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RESEARCH FUNDS

SYMERIA: DEVELOPMENT OF CAMERA TRAPS FOR MONITORING FLORAL VISITORS


Principal Researchers: Paul Amouroux and Maureen Murua Ibarra
Co-Researchers: Iván Ramírez, Paulina Lüer
Duration: 8 months
Execution: 2024
Funding: Crea 2030 Applied Research Competition of the Consortium Science and Innovation for the Future (ANID, Project Code)

MONCOSTA NATIONAL MONITORING NETWORK FOR THE CHILEAN COAST


Principal Researchers: Idania Briceño de Urbaneja y Waldo Pérez Martínez
Co-Researchers: Paulina Vidal, Cristian Barría, Antonio Sánchez, Carolina Martínez, Catalina Aguirre and Benjamín Castro
Duration: 24 meses
Execution: 2023-2025
Funding: Concurso de Investigación Tecnológica IDeA 2023 (ANID, Project Code IT23I0069)

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENT USE OF WATER RESOURCES AND AGROCHEMICALS, AND THE INTEGRATION OF SMALL PRODUCERS INTO THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY


Presented by the institution: CER Analytics SpA
Co-Researcher: Francisco Zambrano
Duration: 12 meses
Execution: 2023-2024
Funding: Startup Science Competetion 2023 (ANID, Project Code SUC230198)

POLYPHAGY OF THE GENERALIST PEST, HEMIBERLESIA RAPAX (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE): HOST-PLANT ADAPTATIONS, ENDOSYMBIONT COMMUNITIES OR PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY?


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 36 months

Execution: 2023-2026

Funding: FONDECYT Iniciación en Investigación 2023 (FONDECYT of ANID, Project code 11230859)

ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE WATER AVAILABILITY FOR AGRICULTURE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND-USE SCENARIOS OVER THE ACONCAGUA BASIN: TOWARD DROUGHT ADAPTATION


Sponsoring Researcher: Francisco Zambrano Bigiarini
Post doctoral student: Iongel Durán Llacer
Duration: 36 months
Execution: 2023-2026
Funding: Postdoctorado 2023 (FONDECYT of ANID, Project Code 3230678)

URBAN CLIMATE IN COASTAL CONURBATIONS OF CHILE: A PROPOSAL FOR SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FROM A CLIMATE-SENSITIVE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE


Principal Researcher: Pablo Sarricolea

Co-Researchers: Pamela Smith, Oliver Meseguer-Ruiz and Paulina Vidal

Duration: 48 months

Execution: 2022-2025

Funding: FONDECYT Regular 2022 (FONDECYT of ANID, Project code 1221688)

ASSESSING THE RESILIENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE ECOSYSTEMS OF CHILE TO PROJECTED DROUGHTCONDITIONS: A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH


Principal Researcher: Alejandro Venegas González
Co-Researcher: Pilar Barría and Ariel Muñoz
Duration: 48 months
Execution: 2022-2026
Funding: FONDECYT Regular 2022 (FONDECYT of ANID, Project Code 1221701)

A MULTI-SCALE DROUGHT OBSERVATORY FOR CHILE: AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO MITIGATE AGRICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS


Principal Researchers: Francisco Zambrano Bigiarini and Dylan Craven
Co-Researchers: Álvaro González, Alejandro Venegas, Waldo Pérez, Francisco Fernández, Freddy Saavedra, Koen Verbist, Dirk Karger, Idania Briceño and Paulina Vidal
Duration: 18 months
Execution: 2022-2023
Funding: Fondo de Investigación Estratégica en Sequía (Asignación Rápida) año 2021 (ANID, Project Code FSEQ210022)

SATELLITE SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION OPTIMIZATION (SATORI)


Principal Researchers: Francisco Zambrano Bigiarini and Andrea Miyasaka Almeida
Co-Researchers: Felipe de la Hoz, Joshua Kunst, Paulina Vidal and Idania Briceño
Duration: 24 months
Execution: 2022-2024
Funding: FONDEF IDeA I+D 2021 - Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desastres de Origen Natural (FONDEF of ANID, Project Code ID21I10297)

