2008
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7156
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Runoff modifications due to the conversion of natural grasslands to forests in a large basin in Uruguay

Abstract: Abstract:Uruguay has encouraged the development of the forestry sector since 1989. As a member of the Montreal Process, the country has followed a set of criteria and indicators for the Sustainable Forest Management. The aim of this paper is to describe the studies carried out in a large basin of 2097 km 2 , located in an area of humid subtropical climate and 1300 mm of long-term mean annual rainfall, where the conversion of natural grasslands to forests increased up to 540 km 2 during the last 15 years. Using… Show more

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“…Farley and others (2005) review show reductions in annual runoff from afforested lands that caused and intensified water shortages. In Uruguay Silveira and Alonso (2009) found similar results, however the proportion of basins that could be afforested without affecting water balance has not been addressed. Unfortunately, this was not analyzed in our study due to the coarse resolution of the land suitability groups.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 73%
“…Farley and others (2005) review show reductions in annual runoff from afforested lands that caused and intensified water shortages. In Uruguay Silveira and Alonso (2009) found similar results, however the proportion of basins that could be afforested without affecting water balance has not been addressed. Unfortunately, this was not analyzed in our study due to the coarse resolution of the land suitability groups.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 73%
“…We found that the main concerns of the local population arising from the increase in plantations were those relating to water availability, soil fertility, the use of chemicals (including fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides), and the effect on other sources of livelihood, mainly agriculture and animal husbandry. These concerns are consistent with local people's valuation of certain ecosystem services, such as the availability of drinking water and the appreciation of pastures and free-grazing Chazdon, 2008;Peng et al, 2008;Farley, 2007;Delgado et al, 2006;Rudel et al, 2005;Vitousek, 1991;Little et al, 2009;Silveira and Alonso, 2009;Cáceres and Silveira, 2008;van Dijk and Keenan, 2007;Silveira et al, 2006;Farley et al, 2005;Jackson et al, 2005;Andréassian, 2004;Cannell, 1999;Le Maitre et al, 1999;Cossalter and Pye-Smith, 2003;Shakesby et al, 2002;Beckett et al, 1998;Lindenmayer and Hobbs 2004;Loumento and Huttel 1997. b Experts' main concerns in parenthesis.…”
Section: Land-use Change Impact On Local Population's Perceptions On mentioning
confidence: 51%
“…As our results show, by the end of 2010 the area of eucalyptus plantations will have increased to 7% of the land cover and that of pines to over 4%; in dry summers this may affect the run-offs of tributaries (Silveira and Alonso, 2009;Silveira et al, 2006), which may in turn have tradeoffs with certain other ecosystem services, such as the availability of water for irrigation. There has been a consensus that plantation establishment on grasslands increases water use (Ward and Trimble, 2003;Andréassian, 2004;Jackson et al, 2005;van Dijk and Keenan, 2007).…”
Section: Land-use Change Impact On Local Population's Perceptions On mentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Strano et al, 2015;Vieira and Maia, 2009). Social and ecological concerns around large-scale tree plantations have been examined in the context of Uruguay (Paruelo, 2012;Silveira and Alonso, 2009;Switzer, 2014;Wang and Fu, 2013;Vihervaara et al, 2013Vihervaara et al, , 2012, and reviewed across contexts (Bauhus et al, 2010;Brockerhoff et al, 2013;Charnley, 2005;Cossalter and Pye-Smith, 2003;Farley et al, 2005;Gerber, 2011;Ingram et al, 2016). However, while similar issues are likely related to the social-ecological system encompassing beekeeping, impacts of land use and land use changes on the resilience of beekeeping in Uruguay remain unclear Most research on sensitive social-ecological systems from a livelihood perspective has in fact considered aquatic ecosystems (e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%