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 In Chile, a Declining Forest Worries Scientists

Inside Climate News · By Andrés Muedano · last updated
Decades of deforestation and a 15-year drought have transformed Chilean woodlands into a fragile ecosystem. Will the forest survive?

By Andrés Muedano

At the age of 10, Alberto Alaniz joined a school field trip to Río Clarillo National Park, a forested reserve near Chile’s capital. He remembers the experience vividly: The sight was dense with trees and the air was comfortably cool. Recently, more than two decades later, Alaniz returned to Río Clarillo only to witness a distressing reality.