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 ==== Notes Aare ==== ==== Notes Aare ====
- +Landscape degeneration is a phenomenon at planetary scale. Some see this century as the age of ecological regeneration; bringing areas back to life, with the return of water, vegetation and all manner of organisms re-appearing. This would be 'The Great Work' for humanityBut are humans best suited for all aspects of this task? This lab proposes to push the narrative beyond human-centric perspectives. Could landscapes engage in self-regeneration if they form alliances with the right technologiesWhat would such systems entail?\\ 
-Autonomous Agents for Regenerative Ecologies LabHow can autonomous agents contribute to or scaffold regeneration of degraded land?+\\ 
 +This lab brings together field-workers and field-thinkers from the environmental ‘avant-garde’ who work at the level of community, technology data to design and develop actual applications of autonomous agents in regenerative ecological practice.
  
 === Existing resources on location: === === Existing resources on location: ===
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 === Techniques ordered in sequence: === === Techniques ordered in sequence: ===
-  * condensation (water harvesting, shadow) > out: pioneering vegetation +  * condensation (water harvesting, shadow) > **out**: pioneering vegetation 
-  * ditches (increase geodiversity) > out: water retention, erosion, microclimates, hydrologic corridors, ‘housing’ for ground dwelling fauna)+  * ditches or 'contour ridges' (increase geodiversity) > **out**: water retention, erosion, microclimates, hydrologic corridors, ‘housing’ for ground dwelling fauna
 +  * biodegradable 'waterboxx' to grow trees (Pinus silvestris)
   * mucuva: seeding an area with biodiverse mix of local species (increases tree diversity from 160 to over 2000 species per hectare initially and over 5000 after a decade)   * mucuva: seeding an area with biodiverse mix of local species (increases tree diversity from 160 to over 2000 species per hectare initially and over 5000 after a decade)
   * refugia (at large scale) vegetation pockets in the most favourable areas that serve as basecamps to grow from   * refugia (at large scale) vegetation pockets in the most favourable areas that serve as basecamps to grow from
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   * structural complexity enhancement (jump towards late-successional diversity) knock over some of the trees and expose roots, strip bark from some of the trees to create snags (standing dead trees) breaking up canopy cover, make piles of branches, or somehow bring in heavy longs from elsewhere > **out**: creates habitat for insects, birds, mammals, amphibians that mitigate disease, pests and renewed space for pioneering vegetation and the associated wildlife   * structural complexity enhancement (jump towards late-successional diversity) knock over some of the trees and expose roots, strip bark from some of the trees to create snags (standing dead trees) breaking up canopy cover, make piles of branches, or somehow bring in heavy longs from elsewhere > **out**: creates habitat for insects, birds, mammals, amphibians that mitigate disease, pests and renewed space for pioneering vegetation and the associated wildlife
   * atmospheric water cycle: canopy cover starts to work as an atmospheric moisture pump (near coast or on mountain side)   * atmospheric water cycle: canopy cover starts to work as an atmospheric moisture pump (near coast or on mountain side)
 +  * establish forestfire corridors
  
 === Niches: === === Niches: ===
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   * deep rooted   * deep rooted
   * fruit bearing (to attract more life)   * fruit bearing (to attract more life)
-  * high characteristic return time: rate at which a population returns after disturbance+  * high characteristic return time: rate at which a population recovers from disturbance
   * high jump dispersal: can cover long distances over inhospitable habitat in one generation (typically: seeds, insects, birds)   * high jump dispersal: can cover long distances over inhospitable habitat in one generation (typically: seeds, insects, birds)
   * high speciation (allopatric)   * high speciation (allopatric)
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   * low buffering capacity   * low buffering capacity
  
 +=== Potential locations: ===
 +  * [[https://goo.gl/maps/VKA3926kXRF2|Albacete region in Spain]] (google maps)
 +  * [[http://thegreendeserts.com/news/plantation-of-the-projects-first-year-2011-203.html| potential tree species for Spain ]]
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 +see also: [[environmental_machine_learning]]
  
  
  
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