Devastating blazes prompt Chile to confront fire risk (EcoAméricas)
Wildfires in the Valparaíso region of cen tral Chile produced the country’s highest human death toll from a natural disaster since its 2010 earthquake,...
Analysis | Extreme weather: One of the factors behind the February 2023 fires in...
By Martín Jacques Coper, (CR)2 principal investigator; René Garreaud, (CR)2 director; and Roberto Rondanelli, (CR)2 associate researcher.
During the first week of February 2023, we...
You Asked 1,000 Questions about Peatlands, and Our Bog Experts Answered (Some of) Them...
We asked for questions about the amazing carbon-storage capabilities of peatlands, and how these ecosystems keep the planet breathing. Readers sent us more than...
Policy brief CR2 | Effects of Native Forest Cover Loss from Forestry Activity and...
By Alejandro Miranda, Department of Forest Sciences, University of La Frontera and CR2 Associate Researcher; Jorge Hoyos-Santillan, Associate Researcher Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and...
Growing awareness of the value of Chile’s peatlands (UN Environment)
Chile is renowned for its diverse ecosystem, from the vast mountain ranges of Patagonia to the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego. The country...
Not all mangroves are equal (Mangrove Alliance)
Improving carbon baseline estimations with high-resolution remote sensing analyses.
Panama has decided to put Nature-based Solutions at the core of its climate strategy, with Blue...
Policy brief | Identifying the urban-rural interface in Chile: conditions that determine the highest...
Delimiting the rural-urban interface areas of Chile and defining those that have a higher risk of fires will allow efficient targeting of management...
Chile’s Valparaíso hills on fire (Science)
Although naturally occurring wildfires have been infrequent in Chile (1), human-caused ignitions, flammable plantations, and prolonged droughts now make the region one of the...
Policy brief | Increase of river and stream flow through native forest restoration in...
After 14 years of research, it was shown that recovering areas with native vegetation generates an increase in flows immediately and its maintenance...
Researchers from CR2 awarded Fondecyt Initiation projects for 2024
The research projects led by Camila Álvarez-Garretón, Estela Blanco, Cecilia Ibarra, Javier Lopatin, and Alejandro Miranda have been granted funding by the Subdirectorate of...
