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Planning and implementation initiatives for an afforestation project in an arid environment, northern Chile Mchaina, David Mhina; Serra, G. Roman
Abstract
This paper describes a community forest project located in the township of Calama, Region II, Northern Chile. The project was initiated in 1996 with a goal to create a 100 hectares of self-sustaining forested ecosystem for a valued oasis in the Atacama Desert. The objectives of the project are: to create a selfsustaining ecosystem with minimal maintenance using native plant species that are drought resistant and to undertake initiatives that will speed up natural successional changes. To meet the above objectives, a local drought-resistant species known as 'algarrobo' (Prosopis chilensis) was selected for the project. The afforestation program includes key elements such as seed preparation; sowing of seeds in greenhouse containers and maintenance; land preparation; transplanting the individual seedlings into the field; and on-going field maintenance and monitoring.
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Planning and implementation initiatives for an afforestation project in an arid environment, northern Chile
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This paper describes a community forest project located in the township of Calama, Region II, Northern
Chile. The project was initiated in 1996 with a goal to create a 100 hectares of self-sustaining forested
ecosystem for a valued oasis in the Atacama Desert. The objectives of the project are: to create a selfsustaining
ecosystem with minimal maintenance using native plant species that are drought resistant and
to undertake initiatives that will speed up natural successional changes. To meet the above objectives, a
local drought-resistant species known as 'algarrobo' (Prosopis chilensis) was selected for the project.
The afforestation program includes key elements such as seed preparation; sowing of seeds in greenhouse
containers and maintenance; land preparation; transplanting the individual seedlings into the field; and on-going field maintenance and monitoring.
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eng
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2009-07-07
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0042373
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Unreviewed
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Other
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British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation
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