Peninsula Mitre – A Rare Global Climate Win

Peninsula Mitre – A Rare Global Climate Win

In Argentina, legislators of Tierra del Fuego Province have passed a law to permanently protect Peninsula Mitre. The last tip of the continent, it’s home to intact kelp forests and one of the largest peat reserves of South America, two powerhouse ecosystems crucial to...

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See the Power of Rewilding

See the Power of Rewilding

Tompkins Conservation, with help from Esri, is launching our first story map, an interactive form of storytelling, to share our own hopeful experience with rewilding. What’s at stake with the global biodiversity crisis? Everything. Latin America's biodiversity is down...

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Macaws Released in Wildfire-Sticken Wetlands

Macaws Released in Wildfire-Sticken Wetlands

Following massive wildfires that devastated the Argentine province of Corrientes in early 2022, five red-and-green macaws–a species extinct until recently in Argentina–join a founding population of released macaws that can help regenerate native forest in the Iberá...

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Red-footed tortoises return!

Red-footed tortoises return!

In the largest international rewilding effort to date in South America, a group of red-footed tortoises is being released in El Impenetrable National Park. Argentina’s largest land turtle is considered ecologically extinct there. Following the country’s first...

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New on NETFLIX: Our Great National Parks

New on NETFLIX: Our Great National Parks

A new 5-part Netflix series, OUR GREAT NATIONAL PARKS, executive produced and narrated by Barack Obama, is now on the streaming service! The series features the spectacular wildlife and landscape of Patagonia National Park and other parks along the Route of Parks in...

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The Flight of the Condors

The Flight of the Condors

On February 12, 2022, two Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) were released in Patagonia National Park. Satellite transmitters tracking their movements will provide vital details about their behavior, movements and relationships which can help us to create more effective...

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