The aim of the Senda Darwin Biological Station is to facilitate scientific research, environmental education and the application of knowledge to the conservation of the temperate forests of Chile.
The Senda Darwin Biological Station is about 10 km S of Ancud on the R5.
Established in 2003, with SDBS CONAF recognition as a Private Protected Wildlife Area, it is managed to conserve the local ecosystems, as part of the "Valdivian forest zone : Private-public-mechanisms for biodiversity conservation" project. Funding was provided by the Global Environment Facility and implemented by the Center for Environmental Research and Planning in collaboration with FSD CIPMA .
It comprises three properties over 113 ha, comprising about 1/3 farmland of scrub and grassland area, with the remainder secondary forest typical of Chiloé, which is managed for environmental education, restoration, research and monitoring.
The primary objectives of the management plan include:

• Preservation of species and genetic diversity;
• Scientific Research
• Environmental Education;
• Protection of secondary forests;
• Ecological restoration of degraded areas.

• Outreach with information and activities among local and regional community to promote conservation.
  The oldest forests are probably 400-500 years old, on the northeast section, comprising 9 ha. The dominant species are :

• Podocarpus nubigena* Saxegothaea conspicua* Nothofagus nitidaIn waterlogged areas:
• Drimys winteri * Tepuali stipularis* Caldcluvia paniculataEpiphytes and vines:
• Mitraria coccinea* Sarmienta repens* Fascicularia bicolor* Asteranthera ovataFerns include Hymenophyllum (esp. rich!)Younger areas include:
• 15 ha of Evergreen Rainforest;
• 40 ha of young Drimys winteri;
• 44 ha of Matorral dominated by Baccharis magellanica and Sphagnum ; in addition to

• 10 ha managed pasture.
  Source: http://www.parquesparachile.cl/index.php?option=com_jaddresses&task=details&catid=24&id=7&Itemid=50&country=X%20-%20Regi%F3n%20de%20Los%20Lagos&city=Provincia%20de%20Chilo%E9&federal_state=&postcode=Comuna%20de%20Ancud
  References:
  The natural history of Chiloe: on Darwin's trail - http://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1996/2/Willson_%26_Armesto_1996.pdf
  Websites:
  http://www.reservasnaturales.cl/parques-y-reservas/chiloe/estacion-biologica-senda-darwin.html
  http://www.sendadarwin.cl/espanol/
  Senda Darwin Biological Station: Long-term ecological research at the interface between science and society http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0716-078X2010000100007&script=sci_arttext
  species list of bogs: (Lista sistemática de la flora de turberas de la Isla Grande de Chiloé. - Systematic list of the flora of peatlands of Chiloé Island):