Rainforest Concern

Chile

The NamOncahue Biological Corridor project

Through our partnership with Parques Para Chile, the Namuncahue Biological Corridor, which links several parcels of threatened Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle) forest in southern Chile, has continued to develop and grow. Having purchased one of the last remaining parcels with nearly 100% primary old-growth rainforest, which had been singled out for timber extraction, and restored a severely eroded area of land, we are now concentrating on building a research centre on this land for use by national and international universities and conservation organisations.

Please click here for our 2012/13 newsletter update (pdf format).

The Nasampulli Reserve

Rainforest Concern has been working with the Universidad Austral de Valdivia since 2003 to purchase parcels of native forest containing Araucaria trees in the Andes range of Chile. The project's goal to conserve 1,100 hectares of forest adjacent to the Villarica National Reserve was completed in 2008, and since then the focus has turned to managing the reserve for the successful protection of the fauna and flora inhabiting these forests. Hard work since 2009 has equipped the Reserve with a baseline biodiversity survey, Management Plan and a cabin suitable for housing a parkguard and visiting researchers.

Please click here for our 2012/13 newsletter update (pdf format).