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"Defending my home": Interview with Rocío González, director of Futaleufú Riverkeeper
Monday, 29 August 2022 00:00
Environment
Futaleufu River.
By Caterinna Giovannini
From Argentina, the Futaleufú River flows across the Andes Mountains and empties into Lake Yelcho, in southern Chile. It is around this mighty, fast-moving river that Rocío González, who arrived here from the southern city of Puerto Montt at the end of 2013, found her perfect place to raise a family with her husband. What attracted this social worker who formerly worked for Chile's education ministry was the quality of life, she says. In the small town of Futaleufú, population 2,623, Rocio loves that every day she can listen to the flow of the river, contemplate the color of its waters, and marvel at the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape.
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Tourism in Patagonia: Where are we headed?
Friday, 26 August 2022 17:15
Sustainable Tourism
By Juan Marambio
Marambio es director of sustainability for Explora Hotels and executive director of Travolution.org.
Editors Note: The following is from Issue 25.
Over the past 20 years, Patagonia has become world famous. Its breathtaking nature, gaucho culture and indigenous peoples have increasingly motivated travelers from all over the world to visit this place, which for many is seen as the "last corner of the planet.” This rise has gone hand in hand with a sustained and increasing growth of the tourism sector, both in iconic places (such as Torres del Paine) and in other emerging sectors (such as the Aysén Region and Tierra del Fuego). The increase in visitors has also been accompanied by a growing increase in the number of inhabitants - even more so in the high season – and along with that comes the pressure exerted on the ecosystems by human activities.
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How to save Patagonia’s environment: Interview with journalist Patricio Segura
Friday, 26 August 2022 00:00
Special Series
One of the world’s last regions with vast stretches of untouched nature, Patagonia, at the lower tip of South America, is host to an extraordinary geography of endless mountains, immense ice glaciers, snowcapped volcanoes, pristine temperate rainforests, and hundreds of clear, blue-green rivers and lakes. Scientists say the Chilean side of the Patagonian Andes – which is more verdant because of more rainfall than the drier steppe areas that predominate to the east in Argentina – is one of six "hot spots" on the planet with the greatest biodiversity, greatest number of undiscovered species, and greatest human threats to that diversity.
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Opening access to Chile’s mountains
Saturday, 20 August 2022 10:25
Outdoors
Photo: Agostina Quintana
By Antonia Gonzalez
Chile's Congress is considering a bill giving free access to the country's mountains. The initiative -- similar to an existing Civil Code right of free access to beaches --comes after continuing disputes and controversies over access to the mountain peaks in several areas of the country, which is dominated from north to south by the high Andean Mountain range.
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Gear: Three ultralight fly fishing waders
Monday, 15 August 2022 12:00
Fly Fishing
By Luis Goycoolea
Editors Note: The following is from Issue 25.
Probably the greatest change or advancement in the discipline of fly fishing has been waders or fishing trousers. Since their creation in the 19th century, they have become an integral part of the sport. Without waders, enduring the cold waters of Patagonia would be virtually impossible.
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