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Venezuela: El Uso de Arbustos Nativos Micorrizados para la Rehabilitación de Areas Degradadas de La Gran Sabana
Country: Venezuela
Abstract: En las áreas degradadas de La Gran Sabana donde perturbaciones severas han cambiado la composición de los suelos, la regeneración natural se puede encontrar obstaculizada por la ausencia de hongos micorrizógenos arbusculares, junta con las barreras presentadas por los suelos naturalmente ácidos y pobres en nutrientes que caracterizan la región. En respuesta a estas circunstancias, una estrategia de restauración que se puede adoptar es utilizar plantas "nodrizas" para mejorar la tasa de...Canada: Ontario: Trial Restoration of Cliff-Edge Forest in Bruce Peninsula National Park
Country: Canada
Abstract: Ecological restoration in parks and conservation areas poses a unique challenge, as the need to maintain public access often precludes gradual, undisturbed vegetative succession and in many cases results in continuing processes of degradation. In this study conducted in Bruce Peninsula National Park, researchers tested whether the natural canopy species, Thuja occidentalis, can be restored to degraded coastal cliff edges without reducing the number of visitors to the park. A combination of seed...Indonesia: Central Kalimantan Peatlands Restoration Project
Country: Indonesia
Abstract: The Central Kalimantan Peatlands Project (CKPP) grew out of an increasing recognition at the local, national and international levels of the urgency of halting and reversing degradation of the peatswamp forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Drainage, illegal logging and fire have devastated the area's peatswamps in recent decades, and the impacts on local livelihoods, the broader economy and critical wildlife habitats have been staggering. Moreover, the annual contribution to global...USA: New Mexico: Reintroducing Beavers to Facilitate Riparian Restoration on the Zuni Reservation
Country: United States of America
Abstract: The Zuni Watershed in west-central New Mexico has been subject to acute and continuing processes of degradation since the arrival of European settlers in the nineteenth century. A lawsuit brought against the federal government in response to gross mismanagement of local environmental resources resulted in the inception of the Zuni Conservation Project in late 1991. Planned and implemented by the Tribe's Fish and Wildlife Department, this unique program of watershed restoration and riparian...India: The Attappady Wasteland Comprehensive Environmental Conservation Project in Kerala
Country: India
Abstract: The Attappady region of Kerala has experienced severe ecological degradation stemming from a number of sources and now exhibits the largest extension of wasteland in the state. The progressive loss of vegetation, erosion of exposed topsoil, decline in soil fertility and scarcity of water resources has seriously jeopardized local livelihoods and given rise to a situation in which more than 80% of the population lived below the poverty line at the beginning of the 1990s. It was under these...Argentina: Restauración de Bosques y Agroecología en el Corredor Verde de la Provincia de Misiones
Country: Argentina
Abstract: Dado su extraordinario valor ecológico y su crítico estado de conservación, el Bosque Atlántico del Alto Paraná es considerado de alta prioridad de conservación a escala regional y global. La ONG Conservación Argentina impulsa desde el año 2002 un proyecto de conservación en el corredor biológico de Misiones entre los parques provinciales Urugua-í y Horacio Foerster. El proyecto busca mantener y restaurar una conexión de selva entre ambas unidades protegidas con el objetivo de...Ecuador: Restauración del Manglar de Muisne en la Provincia de Esmeraldas
Country: Ecuador
Abstract: Desde los años ochentas, la camaronicultura ha provocado la deforestación de áreas extensas de manglar en la costa de Ecuador. En el estuario del río Muisne, una zona de alta biodiversidad en la provincia de Esmeraldas, se ha perdido más del 80% de la cobertura de manglares, disminuyendo no sólo la extensión y cohesión del hábitat sino también la base económica para la población cercana que depende de actividades pesqueras y recolectoras. En mayo de 2003, la Fundación de Defensa...USA: Alaska: The Role of Thermal Regime in Tundra Plant Community Restoration
Country: United States of America
