Las Cañas de Choapa

Institution: 
IEB
Main ecosystem type: 

Shrubland

Main land use: 

Abandoned crops, active crops, rural areas, livestock grazing

Main degradation driver: 

Wood gathering; shrub removal for fuel use; series of cultivation and land abandonment; overgrazing

Restoration actions applied: 

Fencing to exclude livestock, Soil remedation (infiltration furrows, dams (stone, bags filled with soil), small walls, detour channels, limanes)

Stakeholders: 

Rural community, Corporacion Nacional Forestal (CONAF)