INVESTIGADORES
CARILLA Julieta
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The Red de Monitoreo de Bosques Andinos: A communication platform for science and policy in the Andean countries
Autor/es:
BÁEZ, SELENE; CUESTA, FRANCISCO; MALIZIA, AGUSTINA; CARILLA, JULIETA; YEPES, ADRIANA; BUSTAMANTE, MACARENA
Lugar:
Cancun
Reunión:
Congreso; AGU Meeting of Las Americas; 2013
Institución organizadora:
AGU
Resumen:
A workshop held in October 2012 in
Lima, Peru, brought together more than 40 scientists and policy makers working
in Andean forest ecosystems, one of the richer and most threatened ecosystems
of the world. Among the various results of the workshop, there is the formation
of the network ?Red de Bosques Andinos?. The goals of the network include to
stimulate scientific research in Andean forest ecosystems by promoting
collaboration among scientists, and to serve as a platform to facilitate
applied research and communication between scientists and policy makers.
Current members of the network include scientists of Argentina, Colombia,
Ecuador, Germany, Peru, USA, and representatives of Ministries of Environment
and the National Climate Change Adaptation Programs of Colombia, Bolivia,
Ecuador, and Peru. The network has
started to work in two critical documents for the region. The first one is an
extended protocol to monitor diversity and carbon in Andean forests. This
protocol, partly based on unpublished efforts, has been developed by the
Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad de Tucuman, Argentina, and has been
revised and improved by experts working in the Andes. The document describe
methods to document ecological changes that take place over mid- and long
periods of time. It focuses on monitoring changes on the diversity and growth
of trees, shrubs and lianas, cover of herbaceous species, and carbon content in
forests. This extended protocol will be a useful tool for students and
researchers interested in conducting long-term ecological research. Moreover,
the use of this tool will produce standardized data needed to understand
ecological processes that take place at large spatial scales. The document will
be freely available at www.condesan.org. The second document consists of an
analysis of the dynamics of trees and carbon in the Andean region. The members
of the network have contributed with data of more than 70 permanent forest
plots located from Colombia to Argentina, some of them monitored since 1990.
The initial results indicate that warmer, wetter, and more seasonal forests had
higher rates of turnover of individuals, and biomass. Most of these patterns
held for both, tropical and subtropical forest plots. The study will be
completed in 2013, and will be the first study of forest dynamics and carbon
content for the countries in the region. Finally, it is the aim of the Andean
Forest Network to bring together scientists and policy-makers interested in
research, management and conservation of the Andean forest. The creation of the
network and the development of its first two products have been possible thanks
to the financial support of the Swiss Agency of International Cooperation
(COSUDE) through the CIMA project, the Dutch Technical Agency (GIZ), and the
endorsement of the Secretaría General de Naciones (SG-CAN). The coordination of
the network is currently held by Selene Báez, at CONDESAN
(selene.baez@condesan.org). Please contact us if you need more information or
if you are interested in becoming part of the network.