On October 2, on Chile’s National Environment Day, President Michelle Bachelet signed the decree creating Cerro Castillo National Park and extending Isla Magdalena National Park. The re-categorization of Cerro Castillo National Park, formerly a national reserve, will...
PRESS RELEASE November 10, 2017 — Corrientes Province, Argentina On November 10, 2017, the future Iberá National Park in San Nicolás, Argentina, gained over 103,000 additional acres of land as part of a new, historic donation from Tompkins Conservation. On Friday,...
On October 3rd, 2017, over 300 people gathered to celebrate the legacy of Andrew Carnegie, the “father of modern philanthropy,” and the nine esteemed Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients. After processes into The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman...
The government of Argentina announced last week that it will create two new marine national parks in the Southern Atlantic. Tompkins Conservation is proud to play a part in this effort, lending its expertise in conservation activism to catalyze their creation. This is...
Name: Alicia Delgado Role: Wildlife Biologist, CLT Argentina Year joined CLT: 2007 Hometown: Mercedes, Argentina Main Area of Study: Anteater Reintroduction and Rehabilitation Alicia Delgado (or Ali, as she is often called) was born in 1979 in Mercedes, near...
Nena, a female tapir reintroduced to the region, has given birth to her first calf After over half a century of absence from the region, tapirs are now beginning to reproduce in the wilds of Iberá. The tapir is the largest land mammal in South America and is...
New York, June 22, 2017 –Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, co-founder of Tompkins Conservation alongside her late husband Douglas Tompkins, has been awarded the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, bestowed by the Carnegie family of institutions. The medal seeks to inspire...
The people of Tompkins Conservation, who are working in three countries on two continents, are appalled by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw U.S. participation in the Paris agreement. While insufficient to address the climate crisis, the Paris accord is...
Name: Ignacio Jiménez Pérez Role: Conservation Director, CLT Argentina Year joined CLT: 2005 Hometown: Valencia, Spain Main area of study: “Institutional Ecology,” which studies how organizational arrangements can make conservation more effective Ignacio came to CLT...
Baltimore (May 6, 2017) – Tompkins Conservation leader Kristine McDivitt Tompkins has received one of the highest honors bestowed by The Garden Club of America (GCA), the Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal. The medal, presented to Kristine at the GCA’s annual meeting in...