Conservation

Kawésqar National Park is established

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 11:20 Conservation
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Photo: Antonio VizcainoPhoto: Antonio Vizcaino

 
Tompkins Conservation - At 2,842,329 hectares of virgin ecosystems, the new Kawésqar National Park has been created, making it the second largest national park in Chile after the Bernardo O´Higgins National Park (3.5 million hectares). Located in the Magallanes region, the park stems from an agreement signed between the Chilean government and Tompkins Conservation in March 2017. It establishes the creation of five new national parks (Melimoyu, Patagonia, Kawésqar, Cerro Castillo and Pumalin Douglas Tompkins) and the extension of three others (Hornopiren, Corcovado and Isla Magdalena).
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Chile’s threatened forests

Tuesday, 01 January 2019 00:00 Conservation
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By Jimmy Langman
Photos by Bastián Oñate

Editors Note: The following is from Issue 18
 
Gone are the days of big multinational timber companies targeting Chilean forests. The last big threat along those lines was the Trillium company of the United States, whose vast forest holdings on the Chilean side of Tierra del Fuego Island were bought up by New York investment back Goldman Sachs in 2002 and converted into Karukinka park.
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Two new marine protected areas for Argentina

Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:12 Conservation
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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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Illegal logging: the underground exploitation of alerce

Thursday, 22 November 2018 18:52 Conservation
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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

Sunday, 28 October 2018 15:50 Conservation
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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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