Abstract: Mineral extraction activities in the Arctic regions of the world produce long-lasting ecological disturbances. Assisted recovery from such disturbances may require restoration of the tundra thermal regime. In this study, plugs of entire root zone and live tundra plants were transplanted to a disturbed site in Alaska oil fields. The dominant species were Carex aquatilis, Eriophorum angustifolium, Dupontia fisheri, Poa glauca, Festuca rubra, Salix ovalifolia, S. reticulata, and Sphagnum spp. The...South Africa: Restoration of Coastal Dune Forests Following Opencast Mining in Northern KwaZulu-Natal Province
Country: South Africa
Abstract: The rehabilitation program conducted by Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) of areas exposed to opencast surface mining of sand dunes north of Richards Bay (28º43'S, 32º12'E) on the coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal Province commenced in 1978 and has resulted in the development of a series of known-aged stands of vegetation. By assuming that these spatially separated stands develop along a similar pathway over time, instantaneous sampling should reveal successional changes usually associated with...Russia: Restoring Mountain Birch Seedlings in a Heavily Polluted Industrial Barren on the Kola Peninsula
Country: Russia
Abstract: Denuded landscapes adjacent to big polluters represent an extremely harsh environment for plants due to a unique combination of soil toxicity and physical stress. A 5-year experiment conducted at two barren sites near the Severonikel nickel-copper smelter at Monchegorsk, northwestern Russia tested whether the survival and performace of seedlings of Mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) can be enhanced by physical sheltering and how large the supposed benefits to survival and...México: Reforestación con Especies Arbóreas Nativas en un Pastizal Degradado en la Selva Lacandona de Chiapas
Country: Mexico
Abstract: El presente estudio se realizó en un pastizal degradado en la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México. Se evaluó durante un año el efecto de tratamientos de deshierbe y fertilización, sobre el desempeño de plántulas de seis especies arbóreas nativas medido en términos de supervivencia y crecimiento. A partir de la época de sequía la probabilidad de supervivencia de las plántulas aumentó bajo la cobertura de los pastos (tratamiento sin deshierbe), tanto de especies demandantes de luz como...Dominican Republic: Restoring Tropical Forest at Sites Dominated by Anthropogenic Fern Thickets
Country: Dominican Republic
Abstract: In many parts of the tropics, deforestation results in areas dominated by colonizing ferns of the genus Dicranopteris. This study investigated methods for restoring native wet tropical forest on a degraded site in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve, located in the central highlands of the Dominican Republic. Fern cover was manually removed from the site, and then a trial planting of 18 nursery-reared native tree and shrub species was conducted. The seedlings were planted in high densities in...Brazil: Restoration of a Restinga Sandy Coastal Plain in Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
Abstract: Brazil's population is overwhelmingly centered on the coast, and the resultant anthropogenic pressures have brought severe degradation and widespread habitat loss to coastal ecosystems. Restingas, or sandy coastal plains, are one such ecosystem that has been greatly impacted by encroaching human populations, and this study was undertaken to restore natural vegetation on a remnant restinga in Rio de Janeiro. Although shrubs and trees comprise the majority of a natural restinga plant community,...México: Forestación con Mangles en Isletas de Dragados en la Costa Semiárida de Sinaloa
Country: Mexico
Abstract: La bahía de Navachiste, localizada al norte del Estado de Sinaloa, se considera como sitio RAMSAR de importancia para aves acuáticas migratorias y es un área de importancia pesquera. Sin embargo, actividades como la agricultura, la acuacultura y las descargas de aguas urbanas han ocasionado la contaminación del cuerpo de agua, por lo que se desarrolló un programa de dragado para la rehabilitación hidrológica del sistema lagunar. Como parte del programa, se condicionó a que las zonas de...Canada: Restoration of a Fen Plant Community after Peat Mining in Southern Québec
Country: Canada
Abstract: Even several decades after the cessation of mining activities, natural revegetation of mined peat fields in North America is often constrained by a lack of suitable propagules, as the residual peat is devoid of plants and a viable seed bank (Salonen 1987), and natural areas surrounding the mined fields are typically bogs with few or no fen species present (Poulin et al. 1999; Campbell et al. 2003). This study was undertaken in the RiviÁ¨re-du-Loup peatland in southern Québec, Canada to test...Argentina: Plantación de Especies Nativas del Chaco Occidental en Zonas de Pastizales de Altura en Las Sierras de Córdoba
