Inter Press ServiceEcobreves - CHILE: Drought-Resistant Eucalyptus Cloned https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/05/ecobreves-chile-drought-resistant-eucalyptus-cloned/ News and Views from the Global South Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Ecobreves – CHILE: Drought-Resistant Eucalyptus Cloned https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/05/ecobreves-chile-drought-resistant-eucalyptus-cloned/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/05/ecobreves-chile-drought-resistant-eucalyptus-cloned/#respond Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 IPS Correspondents and No author http://ipsnews.net/?p=120421 By IPS Correspondents and - -
SANTIAGO, May 27 2006 (IPS)

Eucalyptus trees resistant to drought have been cloned — reproduced through genetic manipulation — for reforestation plans and forestry development in Chile's arid zones.

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On May 22 came the announcement of the project's success in Los Vilos, a town 225 km north of Santiago, the gateway to the semi-desert region of Coquimbo, where the main economic activities are mining, fishing and small-scale farming.

Mauricio Cañoles, of the Foundation for Agrarian Innovation, explained to Tierramérica that forestry productivity has been increased in arid and semi-arid lands planted with two types of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus cladocalyx).

The governmental forestry institute will soon make these trees available for widespread cultivation.

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