On May 19, the technical committee of the Andes del Sur Mountain Natural Laboratory met for the first time.

This was the first meeting of this transdisciplinary group, which in concrete terms is an executive, scientific-technical, consultative, deliberative and binding body that will be in charge of ensuring the correct performance of all the functions and activities proposed for the development and governance of the Andes del Sur de Chile LN.

This committee is chaired by Carla Marchant, director of LN, and is made up of representatives from the public, private and civil society sectors. The participation of the Seremi of Science of the Southern Macro-zone, Maite Castro, and the Regional Governments of Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos is noteworthy.

At the meeting, the CTCI framework of the southern macrozone was discussed, some points of the project’s work were discussed and the question “Why create the Natural Laboratory?”

The mission and objectives of the LN Technical Committee are to ensure the participation of the key actors of the CTCI ecosystem, ensuring efficient coordination among them and the representation of the 3 regions that make up the proposed LT; advise the project team, provide feedback and support the coordination and implementation of activities, ensuring compliance with the progress and quality of the results obtained; participate and support in the articulation instances (meetings, workshops, etc.) of the LN with other relevant stakeholders of the project and ensure compliance with the objectives outlined in the roadmap of the LN.) of the LN with other relevant stakeholders of the project and ensure compliance with the objectives set out in the LN roadmap.