Browsing by Author "Perez, Cristian"

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    Are We Putting the Money in the Right Pocket? Ascertaining the Eventual Relationship between Silvoagricultural Subsidies, Ecosystem Threats, and Ecosystem Services in Chile
    (2023) Perez, Cristian; Pliscoff, Patricio; Simonetti, Javier A.
    Due to the Aichi targets, the international community committed to the sustainable management of silvoagricultural activities and to the elimination or reform of detrimental subsidies relative to biodiversity conservation. In this context, countries should have implemented specific actions to address these commitments. In Chile, the Instruments of Productive Promotion to Finance Field Work (IPP-FFW) framework was used to fund activities related to silvoagricultural systems, including, irrigation, plantations with exotic species, and the recovery of soils. However, concerns have been raised that are associated with the need for evaluating their effectiveness, including whether impact assessments should be carried out systematically. Considering that these subsidized activities may negatively impact nature, whether IPP-FFWs had been allocated is analyzed regardless of the threat degree of terrestrial ecosystems at the commune level in Chile using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ecosystem risk assessment methodology; moreover, the eventual relationship between changes in land use and ecosystem service provisions in case study for the Biobio region in Chile is also examined, for which the monetary consequences of the loss of ecosystem services-via the analysis of benefit transfers-are calculated. Evidence reveals that higher amounts of IPP-FFWs are allocated in communes with higher levels of threats and that a decrease in ecosystem service provision is associated with IPP-FFW's allocation.
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    Fiscalización y cumplimiento ambiental en Chile : principales avances, desafíos y tareas pendientes
    (2015) Bergamini Ladrón de Guevara, Kay Joaquín; Perez, Cristian
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    Much Ado About Facebook? Evidence from 80 Congressional Campaigns in Chile
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021) Luna, Juan Pablo; Perez, Cristian; Toro, Sergio; Rosenblatt, Fernando; Poblete, Barbara; Valenzuela, Sebastián; Cruz, Andres; Bro, Naim; Alcatruz, Daniel; Escobar, Andrea
    How do political candidates combine social media campaign tools with on-the-ground political campaigns to pursue segmented electoral strategies? We argue that online campaigns can reproduce and reinforce segmented electoral appeals. Furthermore, our study suggests that electoral segmentation remains a broader phenomenon that includes social media as but one of many instruments by which to appeal to voters. To test our argument, we analyze the case of the 2017 legislative elections in Chile. We combine an analysis of Facebook and online electoral campaign data from 80 congressional campaigns that competed in three districts with ethnographic sources (i.e., campaigns observed on the ground and in-depth interviews with candidates). The results of this novel study suggest that intensive online campaigning mirrors offline segmentation.