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Wetland and Human Ecology
Javier Martínez López
PhD Student
University of Murcia (Murcia, Spain)
Kenyon College (OH, USA)
Mediterranean salt-marshes: Camargue (France)
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Freshwater Ecosystems in Patagonia
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Patagonian Wetlands (Chile)
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Patagonian Rivers (Chile)
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Patagonian Lakes (Chile)
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Mediterranean salt-marshes: Murcia (Spain)
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Wetland values
Wetland values
• Adapted flora and fauna
• Bird migrations
• Nutrients retention
• Carbon storage
• Floodings control (sponges)
Ecological Indicators
Wetland research
Great Lakes Wetlands (OH, USA)
Freshwater ecosystems assessment
Study objects and methods
Vegetation -LIDAR
Dynamic Modelling
Land uses - Landsat
Wetland research
Topography & Hydrology - DEM
Wetland loss in the last decades
Global Change
Gilbert Garcin
Environmental Research Framework
Global Sustainability crisis:
• Natural Resources:
– Freshwater and topsoil crisis (terrestrial systems)
– Fisheries collapse (marine systems)
– Energy crisis
– Waste crisis
• Global warming
• Biodiversity loss
• Financial crisis
How do we measure development?Indicators: what we measure affects what we do
Driving forces
Gilbert Garcin
Values crisis?Earth Day 1971
52nd Biennale (Venice, Italy 2007)
Environmental Impact
Gilbert Garcin
New Paradigms
Cradle to Cradle Design (McDonough & Braungart)
Nested product life cycles
Waste = Food
New Paradigms
• Education on values: personal, social, cultural, intercultural and environmental (holistic thinking)
• Corporate Social Responsibility: ethical banking, local trade.
The FLOWmarket Institute
The FLOWmarketNext generation luxury
Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen 2007
The Flow principles
• Individual Flow: Balanced physical, mental and spiritual growth
• Collective Flow: Balanced cultural, economical, social and technological growth
• Environmental Flow: Balanced environmental growth
Thank you for your attention!