The Wetlands International report: Los Turbales de la Patagonia - Bases
para su inventario y la conservación de su biodiversidad is the result of the
project “An inventory of the Patagonian Peatlands: towards the wise use and
biodiversity conservation”, which aimed to improve the knowledge level of these
ecosystems of Patagonia, as a first step in the process of their inventory and
wise use in Argentina and Chile. This publication is in Spanish (with English
Executive summary).
The book compiles the results and the information
produced by the Patagonian Peatlands project, with the aim of making them easily
available to stakeholders, academic community and general public. The volume
starts with a section of general remarks, including the adopted Spanish terminology
and the introduction to the main features of the Patagonian peatlands. Follows
the zonation of the region in six peatland zones, as a first step in the inventory
process. In a second step and given the vast extension of the Patagonia, a “view
modules” approach was used to exemplify with a greater scale the different peatland
types occurring within Argentina and Chile. For
both countries an exhaustive revision of background studies is included as separated
chapters.
The volume also includes a section with
information on birds, mammals and macroinvertebrates inhabiting the Sphagnum
bogs of Tierra del Fuego, as well as a chapter dealing with peatland benefits,
current uses and conservation in Argentina. A final chapter is dedicated to peatlands as wetlands of special
concern for the Ramsar Convention.
For more information, contact Wetlands International: info@wetlands.org