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South American giant ENDANGERED
Individuals from my family live Did you
very long and survive for centuries. know?
One tree in Chile is known to be
3,622 years old, making it the third Argentina has the
oldest living tree recorded. Scientists tallest recorded alerce
study the local climate of South tree, which stands tall
America of the past by studying the at fifty-seven metres
rings of such old trees. This practice and is 2,600 years old.
is called dendrochronology.
Alerce endangered
Humans started cutting trees of my family as
early as the seventeenth century for our wood,
to make various things—from furniture to ship
masts. This continued in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, which badly affected our
slow-growing population. Today, despite laws
against it, we are still illegally felled.
Tphriezeddurbayblbeuwildoeords oafntdhefuarlneirtcuerteremeaiksers.
Stop killing alerce
My family was declared a ENDANGERCR
‘national monument’ in Chile in
1976. In Argentina, we have been ED
protected since 1945. My family
lives in protected areas too, like the EN
Parque Nacional Los Alerces and
Parque Pumalín. The University of VU
Santiago is conducting studies in
collaboration with, Royal Botanic
Gardens, Edinburgh, on our slow
growth rate to understand how we
can be replanted successfully in
large numbers.
CAworagnsessniedttienureapd, tthtohepeLrmootsoesActtlbteherceaeuastlienfruactleipofanorarkelspitnsa.rk
Individuals from my family live Did you
very long and survive for centuries. know?
One tree in Chile is known to be
3,622 years old, making it the third Argentina has the
oldest living tree recorded. Scientists tallest recorded alerce
study the local climate of South tree, which stands tall
America of the past by studying the at fifty-seven metres
rings of such old trees. This practice and is 2,600 years old.
is called dendrochronology.
Alerce endangered
Humans started cutting trees of my family as
early as the seventeenth century for our wood,
to make various things—from furniture to ship
masts. This continued in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, which badly affected our
slow-growing population. Today, despite laws
against it, we are still illegally felled.
Tphriezeddurbayblbeuwildoeords oafntdhefuarlneirtcuerteremeaiksers.
Stop killing alerce
My family was declared a ENDANGERCR
‘national monument’ in Chile in
1976. In Argentina, we have been ED
protected since 1945. My family
lives in protected areas too, like the EN
Parque Nacional Los Alerces and
Parque Pumalín. The University of VU
Santiago is conducting studies in
collaboration with, Royal Botanic
Gardens, Edinburgh, on our slow
growth rate to understand how we
can be replanted successfully in
large numbers.
CAworagnsessniedttienureapd, tthtohepeLrmootsoesActtlbteherceaeuastlienfruactleipofanorarkelspitnsa.rk
