Wildfires – Chile
The world’s most southerly concentration of peatlands is located on the archipelago, storing 4.8 gigatonnes of carbon, which has accumulated over more than 18,000 years. Tierra del Fuego’s peatlands are also home to species that are not found anywhere else in the world. Protecting these lands is vital for the protection of biodiversity.
Wildfires are burning through thousands of hectares of forest and carbon-rich wetlands in Chile, including vast tracts of peatlands.
South America has suffered particularly intense wildfires, with more than 300,000 hectares razed in Argentina, 20,000 hectares in Uruguay and 9,000 hectares in Chile’s Araucanía region in the first week of January.
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