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN XEROPHYTIC VEGETATION: USE OF KEY BIOINDICATORS TO EVALUATE THE SUCCESS OF SHORT-TERM PROJECTS


Principal Researcher: Alejandro Venegas González
Co-Researchers: Maureen Murúa, Paula Meli y Stephanie Gibson
Duration: 24 months
Execution: 2022-2024
Funding: XII Concurso del Fondo de Investigación del Bosque Nativo (CONAF, Project Code 028/2021)

NETFORSUR - ASSESSING ANDEAN FOREST VULNERABILITY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: A DENDROECOLOGICAL, ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC APPROACH


Principal Researcher: Alejandro Venegas González
Co-Researchers Chile: Stephanie Gibson, Álvaro Gutiérrez, Ariel Muñoz, Luiz Santini, Isidora Schneider and Francisco Zambrano
Co-Researchers Argentina: Anne Sergent, Verónica Arana, Santiago Bellón, Guillermina Dalla, Marcos Easdale and Alejandro Martínez
Co-Researchers Perú: Marco Arizapana, Marco Castañeda, Vladimir Camel, José Peña and Edilson Rojas
Co-Researchers France: Annabel Porté, Maxime Cailleret, Hervé Cochard, Nicolás Martin, Luc Paques, Paulina Pinto, Cyrille Rathgeber and Räphael Ségura
Duration: 24 months
Execution: 2021-2022
Funding: Regional Program CLIMAT-AmSud 2020 (Programs STIC, MATH, CLIMAT AMSUD of ANID, Project Code 21-CLIMAT-10)

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE XYLEM FEATURES OF WOODY SPECIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ANDES OF CENTRAL CHILE.


Sponsoring Researcher: Alejandro Venegas González
Post doctoral student: Luiz Santini Junior
Duration: 36 months
Execution: 2020-2023
Fundings: Postdoctorado 2020 (FONDECYT of ANID, Project Code 3200765)

MONCOSTA SATELLITE-BASED MONITORING OF THE DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE CHILEAN COAST


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Idania Briceño de Urbaneja
Co-Researchers: Paulina Vidal, Patricia Oliva, Francisco Zambrano, Alejandro Venegas, Álvaro González, Cristian Barría, Carolina Martínez, Catalina Aguirre, Jorge Clavero, Antonio Sánchez and Raúl Ugalde
Duration: 36 months
Execution: 2019-2023
Funding: FONDEF IDeA I+D 2019 – Desafío País Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desastres Naturales (FONDEF of ANID, Project Code ID19I10361)

THE IMPACT OF WEATHER VARIABILITY ON WHEAT AND MAIZE PRODUCTION: AN IMPROVED EARLY WARNING MODEL FOR AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT


Principal Researcher: Francisco Zambrano Bigiarini
Duration: 36 months
Execution: 2019-2022
Funding: FONDECYT de Iniciación en Investigación 2019, (FONDECYT of ANID, Project Code 11190360)

SPATIO-TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF SOIL MOISTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ANDES AND SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE DURING THE LAST 500 YEARS INFERRED FROM TREE RINGS.


Principal Researcher: Álvaro González Reyes
Duration: 36 months
Execution: 2019-2022
Funding: PAI 2019 - Programa de Atracción e Inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado (ANID, Project Code PAI77190101)

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF GLOBAL CHANGE IN FOREST DYNAMICS OF ENDEMIC TREES IN CENTRAL CHILE: GENERATING KNOWLEDGE FOR THEIR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION


Principal Researcher: Alejandro Venegas González
Duration: 36 months
Execution: 2018-2021
Funding: FONDECYT de Iniciación en Investigación 2018, (FONDECYT of ANID, Project Code 11180992)

USING SENTINEL-2 IMAGES TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATIC BURNED AREA MAPPING ALGORITHM


Principal Researcher: Patricia Oliva Pavón
Duration: 24 months
Execution: 2018-2020
Funding: FONDECYT de Iniciación en Investigación 2018, (FONDECYT of ANID, Project Code 11181331)

MORBIDITY DUE TO HIGH ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION EVENTS PRODUCED BY FOREST FIRES EMISSIONS: TOWARD THE CREATION OF AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM


