Landscape restoration in a mixed agricultural-forest catchment: Planning a buffer strip and hedgerow network in a Chilean biodiversity hotspot.
Ambio
; 49(1): 310-323, 2020 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30771208
ABSTRACT
Guidance for large-scale restoration of natural or semi-natural linear vegetation elements that takes into account the need to maintain human livelihoods such as farming is often lacking. Focusing on a Chilean biodiversity hotspot, we assessed the landscape in terms of existing woody vegetation elements and proposed a buffer strip and hedgerow network. We used spatial analysis based on Google Earth imagery and QGIS, field surveys, seven guidelines linked to prioritization criteria and seedling availability in the region's nurseries, and estimated the budget for implementing the proposed network. The target landscapes require restoring 0.89 ha km-2 of woody buffer strips to meet Chilean law; 1.4 ha km-2 of new hedgerows is also proposed. The cost of restoration in this landscape is estimated in ca. USD 6900 per planted ha of buffer strips and hedgerows. Financial incentives, education, and professional training of farmers are identified as key issues to implement the suggested restoration actions.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ecosystem
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Chile
Language:
En
Journal:
Ambio
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
España