After several years of research and preparation, Drs. Andrés Moreira (P. Univ. Católica, Chile) and Axel Borsdorf (Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria) have published an edited volume, entitled Chilean Biosphere Reserves – Laboratories for Sustainability, which includes conceptual and practical analyses of how to compatibilize human well-being and environmental conservation and provides descriptive case studies for the 10 biosphere reserves found in Chile. Dr. Christopher Anderson was invited to contribute the chapter on Cape Horn.

So, what do the Grand Canyon and Patagonia have in common? Well, they are both places whose names evoke iconic imagery of some of the world’s most amazing landscapes. Now, they are also the sites of a binational project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation entitled Patagonia Research Experiences for Students in Sustainability (PRESS):  Understanding Social-Ecological Drivers & Consequences of Global Change.

This project will fund up to 8 students per year from Northern Arizona University to conduct research with mentors based at the Austral Center for Scientific Research, the Argentine National Parks Association, the National University of Southern Patagonia and the National University of Tierra del Fuego to study i) climate and land use change, ii) invasive species and iii) tourism/development in protected areas. For more information see: http://nau.edu/CIE/Global-Science-Engineering/Destinations/PRESS/. OSARA is proud to coordinate this new US-Patagonia link.