The Dalcahue Fire Risk Prevention Plan as a Restorer of the Landscape and Degradation

The present research aims to explore how the implementation of a risk prevention plan for the commune of Dalcahue can facilitate habitat reconstruction, landscape degradation and restoration. The commune of Dalcahue is selected as a case study because (1) it contextualizes Dalcahue as one of the most fire-prone communes in the region (country) due to interests related to agricultural activities (2) most of the buildings in this area are made of wood, a highly flammable material, (3) among these buildings are churches declared World Heritage by UNESCO (4) the commune is located within the ecoregion of Chiloé, protected by its native fauna and vegetation. (5) Dalcahue does not have a forest fire prevention plan in place at the communal level. The methodology is carried out through the analysis of the regional prevention plan of Los Lagos and the work of title Plan of Territorial Protection against Forest Fires for the commune of Dalcahue, together with secondary sources, followed by an analysis of 15 headlines of the year 2021, because it was a peak period of fires in the area. It is concluded that the prompt implementation of an institutional fire prevention plan for the commune of Dalcahue is necessary, since it facilitates habitat reconstruction, landscape degradation and restoration, as has occurred in the safeguarding of the commune of Dalcahue in Chiloé.