Bosques, comunidades y monocultivos

Overview & Synopsis

Changes in forestry activity in Chile, especially in recent times, have become an area of growing research and social interest. The incorporation of exotic species into the Chilean forest matrix, accelerated by Decree Law 701 established during the dictatorship, has transformed the landscape and nature of the center-south of the country. This has generated a new configuration of rural living, highlighting the tensions, transformations and limitations of the extractive model, as an expression of the globalized configuration of neoliberal capitalism.