Principal Researcher: Patricia Oliva Pavón
Co-Researchers: Lorena Hoffmeister, Paulina Vidal, Waldo Pérez y Leonardo Durán
Duration: 27 months
Execution: 2018-2021
Funding: XV Concurso Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación y Desarrollo en Salud, FONIS 2018 (FONDEF of ANID, Project Code SA18I0177)

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FUNDS

POSTER: NOCTURNAL AND DIURNAL ARTHROPODS OF VALLE EXPLORADORES (AYSÉN)


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 6 meses

Execution: 2023-2024

Funding: LabEx DRIIHM, Science Popularization Fund (ANR-11-LABX-0010)

ARTRHROPODS FROM BAHÍA EXPLORADORES (CHILE: AYSÉN): NATIVE VS INVADER, COMPARISON OF TWO SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOMBUS


Principal Researcher: Alejandra Muñoz

Co-Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 24 months

Execution: 2023-2024

Funding: LabEx DRIIHM, french program “Investissements d'Avenir" (ANR-11-LABX-0010)

ARTRHROPODS FROM BAHÍA EXPLORADORES (CHILE: AYSÉN): BIODIVERSITY IDENTIFICATION AND ITS USES


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 24 months

Execution: 2023-2024

Funding: LabEx DRIIHM, french program “Investissements d'Avenir" (ANR-11-LABX-0010)

ARTRHROPODS FROM BAHÍA EXPLORADORES (CHILE: AYSÉN): BIOINDICATORS OF SOUTHERN FOREST QUALITY


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Co-Researcher: Antonio Rivera y Patricia Estrada

Duration: 24 months

Execution: 2023-2024

Funding: LabEx DRIIHM, french program “Investissements d'Avenir" (ANR-11-LABX-0010)

MONITORING OF MINING SUBSIDENCE IN CENTRAL CHILE THROUGH THE PROCESSING OF A TIME SERIES OF IMAGES USING DIFFERENTIAL INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUES (DINSAR)


Principal Researcher: Paulina Vidal Páez
Duration: 44 months
Execution: 2019-2023
Funding: Explotación Científica de la Misión Paz – Anuncio de Oportunidad: Lanzamiento de la Fase Científica de Paz (INTA, España, Código Proyecto AO-001-050)

FUNDS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

HIJUELA C HIGH ANDEAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION STUDY IN LOS NOGALES NATURE SANCTUARY


Principal Researchers: Leonardo Durán Gárate y Waldo Pérez Martínez

Co-Researchers: Benjamín Castro, Paulina Vidal, Idania Briceño, Paul Amouroux, Dylan Craven, Enrique Arce, Jesica Garrido, Natalia Tapia y Fabián Llanos

Duration: 24 months

Execution: 2023-2025

Funding: Anglo American Sur S.A. (Project Code 5.23.0022.1)

MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION SERVICE OF THE NOTHOFAGUS INSECT LEAFMINER COMPLEX AND ITS NATURAL ENEMIES


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 6 months

Execution: 2023-2024

Funding: Forestry, Soil and Water Management Department (CONAF, Project Code 633-87-LE23)

DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE AND LAND USE CHANGE MAPS FOR THE ARICA AND PARINACOTA, TARAPACÁ, ANTOFAGASTA, ATACAMA AND AYSÉN REGIONS


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Leonardo Durán Garate

Co-Researchers: Idania Briceño, Paulina Vidal, Enrique Arce, Benjamín Castro, Jesica Garrido, Natalia Tapia and Fabián Llanos

Duration: 7 months

Execution: 2023

Funding: Departamento de Cambio Climático y Servicios Ecosistémicos (CONAF, Project Code 633-56-LE23)

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF FLORAL COVERS ON EUROPEAN HAZELNUT TREES IN THE CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ZONE OF CHILE


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 12 months

Execution: 2023-2024

Funding: Syngenta Chile

WORKSHOPS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE BEAUTY AND ROLE OF INSECTS IN ECOSYSTEMS


Principal Researcher: Paul Amouroux

Duration: 3 months

Execution: 2023

Funding: Illustrious Municipality of Vitacura (Project Code 2659-554-SE

CHARACTERIZATION OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS TO PRIORITIZE AREAS FOR LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN THE PROVINCE OF CARDENAL CARO


