Tag: CONAF

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 15:03 UTC

  Pilot working to extinguish a fire in Chile died after crashing on a highway

  

  A Spanish pilot lost his life on Monday when the firefighting plane he was operating crashed in the central Maule region, as reported by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) of Chile.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Tompkins Foundation donates Chile a million acres for two newly created national parks

  

  The foundation created by the late creator of U.S. clothing brands Esprit and The North Face turned over 407,000 hectares (1 million acres) of forest, mountain, lakes and glaciers in Patagonia to the government of Chile on Friday, the Tompkins Conservation Foundation said.

• Monday, January 23rd 2017 - 18:32 UTC

  State of emergency in Chile because of wildfires; smoke cloaked Santiago

  

  Chile declared a state of emergency on Friday as more than a dozen wildfires that have scorched nearly 50,000 hectares threatened to encroach on towns, factories and vineyards. Firefighters, forestry service personnel and members of the military are battling 18 separate blazes in the center and south of the country that have been fueled by strong winds and a heat wave.

• Sunday, May 13th 2012 - 09:05 UTC

  Torres del Paine reforestation: 200.000 trees to be planted annually during five years

  

  The reforestation of Chilean Patagonia world famous Torres del Paine National Park started this week when 50 volunteers arrived to plant the first round of trees after fires devastated the park in January.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 00:06 UTC

  Chilean police arrests gang that stole five tons of glacier ice

  

  Police were investigating a criminal gang that allegedly stole blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier in southern Chile.