Nov 11, 2020 --IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK, ARG On October 17, 2020, an unlikely romance was underway in the Gran Chaco. A wild jaguar, the first discovered in Impenetrable National Park, entered the pen of a captive jaguar with the promise of mating. Their encounter...
Community Beautification in Chilean Patagonia
Tompkins Conservation Chile, together with the community of El Amarillo, in the region of Los Lagos, implemented a restoration plan for the gateway village to Pumalín Douglas Tompkins Park. A new e-book tells the story. November 12, 2020. Improving the quality of...
Argentina Welcomes Red-and-Green Macaws: the first Born in the Wild in over a Century
Recently reintroduced red-and-green macaws have produced the first successful wild chicks in the Iberá wetlands in 150 years. Extinct throughout Argentina, the return of this species is also a key step in restoring native forests to this valuable ecosystem. After...
Tompkins Conservation Chile Donates Books to Public Libraries Across Chile
The books Corcovado National Park, Yendegaia National Park and the 25-year Retrospective compile photographs and essays on nature and conservation, and will be available through Chile’s Public Library Network thanks to an alliance with the National Cultural Heritage...
Patagonia’s Route of Parks: a Crucial Carbon Sink in South America
The 17 national parks located between Puerto Montt and Cape Horn store about 30% of the total carbon found in the soil and biomass in all of Chile. As one of the principal concentrations of carbon storage in South America, it’s crucial to the mitigation of global...
Arcadia Charitable Fund supports Tompkins Conservation in the Protection of Endangered Huemul Deer in Patagonia
Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, has contributed to the acquisition of three properties adjacent to Cerro Castillo National Park in Chilean Patagonia, which will be donated to the Chilean state in a few years. This purchase allows the...
Once-Extinct Macaws are Repopulating Iberá
Rewilding Argentina has released five juvenile red-and-green macaws as part of an ongoing project to return this extinct species to Argentina. La Fundación Rewilding Argentina abrió las puertas del jaulón de Yerbalito, en donde los ejemplares fueron entrenados. El...
A TED Talk by Kristine Tompkins
As part of TED 2020 Uncharted, the President of Tompkins Conservation, Kristine Tompkins, presents a call to reimagine the future of our planet. She speaks as someone who followed up on a long stint as CEO of Patagonia with a thirty-year career in conservation. In...
Saving Endangered Darwin’s Rhea in Patagonia
Tompkins Conservation, with assistance from the Chilean parks service, has released fourteen Darwin’s rheas in Patagonia National Park to reestablish a sustainable wild population. The initiative is part of a broader plan to rewild Patagonia. Catorce ñandúes fueron...
National Geographic magazine features Tompkins Conservation
We are very honored that the May edition of National Geographic features Tompkins Conservation in an article by the renowned science writer David Quammen. The article is part of a series on The Last Wild Places, a decade-long National Geographic Society initiative...