Lophozonia glauca

This species is threatened by deforestation and habitat loss. The establishment of plantations of Pinus radiata (Fajardo and Alaback 2005) and Eucalyptus globulus (Litton and Santelices 2003) caused a reduction in the range of the species and has left N. glauca population fragmented, despite the fact that the threat from this forest use has declined in the last 10 years. The greater occurrence of dry Pinus plantations (Litton and Santelices 2003) has led to the increased threat from fire. The species is also at risk from stand degradation (Fajardo and Alaback 2005). There is also growing concern of pre-dispersal seed predation from microlepidoptera larva (Perzelia spp.) which can cause a loss of 57% of seed and post dispersal predation from small mammals (Burgos et al. 2008). These threats reduce the regeneration capacity of the species. Although not reported, logging of this species for use within the timber trade is likely to be a threat to this species.

This species is reported from 21 ex situ collections (BGCI Plant Search 2017). In the Andes this species is protected in within Reserva Nacional Radal Siete Tazas and in Reserva Nacional Altos de Lircay. In Coastal Cordillera, it is protected within Reserva Nacional Los Ruiles y Reserva Nacional Los Queules. It was previously listed as Vulnerable by Beloit (1989), Walter and Gillet (1998) and Oldfield et al. (1998) and within Chile the species has recently been downgraded from Vulnerable to not threatened (C. Echeverría pers. comm. 2017). The remaining species habitat requires protection and efforts should be made to reduce the fragmentation of the population.