Country: Argentina
Abstract: La degradación ambiental por acción antrópica es de tal magnitud, en algunos sitios de las Sierras de Córdoba, que su recuperación requiere de la intervención humana a través de medidas que ayuden a detener y/o revertir el proceso de deterioro. Se han realizado con éxito algunas iniciativas de reforestación con diversas coníferas, especialmente pinos, pero no hay, hasta el momento, mayor información sobre forestaciones con especies del Bosque Serrano. Los objetivos del presente...Chile: Reforestación de los Bosquetes de Olivillo en el Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge
Country: Chile
Abstract: Con el propósito de evaluar las posibilidades de aumentar la masa boscosa del Bosque Fray Jorge, sellar los claros y unir los fragmentos, se inició un programa de plantación en 1999 con una duración de tres años. El objetivo fue contribuir a la restitución de la condición ambiental del bosque, en sus aspectos cuantitativos y cualitativos. Las plantaciones con las especies Aextoxicon punctatum Ruiz et Pav. (Olivillo), Myrceugenia correifolia Hook et Arn. (Petrillo) y Drimys winteri J.R....Ecuador: Reforestation with Native Species in the Southern Andean Region
Country: Ecuador
Abstract: In spite of its designation as one of the world's biodiversity "hot spots," Ecuador has the highest deforestation rate in South America. Large tracts of its Andean forests have been exploited for timber and non-timber forest products and then converted into agricultural systems, primarily pastures for livestock production. These pastures decrease in productivity relatively quickly and must eventually be abandoned, leaving a denuded site overgrown with non-native grasses. Due to the region's...Colombia: Rehabilitación de Bosques de Manglar en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta
Country: Colombia
Abstract: El proyecto de rehabilitación de la Región de la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta es el proyecto de rehabilitación de bosques de manglar mas extenso en Latinoamérica. Através de cambios hidrológicos iniciados en 1995 con la apertura de cinco canales naturales pre-existentes que comunican el agua dulce del río Magdalena con el sistema lagunar, se trata de una reducción significativa de la salinidad de la columna de agua y del agua intersticial del suelo para facilitar la regeneración...Italy: Dune Restoration on the Coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Country: Italy
Abstract: Restoration was undertaken on sand dune environments along the coastal belt of the Castelporziano nature reserve near Rome, Italy using "soft techniques" applied over an area of approximately 3 km. Forty dunes were built up in three belts located at < 40 m, 40-70 m, and > 70 m, respectively, from the shoreline. On each of 38 dunes, 20 individuals of Ammophila littoralis were planted, as this autochthonous species is considered particularly suitable for the stabilization of sand dunes....India: Restoration of Banni Grassland in Gujarat
Country: India
Abstract: The Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), a body created by the Forest and Environment Department of the Government of Gujarat, initiated a restoration programme for Banni grassland in the state's northern Kachchh district in 1995. Targeting lands degraded by overgrazing, woody species invasion and salinization, the project aims to improve ecosystem productivity, and thereby ensure the socio-economic resilience of local inhabitants in a region entirely dependent upon livestock and the rangelands...Spain: Restauración de las Dunas Litorales de la Devesa de la Albufera de Valencia
Country: Spain
Abstract: Un cordón arenoso que separa el lago de La Albufera del Mar Mediterráneo, la Devesa de la Albufera está ubicada a solo 9 km al sur de Valencia capital. Con el comienzo de la época de urbanización a finales de los años 60, esta zona sufrió una degradación de sus ecosistemas bastante pronunicada, debida a la instalación de infraestructura urbana y el aumento del turismo que se observó tanto en esta zona como en todo el litoral mediterráneo español. En el año 1981 el Ayuntamiento de...Peru: Restoration of the Prosopis pallida (Huarango) Southern Dry Forest
Country: Peru
