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Natural laboratories in emerging countries and comparative advantages in science: Evidence from Chile

Indexado

WoS	WOS:000696347400001
Scopus	SCOPUS_ID:85115024938

DOI

10.1111/ROPR.12450

Año

2021

Tipo

artículo de investigación

Citas Totales

Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

% Participación
Internacional

Autores
Afiliación Extranjera

Instituciones
Extranjeras

Abstract

Entering the knowledge society and mobilizing science and technology are critical for emerging countries (ECs) to address important challenges of society and promote long-term economic growth. Natural laboratories (NLs) are geographical or geophysical singularities that provide comparative advantages and leverage to ECs for scientific research and international collaboration. Based on empirical evidence and learning experiences from five NLs in Chile, we propose the foundations of a conceptual framework for public scientific policies based on NLs and their possible implementation in ECs. Scientific research in NLs may address local, national, and global societal challenges while decentralizing scientific activities, encouraging transdisciplinary research in territories, anticipating the effects of climate change, and protecting biodiversity while promoting international partnerships and alignment with 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Revista	ISSN
Review Of Policy Research	1541-132X

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Political Science
Public Administration

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Autores - Afiliación

Ord.	Autor	Género	Institución - País
1	AGUILERA-RADIC, JOSE MIGUEL	Hombre	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
2	Larrain B, Felipe	Hombre	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile

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Agradecimiento
The sub‐Antarctic area of the American Continent includes the territory between ca. 50 and 60°S, being the only continental land on the planet between those latitudes. The Southern Hemisphere at these latitudes has temperate and subpolar ecosystems modulated by an oceanic climate (mild winters and cool summers). These climatic conditions have led to a larger diversity of species in the south than in the north (Chambers et al., 2016 ; Rozzi et al., 2012 ). The variety of moorland, swamps, forests, glaciers, and alpine ecosystems in the Chilean sub‐Antarctic territory is home to a rich biodiversity of nonvascular and vascular land–plant species (Rozzi et al., 2008 ). Moreover, the coast of the most southerly locations in the American Continent around Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is one of the least explored places on earth, hosting a diversity of marine habitats with abundant seaweed and fish species (Friedlander et al., 2018 ). This planetary distinctiveness, an asset for the country, led to the designation of the Cape Horn zone as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005. Nevertheless, it was not until the year 2000 with the creation of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park on an 800 ha land concession near Puerto Williams (300 km south of Punta Arenas) that the world's attention was captured by the incomparable biological and cultural diversity of the territory (see map in Figure 2 ). Puerto Williams will soon house the Cape Horn Sub‐Antarctic Research Center, a joint venture between Universidad de Magallanes and the University of North Texas with the financial support of the Regional Government (Rozzi & Schuttler, 2015 ). The region has designated itself as a “natural laboratory” to implement a transdisciplinary approach that articulates programs at social, ecological, and political scales, emphasizing biocultural education, environmental ethics, and ecological tourism and conservation activities (Rozzi, 2018 ).

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The sub‐Antarctic area of the American Continent includes the territory between ca. 50 and 60°S, being the only continental land on the planet between those latitudes. The Southern Hemisphere at these latitudes has temperate and subpolar ecosystems modulated by an oceanic climate (mild winters and cool summers). These climatic conditions have led to a larger diversity of species in the south than in the north (Chambers et al., 2016 ; Rozzi et al., 2012 ). The variety of moorland, swamps, forests, glaciers, and alpine ecosystems in the Chilean sub‐Antarctic territory is home to a rich biodiversity of nonvascular and vascular land–plant species (Rozzi et al., 2008 ). Moreover, the coast of the most southerly locations in the American Continent around Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is one of the least explored places on earth, hosting a diversity of marine habitats with abundant seaweed and fish species (Friedlander et al., 2018 ). This planetary distinctiveness, an asset for the country, led to the designation of the Cape Horn zone as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005. Nevertheless, it was not until the year 2000 with the creation of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park on an 800 ha land concession near Puerto Williams (300 km south of Punta Arenas) that the world's attention was captured by the incomparable biological and cultural diversity of the territory (see map in Figure 2 ). Puerto Williams will soon house the Cape Horn Sub‐Antarctic Research Center, a joint venture between Universidad de Magallanes and the University of North Texas with the financial support of the Regional Government (Rozzi & Schuttler, 2015 ). The region has designated itself as a “natural laboratory” to implement a transdisciplinary approach that articulates programs at social, ecological, and political scales, emphasizing biocultural education, environmental ethics, and ecological tourism and conservation activities (Rozzi, 2018 ).