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Valdivian Temperate Forest, Chile
© Darren Guyaz |
Forests provide vital habitat for thousands of animals, birds and plants found nowhere else on Earth. In particular, rain forests and temperate forests have proven to be rich storehouses of biodiversity as well as providing food, income and new medicines for the human world.
But these rich forests are quickly disappearing from the face of the Earth, at the hands of their human counterparts. Every second of every day, a slice the size of a football field is mowed down. That's 86,400 football fields per day, or over 31 million football fields a year. And as the forests disappear, so do the animals, birds and plants they house - which dramatically changes the complexion and climate of the Earth.
To date, the Adopt an AcreŽ program has protected more than 600,000 acres of forests in Latin America and the Caribbean. Help us continue to protect more of this irreplaceable resource.
Current Project
The Nature Conservancy's Adopt an Acre program is currently raising funds to acquire up to 150,000 acres of privately-held land in Chile's Valdivian Temperate Forest, one of the world's most biologically-important places. This area is a long-term priority for The Nature Conservancy because it is one of just a handful of large temperate rain forests left in the world. During the last Ice Age, these forests served as a refuge - a haven free from ice. As a result, the Validivian Temperate Forest still harbors Chile's highest concentrations of species found nowhere else on Earth.
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