Hémera Center has been awarded the project "Characterization of terrestrial ecosystems to prioritize areas for landscape restoration in the Province of Cardenal Caro". This project is part of the Regional Action Plan for Climate Change (PARCC), which aims to establish a long-term strategic vision in each region to deal with climate change and determine the necessary mitigation and adaptation actions that fit the regional reality, with a 10-year outlook.

In its diagnosis for the biodiversity sector, PARCC reports that for the Region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins approximately 61% of the ecosystems are threatened by climate change and around 2% of its surface is in protected areas. The native forest (mainly sclerophyllous forest) is at high risk from climate change, threatened by drought and heat waves that will increase in intensity and frequency in the near future (2035-2065). The most sensitive areas are the coastal drylands and the foothills of the Andes. The communes with the most significant risk of loss of greenery in the native forest are Requínoa, Peumo, Las Cabras, Rancagua, Coltauco and Rengo (ARClim, 2021).

Among the activities contemplated by PARCC is the identification and prioritization of vulnerable ecosystems (terrestrial and aquatic) in the region, where the team of researchers and assistants from the Hémera Center, and academics from the School of Forestry Engineering, Waldo Pérez, Leonardo Durán, Paulina Vidal, Idania Briceño, Jesica Garrido, Natalia Tapia and Benjamín Castro, will be responsible for carrying out the study that will allow the characterization of terrestrial ecosystems to prioritize areas for landscape restoration in the Province of Cardenal Caro.