WWF in Chile - Our work Over the last 5 years, WWF has worked to
establish strong social and scientific foundations for
conservation through a cooperative assessment, a rapid
biodiversity assessment in the Chilean Coastal Range, the
support for the certification of sustainable forestry and the
development of various coalitions and networks. In January 2002
the Chilean government and the Coastal Range Coalition signed an
Agreement to redefine the routing of the Coastal Range Road and
establish the mechanisms for the creation of protected areas
along the Coastal Range. Already 20% built when the decision was
announced, the project was changed from a highway designed for
extraction of timber to a scenic road with minimal environmental
impact. An important acquisition In November 2003, WWF
participated in a partnership to acquire a 147,500 acres
property located at the temperate rainforest in the Coastal
Range, long considered a conservation priority by the Chilean
Government, and by local and international envir