Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study

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spelling	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study This paper discusses the technical and economic possibilities of adapting new technologies for harvesting water from clouds for the purposes of reforestation of vast arid areas of the Peruvian coastline. Peru is the climatical synthesis of the world, with great diversity of climates due to numerous factors such as its latitude, the Andes, the Peruvian sea, and the El Niño current. Although the cold waters of the Peruvian sea have influenced the climate converting the coast into a desert strip, it contributes, paradoxically, to the formation of dense layers of stratum clouds that cover the Peruvian coastal sky most of the year.The viability of adapting the water-harvesting technologies for reforestation of Peru’s coastline is shown to be valid in the paper. The discussion suggests that a social cost-benefit analysis of a 1000-hectares pilot reforestation project would show fairly low monetary costs and very important potential economic benefits. The main use that the new forest areas may be put to is agroforestry production systems, including timber, perennial semi-tropical crops (lucuma, pacay, pepino, basul), medicinal herbs, pasture crops and south american camelidae. The emphasis should be on desert plants such as cactus. The environmental benefits, stemming from the mere existence of forest and a greater biodiversity even if no commercial output is extracted from them, are more difficult to evaluate. Because, how are we to value the benefits on climate and on people brought about by the rebirth of a forest? Torres-Zorrilla, Jorge Reforestation Adapting technologies Coastline Peru Reforestación Adaptación de tecnologías Litoral Perú 7 1 Núm. 1 , Año 2023 : Cambio climático e Inteligencia Artificial: Desafíos globales para la economía Artículo de revista Journal article 2024-04-12T22:37:47Z 2024-04-12T22:37:47Z 2024-04-12 application/pdf Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola Journal of Economics Finance and International Business 2522-3054 2521-8301 https://revistas.usil.edu.pe/index.php/jefib/article/view/1954 10.20511/jefib.2023.v7n1.1954 https://doi.org/10.20511/jefib.2023.v7n1.1954 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0. https://revistas.usil.edu.pe/index.php/jefib/article/download/1954/1854 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 http://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTREF info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Text Publication
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title	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study
spellingShingle	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study Torres-Zorrilla, Jorge Reforestation Adapting technologies Coastline Peru Reforestación Adaptación de tecnologías Litoral Perú
title_short	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study
title_full	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study
title_fullStr	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study
title_full_unstemmed	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study
title_sort	reforesting the coastal deserts of the world: a peruvian case-study
title_eng	Reforesting the Coastal Deserts of the World: A Peruvian Case-Study
description_eng	This paper discusses the technical and economic possibilities of adapting new technologies for harvesting water from clouds for the purposes of reforestation of vast arid areas of the Peruvian coastline. Peru is the climatical synthesis of the world, with great diversity of climates due to numerous factors such as its latitude, the Andes, the Peruvian sea, and the El Niño current. Although the cold waters of the Peruvian sea have influenced the climate converting the coast into a desert strip, it contributes, paradoxically, to the formation of dense layers of stratum clouds that cover the Peruvian coastal sky most of the year.The viability of adapting the water-harvesting technologies for reforestation of Peru’s coastline is shown to be valid in the paper. The discussion suggests that a social cost-benefit analysis of a 1000-hectares pilot reforestation project would show fairly low monetary costs and very important potential economic benefits. The main use that the new forest areas may be put to is agroforestry production systems, including timber, perennial semi-tropical crops (lucuma, pacay, pepino, basul), medicinal herbs, pasture crops and south american camelidae. The emphasis should be on desert plants such as cactus. The environmental benefits, stemming from the mere existence of forest and a greater biodiversity even if no commercial output is extracted from them, are more difficult to evaluate. Because, how are we to value the benefits on climate and on people brought about by the rebirth of a forest?
author	Torres-Zorrilla, Jorge
author_facet	Torres-Zorrilla, Jorge
topic	Reforestation Adapting technologies Coastline Peru Reforestación Adaptación de tecnologías Litoral Perú
topic_facet	Reforestation Adapting technologies Coastline Peru Reforestación Adaptación de tecnologías Litoral Perú
topicspa_str_mv	Reforestación Adaptación de tecnologías Litoral Perú
citationvolume	7
citationissue	1
citationedition	Núm. 1 , Año 2023 : Cambio climático e Inteligencia Artificial: Desafíos globales para la economía
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