SUMMARY
The Valdivian Temperate Rainforest ecoregion is considered as one of the most relevant ecoregions in the world due to its biological importance. However, the native forests of this ecoregion have been historically subjected to anthropogenic disturbances, affecting its functionality, composition and structure and making it a high priority to recover. Because of this, it is necessary to determine which are the priority zones for the recovery of intervened forest in the Valdivian Rainforest to guide the organizations responsible for the management and protection of native forests. This study identified the priority areas for the recovery of intervened native forest in Los Ríos Region, Chile. In a first instance, an exhaustive review of ecological criteria commonly discussed in the literature wascarry out, which were selected according to their applicability to the study field and the availability of coverages for its spatialization. Subsequently, those criteria were rated and hierarchized by the application of questionnaires to different experts in ecology and forest conservation of Los Rios Region. This information was integrated into a multicriteria evaluation model from SIG, to generate a map of priority sites. The main ecological criteria are the species richness in conservation category, the size of the unit of analysis and the richness of key species. The relative weights of each criterion in the multi-criteria evaluation 31 priority sites were identified, covering a total area of 6,582 hectares, with the highest number of analysis units in Panguipulli. The identified sites provide afirst approximation to guide and evaluate future recovery actions. However, for these actions to be effective it is recommended to incorporate other dimensions, such as social, economic and institutional, seeking local solutions for each priority area, considering a financing strategy and the natural dynamics of the forest to recover.