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Published:
May 26, 2017
Keywords:
socio-ecological studies
global change
human wellbeing
policy making

Abstract

Humans are causing profound and rapid transformations of Earth's ecosystems to the extent that we are threatening the sustainability of the biosphere. The development of long-term socio-ecological research, integrating monitoring and experiments at the ecosystem scale, will be essential to detect, prevent, and mitigate the degradation of ecosystems at regional and global scales. To strengthen and expand the nascent Long-Term Socio-ecological Research (LTSER) Network of Chile, we need to integrate efforts of academic, private, and government institutions. A strong long-term research and monitoring program will require a conceptual framework and a set of relevant, comparative, and trans-disciplinary questions. Here, we identify these relevant questions and propose a conceptual framework for the Chilean LTSER Network. Further, we provide guidelines for its organization and consider the needs for infrastructure and funding to sustain the operation of a national network of ecological observatories.

Mariela Núñez-Ávila
Cristian Frêne
Juan J Armesto
Author Biographies

Mariela Núñez-Ávila, Universidad de Concepción, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Departamento Manejo de Bosques y Medio Ambiente, Victoria 631, Concepción, Chile.

Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.

Cristian Frêne, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ecología, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile.

 

Juan J Armesto, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ecología, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile.

 

How to Cite
Núñez-Ávila, M., Frêne, C., & Armesto, J. J. (2017). Strategic plan to consolidate the Chilean Long-Term Socio-ecological Research Network. Revista Bosque, 35(3), 467–474. Retrieved from https://revistabosque.org/index.php/bosque/article/view/567

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