Conservation Targets in South American Temperate Forests

Abstract

An important near-term goal of the international conservation agenda is to double the average percentage of land area currently protected in each nation to 10%. The effectiveness of this initiative is evaluated in endemic-rich temperate forests of southern Chile, where 29% of the regional land is under protection. Here biodiversity continues to be at risk because the areas of highest biodiversity remain largely unprotected and are immersed in a heavily managed anthropogenic matrix.