Cape Froward National Park

Its 76 km of coastline face the glaciers of the Darwin Range and the Strait of Magellan. Subantarctic forest covers almost half of the territory's surface (46%), while 11% is composed of endangered peatlands, a critical carbon storage ecosystem, which is also highly coveted for fossil fuel extraction. 

Rewilding Chile recently acquired 93,492 hectares of highly biodiverse land in this southern tip of the country. We are currently working to donate this land to the Chilean government and add it to the national park system. The Magellan Rainforest dominates the landscape with species such as Coihue de Magallanes (Nothofagus betuloides), the Canelo (Drimys winteri) and the Ciprés de las Guaitecas (Pilgerodendron, an endangered cypress), the southernmost conifer in the world. At higher altitudes, the forest is composed mostly of Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio) and Ñirre (Nothofagus antartica). and species associated with peat bogs, as well as shrub vegetation such as chilco (Fuchsia magellanica), calafate (Berberis