Cada año, los incendios forestales causan la muerte de personas y animales, destruyen hogares y queman miles de hectáreas de terreno. Los incendios forestales son una fuente de preocupación para la población, que se siente motivada a actuar para evitar más devastación.
Durante los últimos tres años, UC Davis Chile realizó un arduo trabajo en el Aconcagua para crear la Central de Información y Modelación Hídrica (CIMHi).
In May, it will be four months since Dr. Geoffrey Schladow arrived in Chile. The current Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) at the University of California Davis, moved to Valdivia in February to work with Fundación Chile Lagos Limpios (ChLL) and the Universidad Austral on the conservation of the North Patagonian lakes.
In May, it will be four months since Dr. Geoffrey Schladow arrived in Chile. The current Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) at the University of California Davis, moved to Valdivia in February to work with Fundación Chile Lagos Limpios (ChLL) and the Universidad Austral on the conservation of the North Patagonian lakes.
We talked to Lovell "Tu" Jarvis, UC Davis' Faculty Director of Global Centers for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Geoffrey Schladow, founding Director of Tahoe Environmental Research Center at UC Davis, to learn about their experience as part of Chile's Clean Lakes Board of Directors, foundation of international collaboration, that works in the preservation, sustainable development and resilience to the climate change of the lakes that are located in the north of the Chilean Patagonia.
We talked to Lovell "Tu" Jarvis, UC Davis' Faculty Director of Global Centers for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Geoffrey Schladow, founding Director of Tahoe Environmental Research Center at UC Davis, to learn about their experience as part of Chile's Clean Lakes Board of Directors, foundation of international collaboration, that works in the preservation, sustainable development and resilience to the climate change of the lakes that are located in the north of the Chilean Patagonia.
Two invasive trash dumps surround Conchalí’s elementary school “Sol Naciente”. For years the municipality has tried to eradicate them, but the garbage that is removed from the sector soon returns. "We have an environment that is extremely damaged and it's hard for us to come study," says Sofía Vega, a 5th grade Sol Naciente student. Eventually, the director of the school, Amaranta Arenas, approached the University of California, Davis in Chile (UC Davis Chile) to see how they could help solve this problem.
Two invasive trash dumps surround Conchalí’s elementary school “Sol Naciente”. For years the municipality has tried to eradicate them, but the garbage that is removed from the sector soon returns. "We have an environment that is extremely damaged and it's hard for us to come study," says Sofía Vega, a 5th grade Sol Naciente student. Eventually, the director of the school, Amaranta Arenas, approached the University of California, Davis in Chile (UC Davis Chile) to see how they could help solve this problem.
What are the agricultural bioproduct trends worldwide. Article written by doctor Freddy Boehmwald, Bioproduct Development Coordinator of UC Davis Chile, for November edition of Mundoagro magazine (text in Spanish).
What are the agricultural bioproduct trends worldwide. Article written by doctor Freddy Boehmwald, Bioproduct Development Coordinator of UC Davis Chile, for November edition of Mundoagro magazine (text in Spanish).