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	Ancient Forest - Forest Types
		The alerce is unique to the coastal temperate rainforests of southern Chile and the mountains of western Argentina.
		The alerce's range at one time extended from the coastal mountains south of the city of Valdivia east to the wetter valleys on the Argentine side of the Andes and south to the slopes of the Michinmahido Volcano—a range only about 150 miles long and 50 miles wide.
		Alerce thrives in the cool, rainy environment from 39 degrees to 43 degrees south.
	www.ancientforests.org /forest_types.html (2518 words)

	Alerce: The South American Giant - The World and I Magazine
		The alerce is one of the most compelling examples of parallel or convergent evolution with the conifer forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
		Alerce is classified as a cypress (the Cupressaceae) but has many characteristics of the closely related bald cypress family (which includes both the giant sequoia and redwood).
		To early colonists the resemblance of the alerce to the sequoia was uncanny.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1990/october/ns5.cfm (2179 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alerce is listed as an endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which banned logging of the trees in 1976.
		Alerce trees are unique to the coastal temperate rainforests of Chile's Los Lagos (lakes) region - their primary habitat - located between 800 and 1,200 km south of Santiago, and Argentina's southern Patagonia region.
		But smugglers purchase alerce for a mere three dollars an inch from poor farmers in Chile who cut the trees on their own or work for logging companies that are supposedly harvesting trees that were already dead, taking advantage of a loophole in Chile's environmental legislation that allows companies to sell deadwood.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/sendnews.asp?idnews=30108 (745 words)

	Renseignements internationaux - Former Minister Denounces Alerce Deforestation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Live alerce trees are being illegally cut down in the southern Chilean forests of Region X, reported Adriana Hoffman, ex-Director of the National Environmental Committee (CONAMA) and leader of the Committee in Defense of the Native Forest (Defensores del Bosque), last week.
		The deforestation of alerce trees is driven primarily by their unique qualities and commercial use in furniture and building shingles.
		Alerce wood has a reddish color, a beautiful grain, and is light, durable and impervious to humidity and insects.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/fr/gr114167f.html (630 words)

	News about Chile: From Thousand-Year-Old Sentinel to Traffickers' Booty
		Their plan was to recover as many stumps as they could with their axe and power saw and then sell the wood, either to neighbors for fuel or to local artisans who prize the alerce as the raw material for carved souvenirs or musical instruments.
		They argue that alerce stocks remain plentiful and that the official policy is working better than the alternatives suggested by critics.
		"The alerce is not going to be wiped out this year or next, or in the next thousand years," Carlos Weber, director of the National Forestry Corporation, the government agency that oversees all aspects of Chile's forest management, said in an interview in Santiago.
	www.chiletravel.com /chile/publish/printer_420.html (1004 words)

	Save Our Earth - We can make a difference!
		The mighty alerce tree can live for 4,000 years, but legal loopholes, lack of political will and weak enforcement has ended effective protection in Chile for the species that has been declared a national monument, campaigners say.
		But conservationists say that alerces exist to varying degrees on only about 640,000 acres of mostly remote, mountainous areas in southern Chile and some adjacent parts of western Argentina, about 83 percent of which is unprotected on privately held land.
		Though dead alerces can be cut under approved management plans, environmental groups charge that loggers falsely claim the trees are dead, burn them to make it seem they've died naturally or just cut the trees without Conaf's knowledge.
	www.saveourearth.co.uk /soe_enews.php?number=708 (1698 words)

	Fitzroya cupressoides description
		In Argentina, alerce grows on mountain slopes and lake shores, at elevations of 300 to 900 meters.
		Probably the tallest is a tree at Killerton, Devon, 53 ft. high, with a girth of 6 ft., in 1964" (Dallimore et al.
		Fire and the dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce) forests of Chile's Cordillera Pelada.
	www.conifers.org /cu/fi (1585 words)

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		An alerce tree (right) grows amidst a grove of "ten" or cypress guaitecas (pilgerodendron uviferum), a rare coniferous tree that loves rainy places and prefers peat bogs.
		The alerce, also known as Patagonian cypress or lahuén (the name given by the Araucanian Indians), is endangered and is thought to be a southern relative of the giant sequoia of North America.
		As a result of this and other characteristics, such as their straight grain, alerce trees suffer from overcutting, which spirals into even more devastation because of their low reproductive rate.
	www.changemakers.net /studio/02march/chiappe4.cfm (307 words)

	Chile Drops Reservation to CITES Trade Ban on Endangered Trees
		The alerce, Fitzroya cupressoides, is unique to the coastal temperate rainforests of southern Chile and the mountains of western Argentina.
		Last year, government officials were linked to the alerce scandal when CONAF director Carlos Weber was arrested on charges of bribery and influence trafficking by Judge Rosa Muñoz, then in charge of the Alerce Case.
		The alerce is a species of larch, a conifer that grows only one centimeter in thickness every 15 or 20 years.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2005/2005-04-12-03.asp (881 words)

	Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) as Natural Monument: an economic factor of development in Lake district, Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alerce, the natural patrimony object of this study is described and analysed, characterising the current demand ans its trends.
		Finally, some points of view about the value of the resource are commented and the advantages and disadvantages of a possible tourist development associated to the natural areas where alerce grows are discussed.
		The Naural Monument Alerce is an attractive resource, among others, for its scenic beauty, its uniqueness and millennial longevity of its individuals.
	www.uach.cl /proforma/alerce2.htm (185 words)

	Visit to the Alerces of the Alerce Andino National Park
		Nevertheless, and even if it turns out to be paradoxical, although the alerce is considered by everybody as the “venerable old being” in the southern forests, its wood still continues to be used by the wood industry.
		And so important has this research been that the scientific paper was published by Science Magazine, where reference is made to the alerce as an open book, and —according to the expert- “the environmental history of this planet is written in all its rings.
		Like the rest of the trees, every year the alerce trees form a new layer of wood under their bark (known as rings), which reveal if in the past the weather was cold or hot, rainy or dry.
	www.interpatagonia.com /paseos/el_senor_delos_anillos/index_i.html (944 words)

	The Ancient Alerce Forest Mountain Lodge
		Deep in the ancient alerce forest you will find an exclusive cozy lodge and cabins on almost 5000 acres of Patagonian property far from the cares of civilization.
		Follow paths in Los Alerces de Lenca Pard that thread through different species of the 4000 year old native Alerces.
		The architecture and materials were selected to harmonize with the environment, and the Lodge opened its doors at the end of 1997.
	www.altue.com /english/activities/trekking/alerce_forest_trekking.htm (732 words)

	Alerce Mountain Lodge
		Located just a two hour drive south of Puerto Montt, the Alerce Mountain Lodge is a surprise tucked away atop a mountain, surrounded by an forest of Alerce trees, the southern cousins of our giant Sequoias.
		The first 35 kilometers is along the northernmost section of the famed Carretera Austral and is a scenic coastal ride, passing small settlements and farms.
		To enjoy the spectacular setting; to explore the Alerce forest; to relax and be pampered.
	www.ladatco.com /PAT-ALRC.htm (522 words)

	E-LAW Partners in the News: Environmentalists Cry Foul Play in Alerce Investigation
		The alerce, a relative of the California redwood and sequoia trees, is a rare species of tree that only grows in the Patagonian regions of Chile and Argentina.
		Though the species has been protected since 1976, when it was declared a national monument, alerce trees continue to be exploited, in some cases through illegal cutting, and in other cases via a loophole in the 1976 decree that allows for the collection and commercialization of wood from dead alerce trees.
		The government has so far done little to curb the illegal felling and trade of the trees, leading Fredes and others to suspect that behind the multi-million dollar illegal trafficking business is a vast and corrupt network involving both Carabineros police and government officials.
	www.elaw.org /news/partners/text.asp?id=2241 (912 words)

	Parque Nacional Alerce Andino : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		This 39,255-hectare (96,960-acre) park is home to the alerce, which is often compared to the sequoia for its thick diameter and height.
		The alerce was designated a national monument in 1976, and heavy fines are levied against anyone caught harming or cutting one down.
		Though this sector sees fewer visitors, it is more difficult to get to if you do not have your own vehicle because buses go only as far as the pueblo Correntoso, a 2-hour walk from the park entrance (although it is possible to arrange a tour).
	frommers.com /destinations/parquenacionalalerceandino/2343010001.html (434 words)

	E-LAW Partners in the News: Chile Drops Reservation to CITES Trade Ban on Endangered Trees
		In Chile, the tree is a national monument, which means that living alerce trees cannot legally be cut.
		The proposal was adopted by CITES member governments, but Chile entered a reservation on the inclusion of its coastal population of alerce in Appendix I, which prohibits all international trade.
		It treated these alerces as if they were listed in CITES Appendix II, under which trade is allowed with permits.
	www.elaw.org /news/partners/text.asp?id=2818 (963 words)

	Global Trees Campaign - Resources
		Alerce is an endemic evergreen conifer that may reach 5 m in diameter and 50 m in height.
		Cortés, M. Estructura y dinámica de los bosques de alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides (Mol) Johnston) en la Cordillera de la Costa de la Provincia de Valdivia.
		Lara, A., Fraver, S., Aravena, J. and Wolodarsky-Franke, A. Fire and the dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce) forests of Chile's Cordillera Pelada.
	www.globaltrees.org /reso_tree.asp?id=2 (731 words)

