INVESTIGADORES
MARTINEZ PASTUR Guillermo Jose
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Long-term socio-ecological research in forest ecosystems of Argentina: Interdisciplinary strategies to achieve natural resource conservation by sustainable forest management.
Autor/es:
G MARTÍNEZ PASTUR; PL PERI; N POLITI; P CAMPANELLO; CB ANDERSON
Lugar:
Skukuza
Reunión:
Workshop; Meeting of LTER for sustainability under global changes: Findings and challenges of ILTER from local to global scales.; 2016
Institución organizadora:
LTER
Resumen:
The ecological, social, institutional and political dimensions of environmental problems encompass spatial and temporal scales that exceed the majority of scientific research projects. An alternative that has increased over time throughout the world is the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) or Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) approach, but this initiative has thematic and geographic gaps. One of these is Argentina, but there is a great quantity of experience that can be brought to bear on the integration of our country into this network. The objective of this work is to evaluate the general framework of LTER-type research across Argentina, concentrating on existing studies of forested regions. Using case studies from Patagonia with temperate Nothofagus forests, Jujuy with Tucumano-Boliviana montane forests and Misiones with the southern area of Atlantic rainforests, we will describe (i) the ecology and conservation of native forests via forestry management, and (ii) the ecology and management of biological invasions. A summary of research (past and present) will be presented, the principal results obtained, strategies applied and lessons learned to date. This presentation will show the value-added of LTER-type research and allows us to make inferences regarding the feasibility of implementing this type of program in Argentina, which can be sustained over time and be integrated between disciplines and with decision-makers. We conclude that there are both great potential and opportunities to consolidate an LTER/LTSER network in Argentina and one option is to pilot such a program using long-term forest studies (since 1960 to present) and the existing well-established research groups in National Research Agencies, Universities and NGOs.