What Is The Meaning Of Chile's Temperate Forests

Temperate forests of Chile are in danger of losing native forest cover due to human alterations. When one mentions deforestation, the primary cause one will most probably think of will be conversion to agricultural land. While that is partly the reason for why native temperate forests are losing ground in Chile, the authors of this paper offers another underlying cause- native forests are being overrun by exotic tree species introduced by humans to supply raw resources for paper.
Large areas of Chile’s forested areas are now being utilized for planting exotic tree species so much that it is changing the dominant type of landscape in the region. What is worse is that once native forests are colonized by exotic tree species, then there is little