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Strategies for education and public
awareness on peatlands wise use
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Urciuolo A., Iturraspe R. UNTDF
September, 2016
Background: Peatlands use
Planning process
Education and public awareness
Mires of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
• Tierra del Fuego island is located at the south
of the Magallanes strait, 53-55° Lat. S
270.000 Ha of different
types of peatlands
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
Lago Fagnano
Main problems
• Peatlands are included in the National Mining law
as minerals of 2nd category.
• Peat harvesting is a growing activity carried out for
many years without any order
• Peatlands were managed mainly as mines
But Peatlands are Wetlands
Why to order peatlands use
Peatlands are
wetlands
(international
agreements)
Ecosystems of high
enviromental value
Peatlands are
second category
mines. (ac. to
Mining Law)
Resource used by
productive sector
Need of integrated management
Participative planning process
Creation of the Commission for Peatlands use
planning
Background: The planning process
Workshop “Conservation of ecosystems at global
level, with emphasys in Tierra del Fuego mires”,
march 2000 (CADIC-SDSyA – Greisfwald Univ.)
Conclusions of Workshop
Temas
Workshop “Cathment regulated by peatlands”,
Conclusions of Workshop
IMCG Field Symposium in Tierra del Fuego- Dic
2005.
The Ushuaia Statement,
IMCG - 2005
March 2004, SDSyA – Greisfwald Univ.
Workshop “Towards a Strategy for the wise use of Proposal Strategy and
peatlands of Tierra del Fuego”. Apr 2008 Financed Action Plan for the wise
by Wetlands Int.– FARN – SDSyA
use of TDF peatlands
Workshop “Strategy and land planning for the
wise use of mires of Tierra del Fuego”. Apr 2010
SDSyA – Wetlands Int.– FARN
Planning criteria for the
wise use of peatlands
Creation of a Comission for mires use planning
presided by the Environmental Secretariat of TDF
Coordinator: Adriana Urciuolo
Peatlands use zonning
(2011)
Main Stakeholders
Who participated of the process:
from National (Env., Water, RAMSAR Focal point)
Temas Managers
and provincial Goverments (Mining, Environment, Water
Resources, Protected Areas, Forest, Land use planning, etc.).
Scientists from Universities: UNPSJB, UBA, Greisfwald and
research Institutes: CONICET, INTA.
Experts from different countries (form Europe, Chile, Canadá,
Peat Mining Asociation and independent mining producers
Tourism managers and guides
International (IMCG, Wetlands), national (FARN), and local
(Finisterrae, Manekenk) Networks and organizations
TECHNICAL Workshop 2010
Temas
Defining Planning criteria for the wise use of mires
Inputs of IMCG Statement (2005) to
the Strategy and Action Plan (2008)
Inmediate actions for the protection of Andorra and Rancho
Hambre peatlands. Legal status protection to Peninsula Mitre
Development and implementation of a Strategy and Action Plan
for the wise use of peatlands
Inventory of peatlands, protection of natural values of important
mires, formulation of legislation to formalise such protection
Programmes for public awareness, education and
ecotourism. Development of expertise and the knowledgebase necessary to inform the planning process
Obligatory Environmental Impact Assessment using the
IPS/IMCG Wise Use Guidelines.
Implementation of restoration measures for degraded peatlands
Strategy and Action Plan 2008
The IMCG Ushuaia
Statement, 2005
Strategy and
Action Plan for the
wise use of TDF
peatlands, 2008
Participative
Proposal for the
local authorities
Strategy and Action Plan 2008
The Strategy was
signed by all the
participants and
adopted by the
Government
Antecedentes
Products of the process: RAMSAR Site
Estrategias
in Andorra Valley (2009)
 Estrategia para el uso
racional de las turberas
Temas
(FARN; Wetlands)
Mire of Andorra Valley
Products of the process: Peatlands use
zoning
The IMCG Statement, 2005
RAMSAR Resolutions
Strategy and Action Plan for the
wise use of mires, 2008
Strategic Territorial
Plan 2016
Desired Model of
TDF Province
Land use
planning drivers
Planning criteria, 2010
Planning
Principles and
Legal
framework
Protected areas
action plans
Forestry
Ordering
Peatlands use regulation (2011)
Peatlands use regulation (2011)
RESOLUTION SD 401/2011 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECRETARIAT
OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO
 Establishes the zonning for
peatlands use
 Establishes the planning
criteria
 Orders the Commission
intervention before given
new concessions.
Peatlands use Zonning (2011)
 A: Protection areas
 B: Reserve (30 years)
areas
 C: Extractive use areas
with regulated
habilitation for harvesting
Peatlands use Zonning signed by
stakeholders
Strategy and Action plan (2008)
related to Education & public awareness
Guideline
Responsible
agencies
Outcomes
Production of peatlands education materials.
For transfer of scientific material to format of
spreading
National and
Provincial
Environmental
Agency
CADIC-UNTDF
Educational material
Assessment and quantification of peatlands as
reservoirs and carbon sinks.
It must advance the recognition of Argentina's
contribution to climate change mitigation
National
Environmental
Agency
Protected areas
Direction of TDF
Wetlands Int.
Quantification of
peatlandas as
reservoirs and sinks
of carbon
To promote the scientific research directed to
the technological transfer and the production of
information needed for the public and private
management
Provincial
Environmental
Agency
UNTDF-CADIC
Best practices manual
Guidelines for the
rational operation
and environmental
restoration
Major scientific
knowledge
A concrete Strategy
Strategy General Objective
 To promote conservation and wise use of TDF peatlands
Temas
through educational, communicational and public
awareness processes involving the main stakeholders
 focusing on the implementation of RAMSAR Resolution XII.11
and other initiatives
Main Stakeholders
 Participants of the Mires use planning process (National
and Goverments, Universities, Research Institutes, ONGs,
Temas
Producers,..)