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Leonardo Durán Gárate

Co-Researchers: Paulina Vidal, Idania Briceño, Jesica Garrido, Natalia Tapia, Benjamín Castro

Duration: 6 months

Execution: 2023

Funding: Ministry Regional Secretariat of the Environment Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (Ministry of the Environment, Project Code 611831-3-LE23)

UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION OF LAND USE CHANGE MAPS 2020-2021 FOR THE REGIONS OF MAULE TO LOS LAGOS


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Leonardo Durán Gárate

Co-Researchers: Alejandra Álvarez, Paulina Vidal, Idania Briceño, Enrique Arce, Natalia Tapia, Jesica Garrido, Benjamín Castro

Duration: 2 months

Execution: 2023

Funding: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, Project Code 359052)

EXCLUSION OF LIVESTOCK DURING THE SEASONAL PERIOD AT LOS NOGALES NATURE SANCTUARY: PASSIVELY CONTROLLING VEGETATION AND SOIL EROSION


Principal Researchers: Leonardo Durán Gárate and Waldo Pérez

Co-Researchers: Paulina Vidal, Idania Briceño, Natalia Tapia, Benjamín Castro, Jesica Garrido, Fabián Llanos, Carla Sandoval

Duration: 56 months

Execution: 2019-2023

Funding: Anglo American Sur S.A. (Project Code 1.20.0014.1)

STUDY OF GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE UPPER MAPOCHO RIVER BASIN


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez - Paulina Vidal Páez
Co-Researchers: Idania Briceño, Leonardo Durán, Benjamín Castro, Natalia Tapia, Jesica Garrido, Fabián Llanos, Jorge Clavero, Valentina Ramírez, Carla Sandoval
Duration: 100 months
Execution: 2015-2023
Funding: Anglo American Sur S.A. (Project Code 4.15.0039.1 / 1.20.0014.1)

DIPLOMA IN SPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT


Principal Researcher: Waldo Pérez Martínez

Co-Researchers: Abel Calle, Idania Briceño, Patricia Oliva, Matías Barber, Dražen Skoković, Paulina Vidal

Duration: 6 months

Execution: 2022-2023

Funding: Ministry of Defense (Chilean Air Force, ESRI Chile S.A., and ImageSat International, Project Code eDMIE130-22)

SERVICE FOR UPDATING UNCERTAINTY OF LAND USE CHANGE MAPS


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Leonardo Durán Gárate
Co-Researchers: Alejandra Álvarez, Paulina Vidal, Carla Jara, and Claudio Ortiz
Duration: 3 months
Execution: 2021
Funding: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, Project Code 349786)

SERVICE FOR LAND USE CHANGE MAP RECTIFICATION


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Leonardo Durán Gárate

Co-Researchers: Alejandra Álvarez, Paulina Vidal, Carla Jara, and Claudio Ortiz

Duration: 3 months

Execution: 2021

Funding: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, Project Code 349787)


UPDATE OF HISTORICAL LAND USE AND LAND CHANGE MAPS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NREF/NRF IN THE REGIONS OF COQUIMBO, AYSÉN, AND MAGALLANES.


Principal Researchers: Waldo Pérez Martínez and Leonardo Durán Gárate
Co-Researchers: Alejandra Álvarez, Sebastián Quiñoñes, Leyla Ambler, Natalia Medina, Roxana Mansilla, Paulina Vidal, and Narkis Morales
Duration: 6 months
Execution: 2021
Funding: National Forestry Corporation (CONAF Central Office, Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - FCPFII, Project Code 3.2.b.2 of the POA)

CAPTURE OF HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGES WITH SWIR SENSOR IN THE SALT FLATS OF THE REGIONS OF ANTOFAGASTA AND ATACAMA, CHILE.


Technical Coordinator: Natalia Medina Vega
Operational Coordinator: Marcela Vivanco
Technical Operator: Fabián Sánchez
Field Operations Manager: Walter Tapia and Field Assistants: Cristina Aravena and Francisco Vega
Duration: 2 months
Execution: 01/11/2019 - 30/12/2019
Funding: Private