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Boric accepts donation from Tompkins to create new national park in Magallanes
Thursday, 02 March 2023 10:04
Environment
Cabo Froward, Magallanes. Photo: Eduardo Hernandez
Chile's president Gabriel Boric met with American conservation philanthropist Kristine Tompkins on Wednesday to discuss a proposed future national park at Cape Froward, on the southern coast of the Magallanes region.
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Study determines what caused mass fish die-off at the Comau Fjord in 2021
Tuesday, 28 February 2023 09:46
Environment
Fiordo Comau Photo: Sam Beebe
By Daniela Jofré
Centro IDEAL, Universidad Austral de Chile
During the months of March and April 2021, thousands of salmon died as a result of a microalgae bloom that occurred in the Comau Fjord, in the Los Lagos region, affecting ten salmon farms and causing losses of more than 6,000 tons. The appearance of the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo took the aquaculture industry by surprise.
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Guardians of Reñihué
Sunday, 26 February 2023 14:10
NGO Profile
The Reñihué Valley in Palena, Chile. Photo: Eduardo Minte
By Rodrigo Barria
Editor's note: The following is from Issue 26.
To protect the Reñihué Valley through interdisciplinary work is the mission of the Reñihué Nature Conservancy Foundation, a non-profit whose long-term ecological monitoring of species is setting a new standard in conservation research in South America. The foundation combines scientific research, communication, and environmental education toward preserving the lush valley and wild Patagonian fjord in this historic private nature area located near the northern entrance of Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park in the Chilean province of Palena.
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Salmon industry corruption? Former mayor imprisoned for bribery network in Puerto Natales
Friday, 24 February 2023 09:33
Salmon Farming
By Radio del Mar
The former mayor of Puerto Natales, José Fernando Paredes Mansilla, has been indicted on charges of bribery, among others, and sent to prison. The controversial management of Paredes, who was mayor for 12 years, has plunged the municipality of Puerto Natales into a deep financial crisis due to billions of pesos spent on unfinished public works, contracts that were not fulfilled, double payments to suppliers, construction of infrastructure with serious deficiencies, and the existence of a network set up to appropriate tax money.
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Biologist warns of malaria spread in sub-Antarctic birds
Sunday, 12 February 2023 05:52
Environment
Andrew Gregory, conservation biologist at University of North Texas.
By Ignacio Palma
The arrival of mosquitoes with avian malaria, which since the 19th century has caused severe damage to the endemic avifauna of Hawaii, has scientists like Andrew Gregory on alert. He warns that in Isla Navarino, Chile, conditions could be propitious for the propagation and establishment of this parasite in local birds due to varied factors that have been unleashed in recent years.
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