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Facing a Complex Season, Conaf Seeks to Recruit 3,300 Firefighters

Facing a Complex Season, Conaf Seeks to Recruit 3,300 Firefighters

They report an increase in "sixth-generation" wildfires or mega-fires, which require greater deployment to be controlled. The regions between Valparaíso and La Araucanía, home to over six million people, are …

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Vests Found Could Be Decisive in Investigation of Carabineros Homicide in Cañete

Vests Found Could Be Decisive in Investigation of Carabineros Homicide in Cañete

In addition to the vests, two portable radios and boxes with deterrent elements were found, hidden among bushes near a hard-to-access stream, approximately one kilometer from where the ambush occurred. …

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Conaf's Budget Will Remain Unchanged for Wildfire Season in Ñuble

Conaf's Budget Will Remain Unchanged for Wildfire Season in Ñuble

The amount will be approximately 2 billion. Firefighters will number around 200. The National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) will maintain its budget for the 2024 wildfire season in Ñuble, which reaches …

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Exports of Non-Timber Forest Products: Moss Leads the Market

Exports of Non-Timber Forest Products: Moss Leads the Market

Despite a decline in sales, Sphagnum moss remains the star product in NFTP exports, followed by extracts and fruits. The basket of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) showed remarkable dynamism in …

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First Industrialized Homes Arrive in Biobío

First Industrialized Homes Arrive in Biobío

Families from the Juan Bautista housing committee celebrate the installation of their new homes, marking a milestone in the region's housing construction. With the arrival of the first trucks loaded …

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Flower unseen for a century and declared extinct found in northern Chile

Flower unseen for a century and declared extinct found in northern Chile

The endemic species was declared extinct in 2010, as since its discovery in 1925, no one had seen it again...until now. On November 4, 1925, renowned American botanist Ivan Murray …

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