Ralco National Reserve

National reserve
37°51′S 71°19′W / 37.850°S 71.317°W / -37.850; -71.317Area124.21 km2 (47.96 sq mi)DesignationNational reserveDesignated1988Governing bodyCorporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF)

Ralco National Reserve is a national reserve in Biobío Region of Chile.[1] The dominant feature of the reserve is Callaqui volcano. Pehuenche communities have ancestrally used the reserve's lands for ceremonial activities, grazing their animals and collecting pine nuts (fruit of the araucaria tree).

References

  1. ^ a b UNEP-WCMC (2023). Protected Area Profile for Ralco from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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