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Título: | Deforestation by historical lime industry in an arid aeolian sedimentary system: An applied and methodological research | Autores/as: | Marrero Rodríguez, Néstor García-Romero, Leví Hernández-Cordero, Antonio I. Peña-Alonso, Carolina Pérez-Chacón Espino, Emma |
Clasificación UNESCO: | 250607 Geomorfología 2511 Ciencias del suelo (Edafología) 5402 Geografía histórica |
Palabras clave: | Deforestation Driving Forces Historical Ecology Lime Kiln Limestone Production, et al. |
Fecha de publicación: | 2022 | Proyectos: | Análisis de Procesos Naturales y Humanos Asociados A Los Sistemas Playa-Duna de Canarias | Publicación seriada: | Science of the Total Environment | Resumen: | Traditional land uses have been altering aeolian sedimentary systems for centuries through the removal of plant material for grazing, fuel or farming purposes. However, few studies have been able to quantify the deforestation process associated with these land uses due to the complexity that this entails and the limitations of the historical sources. In this context, the aim of this work is to develop a methodology that allows to reconstruct, evaluate, measure and locate the effects of deforestation processes. The methodology, based on the interpretation of historical documents, oral interviews and publications in the literature; was applied to a case study in Jandía (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain). On the basis of morphological measurements of the types of plant used to fire lime kilns, the current available biovolume was determined and an estimation made of the surface area affected by plant removal. The data obtained were integrated and analysed through a geographic information system (GIS) in order to quantify the impact of the lime kiln industry on the vegetation in the study area. The main results show that to fire a large-sized lime kiln oven it would be necessary to clear a low-density vegetation area of 21,826.08 m2 (or a a high-density vegetation area of 3075.72 m2) using three main species (Launaea arborescens, Lycium intricatum and Convolvulus caput-madusae). It was also found that distances of up to 38 km had to be travelled to obtain the vegetation required to fire the kilns. It is concluded that a number of impacts resulted from the demands of the limestone industry, particularly on plant communities, the abundance of certain species and flora richness, as well as modifications to geomorphological processes and the eventual collapse of the activity in the 1960s through overexploitation of the plant material. The present research allows us to learn from past experiences in which industries lacked proper planning and thus their activity led to their own collapse and rapid environmental degradation. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/113067 | ISSN: | 0048-9697 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152009 | Fuente: | Science of the Total Environment [ISSN 0048-9697], v. 189, 152009 |
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