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 School and University Students
 Teachers and professors of Teachers training Institute
 People of the towns (Trough Neighborhood committees)
Different Strategies
Temas
Strategies for
education and public
awareness
For Protection areas
Conservation
For areas with
regulated use
Best Practices
Specific Objectives
Obj. 1:
Rasing public awareness on the values of peatlands
Guide- Promotion of RAMSAR sites and protected areas for
line
education related to the values`and ec. services of peatlands
Temas
Actions
Educational walks in Andorra Valley RAMSAR Site (Directed to
habitants of the valley, students, teachers, ONGs, and public ).
Study tours to protected peatlands: Carbajal and Rancho Hambre
Visits with tourist agencies and guides promoting peatlands as high
value tourist and recreational sites.
Dissemination of results of Projects and Studies in protected areas
Educational material (Flyer of RAMSAR Site, other peatlands, etc.)
Agreement UNTDF-INFUETUR for preparing diffusion materials, etc.
UNTDF Projects must have a dissemination module (values of peatlands)
Technical and participative Workshops and conferences about values of
peatlands and RAMSAR Resolutions.
Diffusion in different regional and national media (films, TV programs)
Organizing journeys about peatlands with school students and teachers
Working on a new RAMSAR Site: “Peninsula Mitre”
Andorra
Valley
RAMSAR
Site
Proceso
Ordenamiento en la Pcia.
Specific de
Objectives
Andorra Valley RAMSAR Site
Educational walk in the RAMSAR Site
Andorra Valley RAMSAR Site
Educational walk in the RAMSAR Site
Water supply services
Grande River (in the RAMSAR Site)
Hydrological regulation services
Andorra mire (in the RAMSAR Site)
Diffusion activities
(Reuters Agency)
Interview in Andorra peat mining establishment (in RAMSAR Site)
Diffusion activities: Chapter of TV
movie “Diary of Sciences”
Film (UNTDF) financed by National Movies Institute in RAMSAR Site
Education: material for dissemination
Carbajal Valley (In Protected area)
Water supply services
Olivia River in Carbajal Valley
Educational material
Peat harvesting in Carbajal Valley
Publication: TDF peatlands and
global climate change
Financed by Wetlands Int.
(Rodolfo Iturraspe) Colab. DGRH
Temas
Publication on Carbajal
Valley Peatland
Booklet financed by Wetlands Int.
Temas
Education: Rancho Hambre peatland
 Definir y c
Temas
Proyecto UBA PICT 2006 (Direc. G. Mataloni) “Las lagunas de las turberas
de Rancho Hambre. Un estudio limnológico integrado”. Colab. DGRH
Involving technical personnel of Management
Goverment agencies in Projects of universities
Temas
Proyecto UBA PICT 2006 (Direc. G. Mataloni) “Las lagunas de las turberas
de Rancho Hambre. Un estudio limnológico integrado”. Colab. DGRH
More RAMSAR Sites in TDF
Temas
Thinkimg on Peninsula Mitre as a new RAMSAR Site
Specific Objectives
Obj. 1:
Raising public awareness on the values of peatlands
Guide- Dissemination of knowledge related to the effects of
Temas
line
peatlands drainage
Actions
Study tours to drained mires
Educational Material related to lost of mires functions (UNTDF)
Diffusion (films, TV programs, etc) explaining problems of drainage in
peatlands)
Bi-national (Chile and Argentina)Technical workshops and Conferences
Discussion about of the effects of drainages during peatlands visits
Study tours to drained peatlands
Showing effects of Peat mining in the RAMSAR Site
Drained peatlands
Specific Objectives
Obj. 2: Promoting the wise use of mires in areas of regulated use
Guide- Education and communication on best practices
Temas
line
Actions
Bi-national and local Workshops of Best practices (1/year)
Flyers, posters, etc. of Best Practices to Government areas and
producers
Flyers of schemes for Environmental Impact Assessment using the
IPS/IMCG Wise Use Guidelines
Study tours to peatlands of the extractive area showing problems
related to bad practices
Best Practices manual (Dominguez E.)
Temas
Specific Objectives
Obj. 2:
Promoting the wise use of mires in extractives areas
Guid- Diffusion of practices and benefits of peatlands restoration
line
Temas
Actions
Demonstrative Project of Peatland hydrological restoration (Wetlands
International – UNDTF)
Study tours to the peatland used as study case
Tourist visits to the peatland used as study case
Technical Workshops and conferences (1st conference was in july/2016)
Educational material showing results of the projects in Argentina and
Chile
Presentation of project results in the 2nd Binational Best Practices
Workshop
Specific Objectives
Obj. 3:
To bring appropiate tools to carry out activities of
education and communication
Temas
GuideFaciliting the interchange and systematizing of
line
experiences
Actions
Creation of a Patagonian Network (Universities, Research Institutes,
Government Agencies and NGOs) using the existing Ecofluvial Network
to share information and organizing joint experiences in matter of
education and communication.
Creation of an Integrated Information System of peatlands in
Patagonia including conservation and wise use experiences
Creation of a Sub-commision (in the framework of the Petlandas
Commision) of education, communication and public awareness.
Intermedia integrated project: containig videos, photos, movies
generated in peatlands (DPA-UNTDF)
Muchas Gracias!!