Overview
- Editors:
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Pablo L. Peri
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National Agricultural Technology Institute, Río Gallegos, Argentina
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Guillermo Martínez Pastur
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ushuaia, Argentina
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Laura Nahuelhual
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Instituto de Economía, Universidad Austral de Chile, Centro de Investigación: Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes, Instituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera, Valdívia, Chile
- Patagonian marine and terrestrial ecosystems are home to one of the few remaining well-conserved wilderness areas on our planet
- Argues that sustainable development in Patagonia should maintain a healthy economy while also protecting the ecological process for future generations
- Addresses the challenge that ecosystem services often are ignored in market transactions, government policies and land and marine decision-making
- Assesses how societies have directly and indirectly benefited from ecosystem services in Patagonia
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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- Pablo L. Peri, Laura Nahuelhual, Guillermo Martínez Pastur
Pages 1-17
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- Yamina Micaela Rosas, Pablo L. Peri, Guillermo Martínez Pastur
Pages 19-46
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- Josela Carrasco, Yamina Micaela Rosas, María Vanessa Lencinas, Andrés Bortoluzzi, Pablo L. Peri, Guillermo Martínez Pastur
Pages 75-97
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- Matías G. Goldenberg, Facundo J. Oddi, Juan H. Gowda, Lucas A. Garibaldi
Pages 99-114
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- Verónica Chillo, Ana H. Ladio, Jaime Salinas Sanhueza, Rosina Soler, Daniela F. Arpigiani, Carlos A. Rezzano et al.
Pages 115-137
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- Luciana Ghermandi, Sofía L. Gonzalez
Pages 139-154
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- Rodolfo J. Iturraspe, Adriana B. Urciuolo
Pages 155-186
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- Carlos Zamorano-Elgueta, Paulo C. Moreno
Pages 187-212
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- Alejandro Huertas Herrera, Mónica D. R. Toro Manríquez, María Vanessa Lencinas, Guillermo Martínez Pastur
Pages 213-226
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- Sandra L. Marín, Ángel Borja, Doris Soto, Daniela R. Farias
Pages 249-269
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- María José Brain, Laura Nahuelhual
Pages 271-286
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- Pablo L. Peri, Santiago Toledo, Yamina M. Rosas, Leonardo Huertas, Evangelina Vettese, Guillermo Martínez Pastur
Pages 287-306
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- Ximena Vergara, Alejandra Carmona, Laura Nahuelhual
Pages 307-333
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- Luisa E. Delgado, Ignacio A. Marín, Víctor H. Marín
Pages 335-348
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- Luciano Boyero, Leonardo Datri, Micaela Lopez, Clara Rodríguez Morata, Mario Robertazzi, Hernán Lopez et al.
Pages 349-377
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- Cristobal Jullian, Laura Nahuelhual
Pages 379-396
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- Pedro Laterra, Laura Nahuelhual, Mariana Gluch, Pablo L. Peri, Guillermo Martínez-Pastur
Pages 397-427
About this book
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.
About the editors
Pablo Peri is a Forest Engineer and holds a PhD in Plant Science. For the last 26 years he has focused on the ecology and management of Nothofagus forests in Southern Patagonia related to timber industries (silviculture practices) and silvopastoral systems. The wind break design created from the research programme carried out has been adopted over the length and breadth of Patagonia. He’s also been involved with carbon storage, ecosystem services and biodiversity. He is currently a Professor at the National University of Southern Patagonia (UNPA), Head Researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), researcher at the National Commission of Scientist Research and Technology (CONICET) and Director of the Doctoral Degree of Natural Resources in Patagonia at UNPA. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Montreal Process, Coordinator of the National Project of INTA Sustainable Management of Native Forest Systems and Vice Presidentof the Global Silvopastoral Systems Network within the framework of the FAO Global Sustainable Livestock Agenda.
Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur is a Forest Engineer and holds a PhD in Agronomy. With over 20 years of research experience in forest management, conservation and landscape ecology, his work is focused on temperate forest in the southernmost native forests of the world. A Senior Research Scientist at CONICET, he has authored more than 150 papers and 25 book chapters, and been an associate editor for several journals on ecology and landscape ecology.
Laura Nahuelhual Muñoz is an Agricultural Engineer and holds an MSc in Rural Development and PhD in Environmental Economics. A Principal Investigator at the Research Center: Dynamics of High Latitudes’ Marine Ecosystems, for the majority of her career she has focused on various aspects of the ecosystem services approach, covering mapping, social and economic valuation and governance, in both terrestrial and marine social-ecological systems.
