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NRDC: OnEarth Magazine, Fall 2006 - Patagonia Under Siege
Soaring above the forest canopy are Pumalín's prized alerce trees, known as "the redwoods of the Andes." The Linnaean name for the alerce is Fitzroya cupressoides; Charles Darwin named the tree for Robert FitzRoy, captain of the HMS Beagle, when he visited Chile in the 1830s. The alerce can grow as high as 200 feet. Smitten by its light weight, straight grain, and ...
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WWF - Valdivian Temperate Rainforests / Juan Fernandez Islands
Status: Critical/Endangered Quiz Time! How tall can the Alerce trees grow to be? Answer: Alerce trees are the second-longest-living trees in the world, after the Bristlecone pines of California. Similar ... two pine-seed eating parrots. These forests are also home to the extraordinarily tall Alerce trees. Threats Intensive logging and conversion of forests to timber plantations are the major threats ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – 2004 Photo Gallery
Dragon’s Blood (a resin from the bark) and felling trees for beehive wood may also threaten the species. Photo © Anthony ... . The Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) is confined to southern Chile and Argentina and is listed as Endangered. This is one of the largest trees ... from nearly all lowland sites, and at higher altitudes the trees are often burnt and illegally logged. Present estimates of the ...
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About Global Forest Watch
As a result, the prehistoric araucaria forests and the second oldest living trees in the world, the alerce, are in danger. In Venezuela, logging and mining practices threaten one of the ...
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Global Trees Campaign
Global Trees Campaign Global Trees Campaign is a partnership between: Home | Site Map | Terms & Conditions | Contact Us Tree 2 my ... focus on supporting the Global Trees Campaign. More information on FFI's website. print this page email this page to a friend TREE PROFILES African blackwood Alerce Baillonella toxisperma Bois dentelle Bristlecone ...
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Global Trees Campaign - About Us
Very few of these endangered trees are being conserved in the wild. The Global Trees Campaign, a joint initiative between Fauna & Flora International (FFI), ... with organizations around the world to save endangered trees. print this page email this page to a friend TREE PROFILES African blackwood Alerce Baillonella toxisperma Bois dentelle Bristlecone Pine Carossier ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Geographic Range Countries: Native: Argentina (Chubut, Neuquén, Rio Negro); Chile (Los Lagos) Population Population: Alerce has been logged since the middle of the 17th century. The largest ... Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers) 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. ...
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