Cristian Echeverría

TL;DR: The second edition of the International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration (the Standards) presents a robust framework for restoration projects to achieve intended goals, while addressing challenges including effective design and implementation, accounting for complex ecosystem dynamics (especially in the context of climate change), and navigating trade-offs associated with land management priorities and decisions as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, three land-cover maps were derived from satellite imagery acquired over 25 years (1975, 1990 and 2000), and were used to assess the patterns of deforestation and forest fragmentation in the coastal range of south-central Chile.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated land cover changes in Central Chile using multi-temporal satellite imagery taken in 1975, 1985, 1999 and 2008 and found that the major trends in this highly dynamic landscape were reduction of dryland forest and conversion of shrubland to intensive land uses such as farmland.

TL;DR: Estimating the net value of ecosystem service benefits under different reforestation scenarios in Latin America shows that passive restoration is cost-effective for all study areas on the basis of the services analyzed, whereas the benefits from active restoration are generally outweighed by the relatively high costs involved.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the influence of spatial attributes of forest fragments when examining the impacts of fragmentation on woody species and found that patch size was the most important attribute influencing different measures of species composition, stand structure and anthropogenic disturbances.