| Expert Name | Mr. Fernando Squella |
| Title | Scientist |
| Division | Range Management |
| Institution | Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias |
| City | Santiago |
| Country | Chile |
| Telephone | 56 2 5417223 |
| Email | fsquella(at)platina.inia.cl |
| Work Experience | Participant:
1976-1978: UNDP project RLA/74/018: Pasture improvement and desertification under mediterranean arid conditions.
1978-1980: Research in range management.
1980-1989: INIA Research Projects in range management, pasture ecology and agroforestry.
1989-1992: Research in pasture/animal interaction ecology.
1992. Up to date: INIA Research Projects in Range management, Pasture ecology and Agroforestry. |
| Qualifications | Agronomist, Agronomy, Catolica de Valparaíso, Chile, 1973.
M.S. Range Management, California (Davis), 1980.
Ph.D. Plant Science, Adelaide (S. Australia), 1992. |
| Number of Publications | 5 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | 1. Professor of Ecology and Natural Resources at the "Universidad Las Américas" and Pasture Production at the "Universidad Iberoamericana" and "Del Mar".
2. INIA-Representative of National plan against the desertification process.
3. Chairman-member of Editorial Committee, "Agricultura Técnica (Chile)".
4. Member of the Chilean Society of Agronomy.
5. Member of the Australian Society of Agronomy. |
| Publications | 1. Bonilla, S.; Squella, F. y Meneses, R. 1993. Eds. Actualización del estudio de caso de desertificación realizada en 1977 en la Región Coquimbo. INIA-UNESCO. Santiago, Chile. 176 p.
2. Squella, F. 1986. Forage and fuel production from salt affected waste land in Chile. Reclamation and Revegetation Research. Vol. 5(1-3) 41-48.
3. Squella, F. y SOTO, G. 1993. Desarrollo de sistemas agroforestales in la zona de tendencia desértica y mediterránea árida y semiárida de Chile. Proyecto FAO/Holanda. Serie Doc. Téc. N°5. La Serena, Chile, 83 p.
4. Meneses, R. y Squella, F. 1966. Los Arbustos forrajeros. En. I. Ruiz (ed.). Praderas para Chile (INIA). 2da. Edición. Cap. 7. p.:149-170.
5. Ovalle, C. y Squella, F. 111996. Terrenos de pastoreo con pastizales anuales en el área de influencia climática mediterránea. En. Praderas para Chile. 2da. Edición. Cap. 23. p.: 429-466. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 12/01/2007 15:08:00 |
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