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Two new marine protected areas for Argentina

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Photo: Lyra FilmsPhoto: Lyra Films 
 
 
By Cristóbal Pérez 
 
The Argentine Senate this week approved the establishment of the marine protected areas "Yaganes" and "Namuncurá-Banco Burdwood II” off their coast. With this, Argentina's marine protected areas (MPAs) now reaches 9.5% of the total marine area of the country and closes in on the 10% target set forth by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity by the year 2020.
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The Cochamo Valley Organization prepares measures to minimize the impact of tourism

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Viewpoint at Arcoiris trailViewpoint at Arcoiris trail
 
 
Press release, Nov. 22 - The Cochamó Valley Organization, which brings together tour operators, proprietors, muleteers, local NGOs and friends of the valley, are preparing for the third consecutive year measures to control access to the Cochamó Valley in Chile’s Lake Region in order to reduce environmental impacts and improve the visitor experience. The program, called “Reservas Valle de Cochamó,” establishes the maximum carrying capacity for campsites and the communication campaign “IF YOU WANT TO VISIT, YOU NEED RESERVATIONS” to raise awareness, which is the result of collaborative work between the community,  social organizations and public health services, tourism, the municipality and the local police.
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Illegal logging: the underground exploitation of alerce

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Photo: Bastián OñatePhoto: Bastián Oñate 
 
By Sofía Navarro and Bastián Oñate
 
Editors Note: The following is from Issue 18.
 
Neither the gloom that reigns over the landscape nor the early hour of roughly six in the morning makes us lower our guard during the trip from Puerto Varas to the town of Alerce. There we have arranged to meet with Álvaro Dufournel, administrator of the Entre Ríos farm, located on the imposing slopes of the Calbuco volcano. After meeting at the agreed-upon spot, we follow him to the entrance of the property.
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Conservation and tourism: the Route of Parks of Chilean Patagonia

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 Yendegaia National Park. Photo: Tompkins ConservationYendegaia National Park. Photo: Tompkins Conservation

 
By Tomas Moggia
Translated by Brent Harlow
 
The most spectacular scenic route in the world. That categorical and ambitious epithet has been used to refer to the Route of Parks of Chilean Patagonia. And it probably is. There sure is plenty of variety: temperate rainforests, Patagonian steppes, ice fields, endless mountains, fjords, lakes, and glaciers are just part of the mosaic that provides colors, lights, and contrast to the 2,800-kilometer (1,740 miles) route that crosses the three regions at the southern end of Chile. From north to south, the parks route begins in Puerto Montt, and ends at Cape Horn, connecting 17 national parks and more than 60 neighboring communities. There are 11.5 million hectares (28.4 million acres) of protected land that are home to 140 species of birds and 46 species of mammals.
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