La diversidad genética como información clave para proyectos de restauración ecológica y reforestación con fines comerciales y de conservación en la Provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract:Unknown genetic diversity, especially in Ecuador, has been a key factor in the selection of species to reforest or restore. The objective of this research was to determine if genetic diversity has been considered as an important factor in reforestation / restoration projects for commercial and conservation purposes in the Province of Loja. of these projects, of which a bibliographic review of the reforestation and restoration projects of the institutions was carried out: MAE, MAG, GADPL, the main people in charge of these projects were interviewed. Projects. The results show that despite knowing the importance of including, genetic diversity is not also a key factor in the selection of species to restore and reforest, with political and economic factors being the first to select the species and The lack of knowledge about genetic diversity at the time of designing these projects.