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Actualmente existe una creciente preocupación pública por el bienestar de los animales en la mayoría de los países del mundo. Los estudios etológicos aplicados de motivación, cognición y de complejidad del comportamiento social en los animales, han generado un veloz desarrollo de la ciencia del bienestar animal. Una definición de bienestar animal es: el estado del individuo respecto a sus intentos de enfrentar el ambiente en que se encuentra. El bienestar está relacionado con todos los mecanismos para enfrentarlo: involucrando la fisiología, el comportamiento, las sentimientos y las respuestas patológicas. Bienestar es un término más amplio que salud, pero la salud es una parte importante del bienestar. Con el objetivo de respetar las leyes y normas, el bienestar animal cuenta con algunos indicadores que son de gran utilidad. Gran cantidad de las mediciones del bienestar se utilizan para indicar que tan bueno o que tan pobre es el bienestar. El concepto de bienestar animal y sus métodos de evaluación se enseñan ahora en cientos de universidades de todo el mundo. En los últimos años, el bienestar animal se ha establecido como uno de los criterios utilizados para decidir si un sistema es sostenible y si la calidad del producto es buena. La legislación sobre cómo los animales deben mantenerse ahora se refiere a los indicadores de resultados de bienestar y al análisis de la literatura científica sobre el bienestar animal incluyendo la evaluación de beneficio-riesgo. There is now increasing public concern about the welfare of animals in most countries of the world. Applied ethological studies of motivation, cognition and the complexity of social behaviour in animals has resulted in the rapid development of animal welfare science. A definition of animal welfare is: the state of the individual as regards its attempts to cope with its environment. Welfare concerns all of the mechanisms for coping: involving physiology, behaviour, feelings and pathological responses. Welfare is a wider term than health but health is an important part of welfare. In order to enforce laws and standards, animal welfare outcome indicators are useful. Many measures of welfare are now used and indicate how good or how poor the welfare is. The concept of animal welfare and the methods of assessment are now taught in hundreds of universities around the world. In recent years, animal welfare has become established as one of the criteria used to decide on whether a system is sustainable and whether product quality is good. Legislation on how animals should be kept is now referring to welfare outcome indicators and analysis of the scientific literature about animal welfare includes risk assessment and benefit assessment. Atualmente há uma crescente preocupação pública sobre bem-estar animal na maioria dos países. Aplicados estudos etológicos de cognição, motivação e complexidade do comportamento social nos animais, levaram a um rápido desenvolvimento da ciência do bem-estar animal. A definição de bem-estar animal é o estado do indivíduo em suas tentativas de lidar com o ambiente em que ele está localizado. O bem-estar está relacionada com todos os mecanismos para lidar: envolver a fisiologia, comportamento, sentimentos e resposta patológica. Bem-estar é um termo mais amplo de saúde, mas a saúde é uma parte importante do ser. A fim de respeitar as leis e regulamentos, bem-estar animal tem alguns indicadores que são úteis. Um grande número de medidas a ser utilizado para indicar o quão bom ou quão pobre é o bem- estar. O conceito de bem-estar animal e os seus métodos de avaliação são agora ensinadas em centenas de universidades ao redor do mundo. Nos últimos anos, bem-estar animal foi estabelecida como um dos critérios utilizados para decidir se um sistema é sustentável e se a qualidade do produto é bom. A legislação sobre como os animais devem ser mantidos agora se refere a indicadores de resultados bem-estar e análise da literatura científica sobre bem-estar animal, incluindo a avaliação benefício-risco.

This presentation introduces the context and purpose of the RiCORE project. The text of this presentation is in Spanish.

Historical sites declared as Typical Zones (TZs) – ‘’Zonas Típicas’’- in Southern Chile are subject to urban planning and conservation conflicts that address challenges in heritage restoration and development. The relevance attributed to conservation management in contemporary Chilean cultural policies faces the contextual relationships between institutionalized heritage sites, their definitions, and their territorial context. This research contextualizes the urban planning and cultural heritage definition in Southern Chilean cities where heritage assets are mostly wood-built that are over 100 old. It presents excerpts of a case study focused on the valorization of Valdivia’s TZs due to the projected bridge construction by the Public Works Ministry. The bridge access plans to use part of that historical area. Through cross-disciplinary research analysis, the paper considers the factors taken into consideration within the law on defining TZs and heritage values, and how they affect the protection of the areas of impact regarding the new bridge. The study observed the disconnection of the local definition of heritage, where public spaces and private property are separated concepts in the planning and heritage conservation process. It is therefore important to mention that the definition of heritage in the national legal framework should be connected with the perception and definition of space. Tangible, intangible and environmental values should be identified through the process of declaring TZs and follow territorial planning. Tentatively, this can help understand the entry points that can be used to develop and conserve the cultural landscape for the benefits of Wooden Cities. Interpreting the protected site as a dynamic context, a local model for the protection of heritage values in urban areas of southern Chile, tending towards global and sustainability frameworks, could be initiated.

This investigation is framed in the analysis of impacts in the local development starting from the taking of decisions on projects of rural energy in Cuban communities that have as economic main activity the agricultural sector, illustrated the results of a case study where the technological most viable options are selected under the optics of the improvement of indicators of community resources. The methods and used materials are characteristic of a field work with application model are characterized for the taking of decisions in the energy area and their sources SURE, as geographical region the community isolated rural “Manantiales” linked to the agrarian sector in the republic of Cuba and the present period review in the thematic one approached. The main indicators are sketched in each resource of the rural community under the optics of the SURE in their version 3.0, as well the characterization of the prediction of the impacts at each technological option on the resources, is exhibited a mean of impacts and the classification of the technologies according to the level of achievements contribute to the indicators of community resources, obtaining as a result that the hydro energy technology is the most viable option with a value of 100 points in the scale from 0 to 100, followed by the GRID with 91.11 and of the photovoltaic systems based on silicon panels with 90.57, in this case all technologies contribute a significant level of achievements to the local community development.

In this episode of Smart Forests Radio, we talk with Jorge Saavedra. Jorge is a Forestry Engineer with a Diploma in Geomatics and Satellite Technology, Master in Remote Sensing and Head of the Department of Development and Research in Forest Fires at the National Forestry Corporation of Chile (CONAF). Jorge has more than 15 years of experience in Fire Management, specializing in areas such as analysis and planning, use of geotechnologies, training, research and development, risk assessment and analysis. His skills include quantification of avoided damage in forest fires, ranging from brigadier to detection aircraft technician. He is also an adjunct professor in undergraduate and graduate courses at the Universidad Mayor de Chile. In this interview he tells us about the role of CONAF's Development and Research Department, which has been to analyze in a transversal way the whole institution to make the work more efficient and to understand the reasons for the behavior of fire in the Chilean territory . For this work, they have generated several tools that allow the monitoring and prevention of forest fires, such as the Forecast System, the National Risk Map and the Red Button. You can find more about Jorge's work at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Saavedra-15.