Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers

Autores
Gyenge, Javier; Fernandez, Marí­a Elena; Rusch, Veronica Elena; Sarasola, Mauro Miguel; Schlichter, Tomas Miguel
Año de publicación
2010
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inglés
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In NW Patagonia region, Argentina, South-America, there are about 70,000 ha of planted forests replacing from native forests to grasslands with different degrees of deterioration due to previous land use. Although forestry development has been quite slow in this region compared to other regions of the country, it is expected that this activity will be increasing in the future due to provincial and national government policies of forestry incentives. In general, only scarce information is available about the environmental impact of forestation in the region. Our objective was to bring together the knowledge about the changes in biodiversity, water cycle and water resources, soil characteristics and the risk of invasion of introduced exotic fast-growing coniferous species on native ecosystems. The analyses revealed that the greatest changes in biodiversity, water consumption and invasion risk occurred when the introduction of trees was in grasslands compared to forest or shrublands. However, from our results we can conclude that, at the current developmental stage of forestry activity in Patagonia, the negative environmental impact is very low or even nil, with the positive impacts –economic and socialpossibly being higher and leading to a more positive balance as a whole. However, we recognize that potential negative impacts, whose magnitude will depend on several aspects discussed in the paper, could increase in the future in relation to the expansion of the forested areas. With the available information we can then formulate prescriptions and management strategies for exotic systems, in order to guarantee the long term sustainability of the activity. In this regard, we have the opportunity of developing a sustainable production activity from the very beginning.
Fil: Gyenge, Javier Enrique. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez, Marí­a Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rusch, Veronica Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina
Fil: Sarasola, Mauro Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina
Fil: Schlichter, Tomas Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina
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The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 3 (special issue 1) : 9-22 (2010)
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Ciencias Forestales
Forestry
Environmental Factors
Plantations
Factores Ambientales
Pinophyta
Plantaciones
Región Patagónica
Coníferas
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spelling Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifersGyenge, JavierFernandez, Marí­a ElenaRusch, Veronica ElenaSarasola, Mauro MiguelSchlichter, Tomas MiguelCiencias ForestalesForestryEnvironmental FactorsPlantationsFactores AmbientalesPinophytaPlantacionesRegión PatagónicaConíferasIn NW Patagonia region, Argentina, South-America, there are about 70,000 ha of planted forests replacing from native forests to grasslands with different degrees of deterioration due to previous land use. Although forestry development has been quite slow in this region compared to other regions of the country, it is expected that this activity will be increasing in the future due to provincial and national government policies of forestry incentives. In general, only scarce information is available about the environmental impact of forestation in the region. Our objective was to bring together the knowledge about the changes in biodiversity, water cycle and water resources, soil characteristics and the risk of invasion of introduced exotic fast-growing coniferous species on native ecosystems. The analyses revealed that the greatest changes in biodiversity, water consumption and invasion risk occurred when the introduction of trees was in grasslands compared to forest or shrublands. However, from our results we can conclude that, at the current developmental stage of forestry activity in Patagonia, the negative environmental impact is very low or even nil, with the positive impacts –economic and socialpossibly being higher and leading to a more positive balance as a whole. However, we recognize that potential negative impacts, whose magnitude will depend on several aspects discussed in the paper, could increase in the future in relation to the expansion of the forested areas. With the available information we can then formulate prescriptions and management strategies for exotic systems, in order to guarantee the long term sustainability of the activity. In this regard, we have the opportunity of developing a sustainable production activity from the very beginning.Fil: Gyenge, Javier Enrique. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Fernandez, Marí­a Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Rusch, Veronica Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; ArgentinaFil: Sarasola, Mauro Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; ArgentinaFil: Schlichter, Tomas Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina2017-10-26T13:12:12Z2017-10-26T13:12:12Z2010info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1596http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/Online/GSBOnline/images/2010/AmJPSB_3(SI1)2010/AmJPSB_3(SI1)9-22o.pdf1752-3877The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 3 (special issue 1) : 9-22 (2010)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2026-02-05T12:51:16Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/1596instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2026-02-05 12:51:16.704INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
title Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
spellingShingle Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
Gyenge, Javier
Ciencias Forestales
Forestry
Environmental Factors
Plantations
Factores Ambientales
Pinophyta
Plantaciones
Región Patagónica
Coníferas
title_short Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
title_full Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
title_fullStr Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
title_full_unstemmed Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
title_sort Towards sustainable forestry development in Patagonia: truths and myths of environmental impacts of plantations with fast-growing conifers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gyenge, Javier
Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Rusch, Veronica Elena
Sarasola, Mauro Miguel
Schlichter, Tomas Miguel
author Gyenge, Javier
author_facet Gyenge, Javier
Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Rusch, Veronica Elena
Sarasola, Mauro Miguel
Schlichter, Tomas Miguel
author_role author
author2 Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Rusch, Veronica Elena
Sarasola, Mauro Miguel
Schlichter, Tomas Miguel
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Forestales
Forestry
Environmental Factors
Plantations
Factores Ambientales
Pinophyta
Plantaciones
Región Patagónica
Coníferas
topic Ciencias Forestales
Forestry
Environmental Factors
Plantations
Factores Ambientales
Pinophyta
Plantaciones
Región Patagónica
Coníferas
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In NW Patagonia region, Argentina, South-America, there are about 70,000 ha of planted forests replacing from native forests to grasslands with different degrees of deterioration due to previous land use. Although forestry development has been quite slow in this region compared to other regions of the country, it is expected that this activity will be increasing in the future due to provincial and national government policies of forestry incentives. In general, only scarce information is available about the environmental impact of forestation in the region. Our objective was to bring together the knowledge about the changes in biodiversity, water cycle and water resources, soil characteristics and the risk of invasion of introduced exotic fast-growing coniferous species on native ecosystems. The analyses revealed that the greatest changes in biodiversity, water consumption and invasion risk occurred when the introduction of trees was in grasslands compared to forest or shrublands. However, from our results we can conclude that, at the current developmental stage of forestry activity in Patagonia, the negative environmental impact is very low or even nil, with the positive impacts –economic and socialpossibly being higher and leading to a more positive balance as a whole. However, we recognize that potential negative impacts, whose magnitude will depend on several aspects discussed in the paper, could increase in the future in relation to the expansion of the forested areas. With the available information we can then formulate prescriptions and management strategies for exotic systems, in order to guarantee the long term sustainability of the activity. In this regard, we have the opportunity of developing a sustainable production activity from the very beginning.
Fil: Gyenge, Javier Enrique. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez, Marí­a Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rusch, Veronica Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina
Fil: Sarasola, Mauro Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina
Fil: Schlichter, Tomas Miguel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Ecología Forestal; Argentina
description In NW Patagonia region, Argentina, South-America, there are about 70,000 ha of planted forests replacing from native forests to grasslands with different degrees of deterioration due to previous land use. Although forestry development has been quite slow in this region compared to other regions of the country, it is expected that this activity will be increasing in the future due to provincial and national government policies of forestry incentives. In general, only scarce information is available about the environmental impact of forestation in the region. Our objective was to bring together the knowledge about the changes in biodiversity, water cycle and water resources, soil characteristics and the risk of invasion of introduced exotic fast-growing coniferous species on native ecosystems. The analyses revealed that the greatest changes in biodiversity, water consumption and invasion risk occurred when the introduction of trees was in grasslands compared to forest or shrublands. However, from our results we can conclude that, at the current developmental stage of forestry activity in Patagonia, the negative environmental impact is very low or even nil, with the positive impacts –economic and socialpossibly being higher and leading to a more positive balance as a whole. However, we recognize that potential negative impacts, whose magnitude will depend on several aspects discussed in the paper, could increase in the future in relation to the expansion of the forested areas. With the available information we can then formulate prescriptions and management strategies for exotic systems, in order to guarantee the long term sustainability of the activity. In this regard, we have the opportunity of developing a sustainable production activity from the very beginning.
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