WWF has worked in Chile for many decades. In the 70's it supported the establishment of the Protected Areas System of the State (SNASPE), as well promoting various capacity building measures. During the 80s it also helped pioneer scientific work on native deer populations and the endemic huemul pudu. In 2002 WWF's presence was cemented with the establishment of an office for the Valdivian Ecoregion, in the city of Valdivia.
Founded: 2002
WWF Chile office
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WWF Chile Valdivia Ecoregional Office,
Valdivia
Carlos Anwandter 624,
Interior Casa 4,
Valdivia Chile
+56 63 244 590 +56 63 222 749
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WWF in Chile
- Valdivian Temperate Rainforests
- Ecorregión Valdiviana
- Áreas prioritarias
- Biodiversidad
- Bosques de la Ecorregión
- Isla biogeográfica
- Estados de conservación
- Contexto Social
- Análisis y visión ecorregiona
- Análisis de paisaje Cordillera de la Costa
- Análisis de paisaje Cordillera de Nahuelbuta
- Análisis de paisaje Corredor Costa-Andes
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WWF Conservation Projects in Chile
Protecting the Valdivian forests of Chile and Argentina
The Valdivian forests of Argentina and Chile are the only temperate rainforests in South America. They are home to the alerce tree, the southern hemis...
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Green economy will help fight climate change
New figures released today show that moving to a “green” global economy could not only protect the planet from the worst effects of climate change but is surprisingly affordable.
Pacific tuna face risky fisheries meeting
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Fisheries, not whales, to blame for shortage of fish
The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th meeting in Santiago, Chile.
Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones
Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found.
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.
The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems.
Lethal whale "research" programmes produce meat, not answers: WWF
Japan would do better whale research by not killing whales, said WWF on the eve of a key International Whaling Commission planning meeting.
Today, much more plentiful and reliable information is available using the many better new ways of collecting whale data rather than much the same old ways of killing them.
Indigenous peoples win conservation successes in Chile
A near 20 year struggle for land rights and conservation of their rare Araucaria forests for an indigenous Pehuenche community of the Andes range has been rewarded with a grant of title to 22,000 acres of land in southern Chile.
Salmon farming threatens Chile's Patagonian lakes
A new WWF study finds that the production of farmed salmon in Chile’s unique Patagonian lakes has doubled in the last decade, contaminating them with nutrient pollution, invasive species, disease and harmful chemicals.
Bottom trawling at the end of the line?
A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans.