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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Biota of Chile, Chilean environmentalists, Climate of Chile, Conservation in Chile, Ecoregions of Chile, Energy in Chile, Environmental organizations based in Chile, Natural history of Chile, Water supply and sanitation in Chile, Easter Island, Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Juan Fernandez Islands, Water resources management in Chile, Atacama Desert, Pascua Lama, Cetacean Conservation Center, Valdivian temperate rain forest, International rankings of Chile, Water privatization in Chile, Magellanic subpolar forests, Patagonian Desert, Chiloe Island, Chilean Matorral, Sara Larrain, Puna grassland, Durvillaea antarctica, Interandean Valles, Rucamanque, Mining in Chile, Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion, Environmental Water Quality Chile, White Earthquake, Humboldt Current, Desventuradas Islands, Central Andean dry puna, Chiloe National Park, South American Energy Summit, GasAndes Pipeline, Chonos Archipelago, List of ecoregions in Chile, South American Energy Council, Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve, Chilean Blob, Williwaw, Juan Pablo Orrego, Wet Andes, Corporacion Nacional Forestal, Dry Andes, Wildlife of Chile, Puelche, Native Forest Law, Fernandezian Region, South Pacific High, Camanchaca, North Pacific High. Excerpt: Easter Island (Rapa Nui: , Spanish: ) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai ( ), created by the early Rapanui people. It is a World Heritage Site (as determined by UNESCO) with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. In recent times the island has served as a warning of the cultural and environmental dangers of overexploitation. Ethnographers and archaeologists also blame diseases ...
