is an open access book. This book is a translation of an original Spanish edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
Author : Clare Marie Beer
Release : 2022
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Book Synopsis Conservation, Development, and State Environment-making in Chile by : Clare Marie Beer
Download or read book Conservation, Development, and State Environment-making in Chile written by Clare Marie Beer. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of philanthropy in biodiversity conservation is rapidly changing. As philanthropic foundations and wealthy donors commit massive sums to help 'save the planet,' they are fueling a growing discourse that coupling large-scale conservation with large-scale giving is indispensable to solving the biodiversity crisis. But is it? What would this mean, and how would this function in practice? This dissertation addresses such questions through a case study of one large-scale conservation initiative in Chilean Patagonia, established through a novel public-private partnership between the Chilean state and the U.S.-based philanthropic foundations Tompkins Conservation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Drawing on thirteen months of fieldwork and a qualitative 'distended case approach' methodology, it traces the origins and trajectories of this initiative and interrogates the broader implications of mobilizing philanthropic capital and donor decision-making in state environmental governance. Tompkins Conservation and The Pew Charitable Trusts attracted state buy-in for the partnership by speculating on the value and investability of national parks as economic assets. Reflecting a logic of conservation-as-development, this disrupted an entrenched state logic of conservation-versus-development that had derailed previous attempts to protect the region. Yet, this research finds that the execution of conservation-as-development in Chile - largely facilitated by these philanthropic foundations - is mimicking and reproducing key dynamics of extractive-led development, raising critical doubts about the appeal and feasibility of conservation-as-development as a green transition alternative.
