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El Proyecto Galápagos Verde 2050 (Volumen 1)

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Galápagos Verde 2050 (GV2050) es un proyecto multinstitucional e interdisciplinario de la FCD que contribuye activamente a la conservación del capital natural del archipiélago Galápagos y al buen vivir de la población humana local. GV2050 trabaja para recuperar la capacidad de los ecosistemas de generar servicios y promueve prácticas agrícolas sostenibles que permitan a la comunidad vivir en armonía con la naturaleza. GV2050 tiene como objetivo utilizar tecnologías desarrolladas recientemente y diseñadas para superar la barrera de la disponibilidad limitada de agua dulce. Esto incluye varias tecnologías ahorradoras de agua que ya han sido usadas con éxito en todo el mundo para aumentar la tasa de supervivencia y crecimiento de especies de plantas endémicas y nativas, incrementando la disponibilidad del agua en ambientes áridos. El uso de estas tecnologías puede acelerar los procesos de restauración ecológica, aumentar la productividad agrícola y reducir los costos de riego requeridos en las condiciones áridas del archipiélago de Galápagos. GV2050 es un proyecto planificado en tres fases que se encuentra hasta el momento en la fase 2. Hasta ahora ha establecido más de 80 sitios de estudio en siete islas: Baltra, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Plaza Sur, San Cristóbal y Santa Cruz. El proyecto se divide en dos componentes de investigación principales: 1) restauración ecológica de ecosistemas degradados y 2) el desarrollo de agricultura sostenible. Ambos componentes, abordan cuestiones relevantes para la conservación de Galápagos; el primero restaurando poblaciones de plantas nativas y endémicas en ecosistemas degradados y el segundo usando tecnologías ahorradoras de agua para incrementar la producción de cultivos. Todo el trabajo del proyecto es ejecutado por la Estación Científica Charles Darwin (ECCD) brazo operativo de la Fundación Charles Darwin (FCD), con la colaboración de socios estratégicos, especialmente la Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos (DPNG), la Agencia de Control y Regulación de la Bioseguridad para Galápagos (ABG) y el Ministerio de Agricultura (MAG).
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