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Chile
An estimated one-third of the world's remaining temperate rainforests is found in southern Chile and Argentina. Considerable public and private will exists to safeguard the extraordinary biodiversity found in these forests, especially as threats increase. If predictions hold true, Chile will become the second-largest exporter of wood, cellulose, wood chips, and other forestry products in the Southern Hemisphere. It now holds fourth place.
Chile has 32 National Parks, 13 Natural Monuments, and 47 National Reserves, which cover more than 30 million acres. Yet many state lands in Chile are only “paper parks”: the protections are not enforced, making acquisitions such as those coordinated by AFI so necessary. AFI was a key force in kickstarting the movement to acquire and permanently protect critical, threatened forest areas in Chile. When AFI first became involved, Chile had at the most a handful of private parks; now there are more than 140, translating into hundreds of thousands of protected acres.
Cani
The Santuario Cañi was AFI's first completed acquisition and community-based native forest project, aided by wildlands philanthropists and the current title holder, Fundación Lahuen. Officially established in 1992, the sanctuary is the site of Chile's premiere native forest education project and is one of its first private parks. It has become a model by actively promoting environmental education, ecotourism (primarily through the Hostería ¡école!), local guide training, and native plant nurseries and seed collection as job alternatives to logging for the local campesinos. To maintain maximum protection, the Cañi does not permit roads, tree cutting, or permanent structures and only allows human access by foot.
The Cañi is located in Chile's Araucaria Region at the beginning of the Lake District. This 1,200-acre park is the caldera of an extinct Pleistocene volcano. The Cañi is rimmed by rocky promontories and studded with more than a dozen small lakes. Hikers can climb up to the rim (el mirador), where the breathtaking panoramic vista includes four volcanoes (two active), Lake Villarrica, and an extensive temperate rainforest system. The Cañi's primeval forest experience captures the imagination of every visitor.
This relict forest is home to Chile's prized Natural Monument, the araucaria tree (see “Forest Types”). It also provides habitat for pumas, the miniature deer species “pudu,” foxes, black-neck swans, Andean condors, geese, wildcats, Magallanic woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and many other birds, trees, and amphibians. In the spring, the forest floor is covered with beautiful native flowers
araucaria tree) have lived on this high continental divide for ten thousand years. Their prehistoric relationship with the araucaria tree, central to their cosmology, continues through today. The araucaria forest provides the Pehuenche with great quantities of piñones (pine nuts), a primary source of food and income. AFI channeled funding to the Pehuenche for a new school and cultural center in Quinquen to the north as part of an effort to legitimize their claim to their traditional lands.
