REDCRE, Restoration Ecology In Colombia
Restoration ecology is a field of study that strives for the recuperation of function, diversity and health of degraded ecosystems, which unfortunately keep increasing in number.
In Colombia the scientific and technical communities interested in restoration ecology are now organized as Red Colombiana de Restauraci?n Ecol?gica – REDCRE (soon available at www.redcre.org).
Members of this network are individuals, educative entities, governmental institutions, national environmental system institutes, NGOs and private entities who want to reduce the loss of ecosystems and its disturbance rate, and to work for its recuperation.
The mission of REDCRE is to become a space of communication, discussion and cooperation between its members. Its four main objectives are as follows:
- Set up contacts and interaction between entities, groups, researchers and other people working in topics of restoration ecology.
- Generate divulgation mechanisms of the related information (research, events, publications, etc.).
- Organize events that allow an exchange of experiences among all members and the community.
- Make possible the synergies between the members of the network to develop research projects which give tools for restoration management of the ecosystems.
Since the I Simposio de Experiencias de Restauraci?n Ecol?gica, which took place on October 2007, the presidency and coordination of REDCRE was assumed by Orlando Vargas R?os, associate professor of the Biology Department of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and director of the Grupo de Restauraci?n Ecol?gica – GREUNAL. This group has done studies and experiments in restoration of High Andean Forest by years and has published five books on the subject.
Tags: colombia, culture, ecology, research, restoration
Feb 27, 2008
This is great news! Colombia desperately needs investment on research aimed at ecosystem protection and restoration. I hope the URL is up soon.
Feb 27, 2008
Francisco: Soy una colombiana interesada en REDCRE, y no se como contactarme (ademas somos primos, yo tambien soy Fajardo
. por favor escribeme a fajardonatalia arroba hotmail
gracias
Feb 27, 2008
Francisco: Soy una colombiana interesada en REDCRE, por favor escribeme a fajardonatalia arroba hotmail gracias
Feb 27, 2008
Please note the following website of the
Society for Ecological Restoration. This is a group that started at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum and became internationally affiliated.
http://www.ser.org/default.asp
Feb 27, 2008
Off course we will be part of SER, we?ll do the affiliation on the next month.
Feb 27, 2008
Yo tambien soy una Colombiana viviendo en el exterior y me siento muy orgullosa de que en Colombia hayan personas concientes del problema medioambiental. Quisiera pedirles el favor que me incluyeran en su lista de correos para que me mantengan al tanto y is hay algo en lo cual yo les pueda ayudar estoy ala orden.
Que la luz siga brillando sobre ustedes,
Clara