The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition
Nature-Based Solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management (NbS-IWRM) involve natural, or nature-mimicking, processes used to improve water availability in quantity and quality sustainably, reduce the risks of water-related disasters, enhance adaptation to climate change and increase both biod...
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| author | Jorge Jódar Sergio Martos-Rosillo Emilio Custodio Luciano Mateos Javier Cabello Jesús Casas María Jacoba Salinas-Bonillo José María Martín-Civantos Antonio González-Ramón Thomas Zakaluk Christian Herrera-Lameli Javier Urrutia Luis Javier Lambán |
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| description | Nature-Based Solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management (NbS-IWRM) involve natural, or nature-mimicking, processes used to improve water availability in quantity and quality sustainably, reduce the risks of water-related disasters, enhance adaptation to climate change and increase both biodiversity and the social-ecological system’s resilience. United Nations and the European Commission promote their research as a cornerstone in the changeover to the Ecological Transition. In the Sierra Nevada range (Spain) and the Andean Cordillera, there is a paradigmatic and ancestral example of NbS-IWRM known as “careo channels” and “amunas”, respectively. They recharge slope aquifers in mountain areas and consist of an extensive network of channels that infiltrate the runoff water generated during the snow-thawing and rainy season into the upper parts of the slopes. The passage of water through the aquifers in the slope is used to regulate the water resources of the mountain areas and thus ensure the duration of water availability for the downstream local population and generate multiple ecosystem services. This form of water management is known as Water Sowing and Harvesting (WS&H). As shown in this work, it is a living example of a resilience and climate change adaptation tool that can be qualified as a nature-based solution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c454afc8e4e24f6688b99b3bdbd95c852023-11-23T22:16:14ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412022-10-011419313010.3390/w14193130The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological TransitionJorge Jódar0Sergio Martos-Rosillo1Emilio Custodio2Luciano Mateos3Javier Cabello4Jesús Casas5María Jacoba Salinas-Bonillo6José María Martín-Civantos7Antonio González-Ramón8Thomas Zakaluk9Christian Herrera-Lameli10Javier Urrutia11Luis Javier Lambán12Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), CSIC, 50006 Zaragoza, SpainInstituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), CSIC, 18006 Granada, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Universitat Politècnica de Calalunya, 08034 Barcelona, SpainInstituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS), CSIC, 14004 Córdoba, SpainCentro Andaluz Para la Evaluación y Seguimiento del Cambio Global (CAESCG), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainCentro Andaluz Para la Evaluación y Seguimiento del Cambio Global (CAESCG), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainCentro Andaluz Para la Evaluación y Seguimiento del Cambio Global (CAESCG), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainMEMOLab, Laboratorio de Arqueología Biocultural, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainInstituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), CSIC, 18006 Granada, SpainInstituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), CSIC, 18006 Granada, SpainCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Ecosistemas Hídricos, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago de Chile 8370993, ChileCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Ecosistemas Hídricos, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago de Chile 8370993, ChileInstituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), CSIC, 50006 Zaragoza, SpainNature-Based Solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management (NbS-IWRM) involve natural, or nature-mimicking, processes used to improve water availability in quantity and quality sustainably, reduce the risks of water-related disasters, enhance adaptation to climate change and increase both biodiversity and the social-ecological system’s resilience. United Nations and the European Commission promote their research as a cornerstone in the changeover to the Ecological Transition. In the Sierra Nevada range (Spain) and the Andean Cordillera, there is a paradigmatic and ancestral example of NbS-IWRM known as “careo channels” and “amunas”, respectively. They recharge slope aquifers in mountain areas and consist of an extensive network of channels that infiltrate the runoff water generated during the snow-thawing and rainy season into the upper parts of the slopes. The passage of water through the aquifers in the slope is used to regulate the water resources of the mountain areas and thus ensure the duration of water availability for the downstream local population and generate multiple ecosystem services. This form of water management is known as Water Sowing and Harvesting (WS&H). As shown in this work, it is a living example of a resilience and climate change adaptation tool that can be qualified as a nature-based solution.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/19/3130careoamunaaquifer rechargenature based solutionwater resources managementecological transition |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Jódar Sergio Martos-Rosillo Emilio Custodio Luciano Mateos Javier Cabello Jesús Casas María Jacoba Salinas-Bonillo José María Martín-Civantos Antonio González-Ramón Thomas Zakaluk Christian Herrera-Lameli Javier Urrutia Luis Javier Lambán The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition Water careo amuna aquifer recharge nature based solution water resources management ecological transition |
| title | The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition |
| title_full | The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition |
| title_fullStr | The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition |
| title_short | The Recharge Channels of the Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) and the Peruvian Andes as Ancient Nature-Based Solutions for the Ecological Transition |
| title_sort | recharge channels of the sierra nevada range spain and the peruvian andes as ancient nature based solutions for the ecological transition |
| topic | careo amuna aquifer recharge nature based solution water resources management ecological transition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/19/3130 |
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