Posts tagged Tompkins
CONSERVING IBERÁ: Our First Short Film About a Tompkins Conservation Success Story
CONSERVING IBERÁ: Our First Short Film About a Tompkins Conservation Success Story

In the Iberá wetlands of northern Argentina lies an incredibly biodiverse ecosystem. In this inspiring interview with Kris Tompkins, she tells the story of how her organization, Tompkins Conservation, has worked to restore and rewild the land, bringing back extirpated species and involving local communities in the conservation of what is now one of the largest protected areas in Argentina. Listen to her story and travel from home to this beautiful and remote corner of the planet where wildlife has been returning in large numbers.

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Argentina, Nature PhotographyAndreea LotakWildlife, rewilding, recent, conservation, Tompkins, Argentina, nationalpark, wetlands, biodiversity Comments
"ROUTE OF PARKS": Chile’s Model for the World
"ROUTE OF PARKS": Chile’s Model for the World

Over the last few decades, a major effort has been in the works to create one of the world’s greatest natural wonders: a connected system of national parks through one of the planet’s great wildernesses. Chile’s Route of Parks, or Ruta de los Parques, will create a chain of 17 national parks, crossing 1,500 miles of Chile, from the northern Valdivian temperate rainforests of Patagonia, to the windswept southern reaches of the continent.

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Chile, National Parks, Adventure TravelJustin Lotakrecent, popular, national parks, chile, Ruta de los Parques, Route of Parks, Patagonia, Pumalin, Tompkins, Yendegaia, Cerro Castillo, Bernardo O'Higgins, Alacalufes, Hornopiren, Corcovado, Alerce Andino, Cape HornComment
THE CHOICES WE MAKE: The Vegetable Garden in Patagonia Park
THE CHOICES WE MAKE: The Vegetable Garden in Patagonia Park

"The quality of the products is, therefore, incomparable. Every lettuce, every carrot grows at its full potential and the nutritional value is at its highest". A lesson on sustainable living and mindful food production from Francisco Vio, head gardener in the Patagonia Park. 

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Interviews, Private Conservation, ChileAndreea Lotaksustainable agriculture, conservation, patagonia, Patagonia Park, Tompkins, inspiration, sustainable, recent, interview, popularComment
BIODIVERSITY IN THE CHACABUCO VALLEY: Restoring a Unique Ecosystem
BIODIVERSITY IN THE CHACABUCO VALLEY: Restoring a Unique Ecosystem

“We created the space needed for the recuperation of native species. It gave them the chance to repopulate the space they had lost with the arrival of livestock." Interview with Conservacion Patagonica's Director of Conservation, Cristián Saucedo Gálvez.

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Chile, Nature Photography, Private Conservation, InterviewsJustin Lotakbiodiversity, Parque Patagonia, species, Chacabuco, Chile, Patagonia, park, national park, Tompkins, conservation, guanaco, nandu, darwin's rhea, lesser rhea, condor, vizcacha, puma, huemul, rewilding, recentComment