In order to strengthen the Atacama Territorial Information System, the Universidad Mayor will work together with the Territorial Management area of the Planning and Regional Development Division of the Regional Government of Atacama.
In the search to expand the area of study, academics from both units held meetings with the Presidential Delegate of the Province of Chiloé, Marcelo Malaqueño Maira; the councilman of Castro, Enrique Soto Díaz, and the mayor of Quinchao, René Garcés Álvarez.
The activity seeks to raise awareness about the importance of insects and arthropods in our daily lives, and will be conducted by Dr. Paul Amouroux and Dr. Dinka Mandakovic.
The initiative will develop a prototype of camera traps to estimate the rate of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators and record environmental data in an avocado orchard of the company Agrícola Fundo Bucalemu Ltda. in the commune of Santo Domingo
The study will provide information on the current status of these biodiversity reservoirs in the sectors near Anglo American's Los Bronces operation and define actions to continue protecting the biological diversity and ecosystem of the site