Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Discusses the available scientific and socio-environmental information related to Patagonian conservation
- Provides an essential primer for researchers and practitioners interested in conservation
- Presents the collaborative work of 68 researchers and local experts
Part of the book series: Integrated Science (IS, volume 19)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Synthesis
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Global Changes
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Terrestrial Ecosystems
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Marine Ecosystems
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Marine–Terrestrial Interface Ecosystems
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Freshwater and Cryosphere Ecosystems
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Juan J. Armesto Zamudio (Ph.D., Botany and Plant Physiology, Rutgers University) is Full Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Adjunct Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Visiting Professor at the Universidad de Concepción. His research interests focus on forest ecosystems, in particular biogeochemical cycles and the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functions. He is President and Researcher at the Senda Darwin Foundation, Chiloé, and Director of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile.
María José Martínez-Harms (Ph.D., Biodiversity Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Australia) is an Adjunct Researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her research focuses on landscape ecology, ecosystem services, evidence-based conservation, and spatial planning for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. In 2019 she received the L'Oreal Chile-UNESCO Award for Women in Science.
David Tecklin (Ph.D., Geography, University of Arizona) is a Research Associate at the Austral Patagonia Program, Universidad Austral de Chile, and Principal Officer for South American Land and Fresh Water Conservation at The Pew Charitable Trusts. His work as a conservation practitioner has included development of multiple conservation programs and collaborative initiatives for forests, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. His research focuses on analysis of institutions, policies, and governance.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conservation in Chilean Patagonia
Book Subtitle: Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportunities, and Challenges
Editors: Juan Carlos Castilla, Juan J. Armesto Zamudio, María José Martínez-Harms, David Tecklin
Series Title: Integrated Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39408-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39407-2Published: 04 January 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39410-2Published: 04 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-39408-9Published: 03 January 2024
Series ISSN: 2662-9461
Series E-ISSN: 2662-947X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 504
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 105 illustrations in colour
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Ecology, Biogeosciences, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Ecology