HR: 10:50h
AN: H22D-03    [Abstracts]
TI: A GENERIC FRAMEWORK FOR WATER AND FOREST MANAGEMENT IN CATCHMENTS RESTORATION IN LATIN AMERICA
AU: Mintegui Aguirre, J A
EM: juanangel.mintegui@upm.es
AF: E.T.S.I DE MONTES, DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA FORESTAL, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA S/N, MADRID, 28040, Spain
AU: * Amezaga, J M
EM: j.m.amezaga@ncl.ac.uk
AF: INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, Devonshire Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5BQ, United Kingdom
AU: Robredo Sanchez, J C
EM: josecarlos.robredo@upm.es
AF: E.T.S.I DE MONTES, DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA FORESTAL, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA S/N, MADRID, 28040, Spain
AU: Lopez Leiva, C
EM: cesar.lopez@upm.es
AF: E.U.I.T. FORESTAL, UNIDAD DOCENTE DE BOTANICA FORESTAL, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNIA DE MADRID, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA S/N, MADRID, 28040, Spain
AB: The document presents a generic framework for the analysis and development of a programme for catchment management and restoration that takes into account both the protection from the impact of extreme events and the sustainable use of land and water resources. The framework was originally developed for the restoration of mountain catchments in Europe between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century and still provides the intellectual basis for the integrated assessment of hydraulic and land use factors in these countries. It is based on a thorough analysis of the behavior of a catchment in normal and extreme conditions. Recently, the authors have tested this generic framework in a number of catchments in Latin America, which present very different physical and socio-economic conditions. Fieldwork in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina with particular catchments covering a whole range of climatological, geo-morphological and land used settings has provided new insights on the applicability of this generic framework. The paper discusses the role of vegetation, and in particular of forests, in catchment management taking a long-term view of cost and benefits under normal and extreme conditions. It also provides conclusions for the development of land use policies to optimize the practical use of vegetation of management purposes.
DE: 1804 Catchment
DE: 1815 Erosion
DE: 1817 Extreme events
DE: 1821 Floods
DE: 6334 Regional planning (1880)
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly