1. Chile’s road plans threaten ancient forests.
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Urrutia-Jalabert, Rocío, Barichivich, Jonathan, Gutiérrez, Álvaro G., and Miranda, Alejandro
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HIGHWAY planning , *BIOLOGICAL extinction , *TEMPERATE rain forests , *ENDANGERED species , *ILLEGAL logging - Abstract
During the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in December 2022, nearly 200 countries, including Chile, agreed to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and to take urgent actions to stop the extinction of endangered species. Chile's road plans threaten ancient forests Despite this commitment, the Chilean government is pushing for the construction of a road that would cross the Alerce Costero National Park (1), an area of global importance for biodiversity conservation (2) and home to the endangered conifer Fitzroya cupressoides (3). [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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