Five years ago, on October 17th, 2007, two giant anteaters named Ivoty Porá and Preto stepped out of their traveling cages to begin a free life in the grasslands of Rincón del Socorro property, in the area of the Iberá wetlands. A small group of supporters—park...
Farming and restoration at the Hornopiren Farm: A chat with Héctor and Nancy Oyarzún
For almost eleven years, Hector and Nancy Oyarzun have managed the picturesque and productive Hornopiren farm, part of the Pumalin Project. This farm lies only 60 miles (100 km) south of Puerto Montt by the Carretera Austral (the Southern Highway) making it more...
The pampas deer returns to the pampas: Restoring a keystone species at the Iberá Natural Reserve
Once the reigning “king of the pampas,” the pampas deer now struggles to find a stretch of grass to call its own in the vanishing wilds of Argentina’s prairies. Once said to roam by the thousands throughout its namesake pampas (prairies, or plains, in English),...
Documenting (and advocating for) the Carretera Austral, a window into Chilean Patagonia
You might think that advocates for wild places would oppose all road construction or improvement. Certainly, most road construction is a curse to natural systems: disrupting habitat, permitting exploitative development, and promoting fossil fuel consumption. Yet...
Ecological agriculture: Short film shows transformation at Laguna Blanca farm
La agricultura afecta las tierras del planeta más que cualquier otra actividad humana. Por esta razón, estamos trabajando para desarrollar tipos de agricultura que sean más conscientes ecológicamente. Uno de los proyectos de agricultura más recientes e interesantes...
Iberá Natural Reserve: Big cat experts gather to facilitate world’s first jaguar reintroduction
En un encuentro realizado hace poco en la Reserva Natural Iberá, un grupo de expertos en felinos grandes concluyeron que los humedales de esta zona son una ubicación ideal para reintroducir al jaguar. Con sólo 200 jaguares restantes en Argentina, la reintroducción del...
Iberá Project gains insight into big cat conservation from tiger programs in India
El trabajo de conservación que hacemos depende finalmente de nuestra habilidad de nutrir y comprender el entorno particular del lugar donde nos encontramos en un momento dado. Sin embargo, también podemos obtener conocimientos de conservación para el lugar donde...
Publishing a park: Corcovado debuts in Santiago and Puerto Varas
Corcovado National Park is a 726,000-acre wilderness of shimmering lakes and snow-capped mountains anchored by the Corcovado volcano, often called “the Matterhorn of South America.” In 2005, Corcovado became Chile’s newest national park when then-president Ricardo...
Conservation connections across continents
Unfamiliar landscapes and new models for protecting them can provide invaluable insight for saving our home places. Field trips to different conservation projects combine work and play, giving invaluable perspective and forming new connections. In June and July,...
Welcome to the Tompkins Conservation blog!
In upcoming weeks, we'll post news and stories from our conservation projects and other initiatives. Check back soon!En las próximas semanas, iremos publicando noticias e historias de nuestros proyectos de conservación y otras iniciativas. ¡Vuelve pronto!