Huilo Huilo Foundation

Huilo Huilo Fundación Huilo Huilo

Huilo Huilo a place to conserve

Conservation is a constant challenge and a long-term task. Chile is country with an important geography and natural values, especially the mountain ranges of the Andes and the Patagonian jungle which is the home of Huilo Huilo. It is important to understand that conservation is everyone's job, and without the support and commitment of the community and the authorities any task would be pointless and would not be possible.

Fundamentals of Huila Huilo Foundation

Huilo Huilo Fundamentos de la Fundación Huilo Huilo

Mission

Our mission is to protect, conserve and restore the temperate rainforest, integrating the surrounding communities to improve their quality of life for present and future generations.

For this purpose we develop conservation programs, education and social oriented to change old paradigms, encouraging small business and sustainable development of the site.

Memoria Huilo Huilo

Conservation Projects

Huilo Huilo Proyectos de conservación

Conservation Projects

The valuable natural heritage that exists in our territories, recognized internationally by various organisations, has attributes that has provided a refuge for wildlife and provide a unique opportunity to rectify the view, promoting sustainable development, based on the conservation of these values.

Social Projects

Huilo Huilo Proyectos Sociales

Huilo Huilo Foundation supports the development of a local economy based on conservation and sustainability, opening new frontiers for entrepreneurship initiatives generating activities through training and support and technical school education.

Local Economic Development

Beekeeping Workshop Entrepreneurship Project

This project involves mainly women looking for a source of economic development for themselves and their families, which have received substantial technical training, cornerstone of production success.

Southern Huemul Conservation Center

Huilo Huilo Centro De Conservación Del Huemul Del Sur

The Huemul is endemic for southern Chile and Argentina, ranked Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1973. Despite the unknown number of copies in existence, its present population is estimated at an amount less than 1,500 copies worldwide.

Threats for this species are multiples and varied, mostly of anthropogenic origin, possibly being of greatest impact until nowerdays, farming and forestry activities, poaching and diseases transmitted by cattle and pets such as dogs.

Science Projects

Herbarium collection of Native Plants

Knowledge of plant diversity within the reserve increases the chances of success in the conservation of the species, as it gives the possibility to establish priority areas and managing spatial conservation efforts.

The objective of this project is the creation of a botanical collection in a centralized database system, fed information dynamically from the formation of a herbarium with specimens photographed and georefereciadas.

Ecology and Landscape

Reserve duty

The Department of Ecology and Landscape designed and implemented the first phase of the gardens of the Magic Mountain hotels and Baobab, using criteria of natural landscaping, which is integrated with the environment and where there is perceived an increased role in this space.

We used only native plants of ornamental value, were created patches of colors and aromas and marked the wettest and open spaces.

In addition, the areas of entry to the reserve were beautified and cleaned.

Culture and Education

Huilo Huilo Cultura y Educación

School Workshops

Art School Project

The year 2008 began work on a project to provide arts and cultural activities to young people and Puerto Fuy Neltume.

Students at these locations are unlikely to develop after-school activities for a more comprehensive development.

That is why after reviewing several proposals, it was decided to start with music and dance workshop.