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Ralco National Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Callaqui in the distance.
Location	Biobío Region,  Chile
Coordinates	37°51′S 71°19′W / 37.850°S 71.317°W / -37.850; -71.317
Area	124.21 km (47.96 sq mi)
Designation	National reserve
Designated	1988
Governing body	Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF)

Ralco National Reserve is a national reserve in Biobío Region of Chile. The dominant feature of the reserve is Callaqui volcano. Pehuenche communities have ancestrally used the reserve's lands for ceremonial activities, grazing their animals and collecting pine nuts (fruit of the araucaria tree).

References

1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2023). Protected Area Profile for Ralco from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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