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Conflict Plantations Chapter 3: Stolen land and fading forests in Chile

Date: 01/05/2022

Topics: Arauco, Chile, Conflict Plantations, Indigenous Rights, Rainforest

Chile is home to the second largest coastal temperate rainforest on the planet: the Selva Valdiviana. In recent decades, these forests have been largely replaced by timber plantations grown to supply the paper industry. This report examines the expansion of Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (Arauco).

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