RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Landscape restoration in a mixed agricultural-forest catchment: Planning a buffer strip and hedgerow network in a Chilean biodiversity hotspot
A1 Rey Benayas, José María
A1 Altamirano, Adison
A1 Miranda, Alejandro
A1 Catalán, Germán
A1 Prado, Marco
A1 Lisón, Fulgencio
A1 Bullock, James
K1 Connectivity
K1 Conservation
K1 Ecosystem services
K1 Farmland
K1 Land-sharing
K1 Living fences
AB 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.
SN 0044-7447
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/41326
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/41326
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Educación, Chile
DS MINDS@UW
RD 24-abr-2024