Sustainable management of water ecosystem services requires reliable information to
support decision making. We evaluate the performance of the InVEST Seasonal Water Yield …

Several impacts over ecosystem services have been produced by land use/cover changes,
placing it as one of the main factors driving global environmental change. In the present …

Forestry plantations on Mapuche lands in southern Chile are a critical socio-environmental
issue. Through the lens of political ecology and using methods based on historical review …

Land use/cover change (LUCC) and climate change (CC) affect water resource availability
as they alter important hydrological processes. Mentioned factors modify the magnitude of …

Chile is particularly vulnerable to climate change due to its geomorphology, ecological
wealth and economic dependence on water resources, and has been facing a severe …

Background Forest ecosystems provide services that are important for human use; one of
the most critical ecosystem services is the provision and regulation of water. Basins with …

During the last years, in the sub-basin of the Chicú river, the agricultural and cattle
exploitation has intensified and has depleted the water resources, thereby causing a deficit …

Freshwater inputs strongly influence oceanographic conditions in coastal systems of
northwestern Patagonia (41–45° S). Nevertheless, the influence of freshwater on these …

Land use and land cover (LULC) change is one of the clearest representations of the global
environmental change phenomenon at various spatial and temporal scales. Chile is …

Modeling land use scenarios is critical to understand the socio-environmental impacts of
current decisions and to explore future configurations for management. The management of …