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Who Pays for the Forest's Ecosystem Services?
A study by the University of La Frontera, funded by the Native Forest Research Fund (FIBN), estimated the economic value of forest ecosystem services in La Araucanía using the "opportunity …
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Study Shows Combination of Native Forests and Plantations Contributes to Water Sustainability
Additionally, it confirms the vital importance of reforestation as a concrete action to combat climate change. Dr. Roberto Pizarro, director of the UNESCO Chair in Surface Hydrology at the University …
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"They tell me they’re going to end up killing me, but at some point this has to stop"
Mauro Aguilar, Forestry Truck Driver Injured in the Face As a child, Mauro Aguilar used to watch logging trucks pass by the window of his grandmother’s house in Capitán Pastene. …
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61% of losses from attacks on forestry operations in the south concentrated between 2020 and 2022
Regarding attacks against the lives and safety of workers, between 2021 and 2022, there were over 60 injured and four fatalities. A study conducted by the Association of Forestry Contractors …
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Forestry Contractors Question Exclusion of Los Ríos and Los Lagos in State of Exception
Dissatisfied with the State of Exception in effect in La Araucanía and two provinces of Bío Bío, the Association of Forestry Contractors expressed discontent over the exclusion of the Los …
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Wood, the Supermaterial That No Modern Alloy Has Managed to Beat
As a plant product, wood is primarily defined as a natural composite material. A composite material is one in which two or more components assume different functions to withstand the …
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