Abstract: Conducted in the hyper-arid Atacama-Sechura ecoregion, the Habitat Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Southern Peruvian Dry Forest project aims to protect fast-disappearing Prosopis pallida forest relics and combat desertification by working with local communities in Ica, Peru to establish forest reserves and restore a patchwork of small, degraded trial sites. Using native plants reared in local nurseries, the project has carried out restoration activities at several small farming villages...Puerto Rico: Replantación de Fragmentos de Coral en en la Reserva Pesquera Marina del Canal de Luis Peña, Culebra
Country: Puerto Rico
Abstract: Los arrecifes de coral someros localizados en la Reserva Pesquera Marina del Canal de Luis Peña, Culebra, constituyen parte del Hábitat Esencial de Peces (HEP) en sus estadíos juveniles para muchas especies con un valor comercial alto. Una porción significativa del HEP dentro de la Reserva se ha degradado debido a una combinación de factores antropogénicos y naturales. Se llevó a cabo un experimento de replantación de fragmentos de corales para determinar su supervivencia y la...Bangladesh: Mangrove Afforestation Programme of the National Forest Department
Country: Bangladesh
Abstract: The protection from cyclone damage afforded by the Bangladesh Sundarbans mangrove forests, a continuous natural mangrove forest of 5800 km2 in the south-west of Bangladesh, led the Forest Department in 1966 to commence a programme of planting mangroves outside the protective coastal embankments in order to provide greater protection for inhabited coastal areas. These initial mangrove plantings were highly successful and led to the development of a large-scale mangrove afforestation programme....Costa Rica: Restauración del Humedal Palo Verde en la Guanacaste
Country: Costa Rica
Abstract: Para reducir la cantidad de tifa en el humedal Palo Verde, cobertura dominante desde 1985, se llevó a cabo la restauración de 200 ha de la laguna en el año 2002. Como parte del monitoreo biológico realizado en el sitio para evaluar la efectividad de la restauración, se estimó el cambio de las coberturas de vegetación y se evaluó la respuesta de las aves acuáticas a la restauración del humedal Palo Verde (Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Guanacaste, Costa Rica) durante el período de julio...México: Restauración del Manglar con Rhizophora mangle en la Costa de Chiapas
Country: Mexico
Abstract: Se realizó la rehabilitación de 2.0 hectáreas de manglar en Laguna de Cabildo y Laguna de Pozuelos en el Municipio de Tapachula; esta restauración se realizó por medio de la siembra directa con propágulos y plantas de vivero de Rhizophora mangle. En Laguna de Cabildo se sembraron 19 345 hipocótilos durante el periodo de junio a agosto. Posteriormente, en septiembre del año 2000, en Laguna de Pozuelos se plantaron 3 019 propágulos. Después de 240 días las plántulas alcanzaron más de...Argentina: Restauración de Bosque Andino-Patagónico con Austrocedrus chilensis
Country: Argentina
Abstract: Un estudio piloto se realizó en una ladera de cinco hectáreas, originalmente cubierta por bosque puro de Austrocedrus chilensis, ubicada en las cercanías del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. El área fue quemada y posteriormente talada ilegalmente en su totalidad. Por su ubicación, es importante recuperar la cubierta vegetal de esta ladera para detener la erosión del suelo y proteger la cuenca. Cuatro años después del incendio la cobertura arbustiva era...Mexico: Black Mangrove Restoration at Laguna de Balandra, Baja California Sur
Country: Mexico
Abstract: Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) seedlings (n=555) were grown from field-collected propagules for several months in a new type of terrestrial nursery. They were grouped in clusters of five plants and then transplanted to a clear-cut zone at Laguna de Balandra, a lagoon fringed by mangrove forest in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The survival rates and development of the transplanted seedlings were monitored at 6-month intervals for 2 years. After 1 month, the survival of seedlings was 96%,...USA: Alabama: Cumberland Sandstone Glade Restoration at the William B. Bankhead National Forest
Country: United States of America
Abstract: Sandstone glades of the Southern Cumberland Plateau are rare and unique plant communities exhibiting some of the richest endemic floras of any habitat type in the eastern United States. As such, they have become a conversation priority and are included in a broad restoration initiative of the US Forest Service at William B. Bankhead National Forest in northern Alabama. In 2007, a pilot project was conducted on a 3-acre glade to test methodology and thus help guide and inform broader restoration...