	Mapuche International Link/English \| Environmental
		Reports about the brazen destruction of Chile's protected millennium alerce forests have been in the news for the past five years, generating public concern and frustration over the government's inability to remedy the situation MORE
		The slow-growing alerce trees are unique to the temperate rainforests of southern Chile and Argentina.
		The mighty alerce tree can live for 4,000 years, but legal loopholes, lack of political will and weak enforcement has ended effective protection in Chile for the species that has been declared a national monument MORE
	www.mapuche-nation.org /english/environmental.htm (793 words)

	Chile tours: ALERCE MOUNTAIN LODGE printer friendly version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The transfer to the Alerce Mountain lodge begins with a leisurely drive in a 4x4 vehicle along the Austral Road through the native forest to the Andes mountains.
		Followed by a short trek to the Reflejos Lagoon, where a raft is boarded to arrive to the hotel.
		Finally, a visit will be paid to the area called Major Green Gold, with larches ranging from 1500 to 3000 years of age.
	www.firstpremium.cl /special/printer_friendly/AlerceMountain.php (254 words)

	Chile - Alerce Lodge, lakes region - Dave's Travel Corner, Message Boards
		I highly recommend the Alerce Lodge outside Puerto Montt in the Chilean lakes region.
		Overall, the Alerce Lodge is neither for muddy-faced EarthFirsters, as it is too luxurious for them (and definitely non-vegetarian, although those meals are available and will be offered), nor for the worldly jetters who need their CNN (no TV's on premises, communication is via short-wave radio).
		Remember that the lodge is in a temperate rain-forest, so the weather is very changeable, including possible heavy rains in the shoulder seasons.
	www.davestravelcorner.com /messages/showthread.php?p=264#post264 (401 words)

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		Alerce Software is a leader in Web based information management products and services for General Practitioners, Specialists and Optometrists.
		Our software solutions and technical support is cost effective and geared towards specific needs, providing low cost maintainability, and high reliability in a 7x24 operational environment.
		Alerce can assist you with products and services that are relevant to your needs.
	www.alerce.com.au (150 words)

	Homepage of Vladimir Dinets-Andes Part 2
		Transportation in Chile, either by a rental car or public transport, is much cheaper and more effective.
		My personal favorites in Valdivian forest zone are Conguillo and Alerce Andino National Parks.
		Alerce Andino, Rio Clarillo, and Laguna de Laja National Parks, respectively.
	dinets.travel.ru /andes2.htm (620 words)

	Forest Ethics : The New York Times -- From Thousand-Year-Old Sentinel to Traffickers' Booty
		sturdy "sequoia of South America," as the alerce is sometimes called.
		But here in Alerce, as in many other parts of southern Chile, there are
		scarcely any alerce trees to be found these days.
	www.forestethics.org /article.php?id=1178&printsafe=1 (1005 words)

	Lodge Puerto Montt, Alerce Mountain Cabins - Chile Contact
		Note: The actual rates are subject to change due to seasonal demand.
		Alerce Mountain Logde offers three wide cabins located short distance away from the main building.
		Each cabin for 6 persons has two wide bedrooms, an ample living room with a slow combustion stove, complete bathroom, mini-bar and a beautiful panoramic view to the lagoon.
	www.chilecontact.com /en_chile/AlerceMountainLodge_605.html (137 words)

	12/4/2005 -- Chile Drops Reservation to CITES Trade Ban on Endangered Trees
		Cheryl Coon of of the Portland, Oregon law firm of Swanson, Thomas and Coon helped Fredes and his Chilean team to discover information on which to base their case.
		In April 2003, Coon filed a Freedom of Information Act request to gather information from the before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding trade of alerce to the United States.
		The alerce’s primary remaining habitat is Chile’s Valdivian rainforest, one of only five remaining temperate rainforests in the world and the only one in South America.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=40901 (1014 words)

	lake district of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Discover the lake district, volcanoes, alerce forests with us, the Chilean federation of tourist agencies, hotels and operators.
		When you fly south to the Chilean Lake District be sure to get a seat on the left hand side of the plane.
		lake district, volcanoes, alerce forests, call it what you will, forget the office and stress of daily routine, immerse yourself in seafood, alerce forests, volcanoes enjoy the mountains, the wildlife and spectacular scenery in lake district, seafood, alerce forests
	www.visit-chile.org /mb/s2-lake-district.htm (270 words)

	Parque Nacional Alerce Andino, Chile
		Parque Nacional Alerce Andino, Chile, January 6-8, 2004
		I did a nice three day hike in PN Alerce Andino.
		It was beautiful and green, and very wet.
	radix.cryptio.net /~vanwie/gallery/20040108 (143 words)

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