Welcome
SOUTHERN ANDES OF CHILE
NATURAL LABORATORY
We are the first Natural Mountain Laboratory in the Andes of Southern Chile. We form an inter and transdisciplinary network (Academy – State – Private – Civil Society) that seeks to build a comprehensive knowledge system of mountain territories, guiding scientific development with territorial relevance.
2 Reserves
UNESCO Biosphere
– Araucarias Biosphere Reserve (1,142,848 hectares, Araucanía Region).
–
Southern Andean temperate rainforest biosphere reserve (2,168,956 ha; Los Ríos and Los Lagos Regions).
1 Geopark
World UNESCO
– Kutralkura (Araucania Region)
Site
SIPAN
– (Important Systems of the National Agricultural Heritage) Pehuenche Mountain Range Macrozone.
Welcome
SOUTHERN ANDES OF CHILE
NATURAL LABORATORY
We are the first Natural Mountain Laboratory in the Andes of Southern Chile. We form an inter and transdisciplinary network (Academy – State – Private – Civil Society) that seeks to build a comprehensive knowledge system of mountain territories, guiding scientific development with territorial relevance.
2 Reserves
UNESCO Biosphere
– Araucarias Biosphere Reserve (1,142,848 hectares, Araucanía Region).
–
Southern Andean temperate rainforest biosphere reserve (2,168,956 ha; Los Ríos and Los Lagos Regions).
1 Geopark
World UNESCO
– Kutralkura (Araucania Region)
Site
SIPAN
– (Important Systems of the National Agricultural Heritage) Pehuenche Mountain Range Macrozone.
Project
The Natural Laboratory “Andes del Sur de Chile”, mountain category, is a project executed by the Universidad Austral de Chile. It corresponds to one of the 5 projects funded by the “Nodes for the development in research of Natural Laboratories in Chile, call 2021”, of the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), Subdirection of Networks, Strategies and Knowledge.
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Financing:
Natural Laboratory
The Southern Andes Natural Laboratory is the territory that extends between 38°- 44° south latitude in the mountains of the regions of La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos, reaching an area of 52,891km2.
It is made up of 28 mountain communities: Collipulli, Ercilla, Victoria, Lautaro, Curacautín, Lonquimay, Melipeuco, Vilcún, Cunco, Villarrica, Pucón, Curarrehue, Panguipulli, Los Lagos, Rio Bueno, Futrono, Lago Ranco, Puyehue, Frutillar, Llanquihue, Puerto Octay, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas, Cochamó, Chaitén, Hualaihue, Futaleufú and Palena, and is inhabited by 250.There are 250,000 people living in 40 towns and rural mountain territories.
The territory is highly rural (51.5%), the indigenous population is 13.7%, and its human development index is classified as medium-low. The Southern Andes have unique geological, biophysical and human occupation of the mountains on a planetary scale, presenting great climatic and geomorphological variability, natural assets and diverse ecosystem services that are fundamental for human development, as well as areas of high endemism and ecological value, spaces that are highly fragile to global changes.
Thematic Laboratory 2
GLOBAL CHANGE:
FOREST INTERACTIONS,
SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES
Evaluates the effects of natural and/or anthropogenic disturbances (volcanism, glaciers, fires) on vegetation, soils and water resources for the development of ecological restoration plans, modeling of future landscapes in the region and maintenance of key ecosystem services for human development.
Thematic Laboratory 3
LIFESTYLES
AND MOUNTAIN DWELLING
Understands the particularities of mountain sociocultural practices in the south of the world, to integrate these attributes in sustainable local development strategies and to propose models of territorial management of mountain territories in Chile.
News
Call for entries for the I version of the “Mountain Character” photo contest is now open.
If you are passionate about mountain photography, we invite you to join the first version of this photo contest.
Great meeting of the Nodes of the South Macro zone
Starting at 11:00 a.m., via zoom and broadcast live on ANID's YouTube channel, this great meeting will be held to expose the importance of the Andes del Sur Natural Laboratory.
Results of the bibliometric analysis
The results we have collected in the research and bibliometric analysis serve as a baseline to identify the main actors, institutions and national and international research networks associated with the LN Thematic Laboratories.
Successful participation in Science Festival FECI 2022 Explora Araucanía
The mountains: where life and culture are born" was the name of the stand with which our Natural Laboratory, in collaboration with the NODO CTCI Conexión Sur, participated in the great citizen science festival, held in the capital of Araucanía.
At the UACH Campus in Puerto Montt: Participative mapping with the Research Office
The objective of the participatory mapping we carried out at the end of September in the Fisheries Room was to identify the thematic areas of interest of the UACH office in Puerto Montt.
Do you or have you done research in the territory?
of the Natural Laboratory?
The objective of this call is to integrate more researchers to this inter and transdisciplinary network that seeks to build a comprehensive knowledge system of mountain territories, guiding scientific development with territorial relevance.
