Joaquin Barahona

 There are many jobs that i would like to have in the future, but all related to the area of ecosystem conservation, which has to do with the current career i am studying, forestry.  One of the jobs that i have always longed for is working as a park ranger in a national park or reserve, in charge of the management and restoration of degraded ecosystems in protected wild areas. I don't care what region it´s, i believe that throughout the country it is possible to find amazing ecosystems worth studying. Even so, if i had the option to choose, i would prefer to work in the temperate-rain forests of southern Chile.  On the other hand, in recent times, i have been interested in the idea of working in a forest nursery of native species, with the objectives of plant production for reforestation and ecosystem restoration. There are multiple projects associated with reforestation that are beginning to produce their own plants, with specific treatments depending on the objecti...

 The thylacine or Tasmanian wolf was a carnivorous marsupial, native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, and it´s believed that it became extinct in 1936 with the death of the last known specimen in captivity. However, some specimens may still remain in the wild. The thylacine was a top predator, and although it looks like a canid, evolutionarily it´s closer to species such as the kangaroo, the koala and especially the Tasmanian devil, all belonging to the group of marsupials.  In continental Australia and probably New Guinea as well, the thylacine became extinct before the arrival of European settlers, and although it survived on the island of Tasmania it was already rare during pre-colonial times. The main causes of their extinction were intensive hunting, encouraged by government rewards, competition with wild dogs introduced during British colonization and the reduction of their habitat.  Despite the species being officially declared extinct by the IUCN, hundr...

In February 2020 i hitchhiking traveled to the carretera austral with my cousin for three weeks. We start in the Alerce Andino National Park and ended in Futaleufu, my favorite place of the trip. It was an unforgettable experience, we visited amazing places and met amazing people.  However, during the trip we experienced difficult moments, for example the first day in Alerce Andino our tent and our backpacks were flooded, because it was raining torrentially, we had a terrible night. The tent we were traveling with was of poor quality, for that reason the next day we had to buy another one in Puerto Montt. It would have been impossible to survive the cold and rain with the same tent for the rest of the trip, since towards the southern zone the climate is much more hostile. Fortunately the rest of the nights were very pleasant. Our trip continued to Cochamo, Puelo River and Hornopiren. In that town we boarded a ferry to Caleta Gonzalo, the beginning of the Pumalin Nati...

 A country that i would love to visit is Iran, it's an exotic destination and guardian of an ancient culture. Although it has very rigid laws, backed by one of the strictest facets of Islam, it's a very safe country and its societies are one of the most hospitable on the planet. Isfahan, the ancient capital A must see is the city of Isfahan in the center of the country. It was one of the most important cities in the world during the seventeenth century, in political, economic, demographic and cultural terms, and the architectural heritage is a reflection of the greatness of bygone times. The city is full of palaces, mosques and historic neighborhoods, and in fact Naqsh-e Jahan Square was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. There are many fantastic places to visit in the Persian country, such as the gardens and palaces of the city of Shiraz in the south, or the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis. If you like modern cities, you can visit Tehran, the capital, or...