The irruption of new agro-industrial technologies in Uruguay and their environmental impacts on soil, water supply and biodiversity: a review

Céspedes-Payret, Carlos; Piñeiro, Gervasio; Achkar, Marcel; Gutiérrez, Ofelia; Panario, Daniel

doi:10.1504/ijenvh.2009.024877

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“…Over the past decades, cropping replaced substantial areas of native grassland, leading to likely irreversible destruction of vast areas of the grassland biome (Naylor et al 2005). Despite the historical, cultural and economic importance of these low external input meat production systems, information about the ecosystem services they provide and the changes they are subject to is limited and fragmented (Payret et al 2009, Medan et al 2011, Balvanera et al 2012. This knowledge gap impedes science-based assessment of their role as an alternative model of meat production and of the consequences of land use changes for the provision of ecosystem services (Baldi and Paruelo 2008, Vega et al 2009.…”

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Land use change and ecosystem service provision in Pampas and Campos grasslands of southern South America

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Rossing

Corbeels

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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Land use change and ecosystem service provision in Pampas and Campos grasslands of southern South America

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Corbeels

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…In Uruguay, small Eucalyptus plantations (<0.5 ha) were established to provide shelter and shade for livestock in the 1970s [7]. Subsequently, large-scale Eucalyptus plantations were promoted by governmental policies, financial incentives, and investors' expectations [8,9], resulting in the expansion of the forest industry to meet the growing carbon market. The key laws that facilitated this process included the forestry law of 1987, the more flexible lease law of 1991, a law that facilitated land tenure by multiple owners (e.g., associations and companies), and the investment law, both of 1999 [10].…”

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How to Bloom the Green Desert: Eucalyptus Plantations and Native Forests in Uruguay beyond Black and White Perspectives

Pozo

Säumel

2018

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The ongoing debate on the boon or bane of monocultural timber plantations demonstrates the need to develop alternative approaches that achieve forest productivity while conserving biodiversity. We assessed the diversity of tree species in native forests and in Eucalyptus plantations, and evaluated the potential use of native species to enhance plantation management. For this purpose, we established one-hectare permanent plots in nine native forests (riverine and park forests) and nine Eucalyptus plantations in the northwestern part of Uruguay. Forest inventories were carried out on 200 m2 plots and regeneration was assessed along transects in 9 m2 subplots. Riverine forests have the highest Shannon diversity index (2.5) followed by park forests (2.1) and Eucalyptus plantations (1.3). Tree density was high in riverine forests (1913/ha) and plantations (1315/ha), whereas park forests have lower tree density (796/ha). Regeneration density was high in riverine forests (39136/ha) and park forests (7500/ha); however, native species can regenerate in the understory of plantations (727/ha), and this underlines the possibility of developing a mixed species approach to reduce the negative impact of monocultures. Differences in the composition of plant communities were denoted between native forests and plantations, although native forests were similar in composition, even in the presence of exotic species. Native forests harbor specialist species that are absent from plantations, and therefore perform a decisive role in maintaining local biodiversity. Strategies to enhance species diversity and structural diversity within plantations or to establish mixed buffer strips containing native species at the edge of plantations are potential measures to enhance biodiversity and foster the integration of plantations into the local landscape.

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“…Significantly, this included Uruguayan environmental groups who sought to work together with Argentinean activists to protest against the mill (Pakkasvirta, 2010, p. 61;Sannazzaro, 2011, p. 216;Waisbord & Peruzzotti, 2009, p. 693). The environmental and social impacts of the paper industry have also been documented by researchers and NGOs based in Uruguay (Céspedes-Payret et al, 2009;Ortiz et al, 2005). The initial stages of the protests also included cooperation with Greenpeace in a high profile campaign.…”

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Pulp Friction in the La Plata Basin: The Importance of Natural Resource Governance for South American Regionalism

Siegel

2021

The Journal of Environment & Development

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Over the last two decades, natural resource governance has become an increasingly important element of South American regionalism as commodities became a central driver for regional development strategies. Yet, due to socio-environmental impacts and dissatisfaction with decision-making processes, it is also frequently contested. This article focuses on one particularly prominent contestation with transboundary and regional repercussions, the case of the pulp mill conflict which escalated between Argentina and Uruguay in the 2000s. Using the concepts of regionness and politics of scale, it examines in which ways the pulp mill conflict affected regional cohesion and seeks to understand why it evolved in this way. This shows that the way national governments address socio-environmental conflicts is an important additional obstacle to regional cohesion which has received little attention in studies of South American regionalism so far.

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The irruption of new agro-industrial technologies in Uruguay and their environmental impacts on soil, water supply and biodiversity: a review

Cited by 31 publications

References 82 publications

Land use change and ecosystem service provision in Pampas and Campos grasslands of southern South America

Land use change and ecosystem service provision in Pampas and Campos grasslands of southern South America

How to Bloom the Green Desert: Eucalyptus Plantations and Native Forests in Uruguay beyond Black and White Perspectives

Pulp Friction in the La Plata Basin: The Importance of Natural Resource Governance for South American Regionalism

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