HÉMERA AND FORESTRY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ARE AWARDED FUNDS FROM THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) Hemera | Universidad Mayor

In January 2023, CONAF submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) an updated Forest Reference Emission Level/Forestry Reference Level (FREL/FRL) for the period 2001-2013, which includes a series of improvements, increasing from 6 to 12 regions, and covering 99.9% of the national forest cover.

Within the framework of the commitments made by the country before the UNFCCC, and in accordance with the provisions of the National Climate Change and Vegetation Resources Strategy (from the spanish, ENCCRV), regarding continuous improvements in the country's Measurement and Monitoring System (SMM), the +Bosque Project led by CONAF and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), seeks to estimate the uncertainty of the maps of change of use for the period 2020-2021 from the Maule Region to the Los Lagos Region.

The +Bosque Project has allowed the implementation of direct measures in at least 25,000 hectares in 6 regions of the country and actions for the institutional strengthening of CONAF, in line with the international commitments assumed by Chile in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the fight against climate change.

The team of the Earth Observation Center Hémera that will contribute to the development of the +Bosque Project is formed by Waldo Pérez, Director of the Center, Enrique Arce and Leonardo Durán, Director and academic of the Department of Forestry Engineering, and the co-investigators Alejandra Álvarez, Paulina Vidal, Idania Briceño, Natalia Tapia, Jesica Garrido and Benjamín Castro.