Cerro Poqui

It is comprised entirely of Mediterranean habitat, which is Chile’s rarest, most threatened and least protected habitat, and which has been identified as a global biodiversity hotspot. The owners of Cerro Poqui have now protected the property using two different private lands conservation agreements. First, in 2018, they protecting their land by designating it as the Santuario de la Naturaleza Cerro Poqui. Now, the landowners have decided to conserve the entire property with a Derecho Real de Conservación (DRC) in a partnership with Tierra Austral, which is providing them with technical land management assistance. In addition to the DRC, which permanently protects Cerro Poqui’s conservation values, FTA and the landowner have signed an agreement stating that FTA will make investments in the property and will provide assistance with a range of issues, including updating the management plan, hiring park rangers, adding signage and an interpretive kiosk, etc.