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...
Two cubs born of wild jaguar parentage in the Chaco region will bring genetic diversity to a nearby population of reintroduced jaguars in Northeast Argentina’s Corrientes Province, where Rewilding Argentina's first-of-a-kind rewilding program is restoring the top...
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...
The first wild birth of jaguars has been documented after the species went locally extinct in Northeast Argentina’s Corrientes Province 70 years ago, the product of two jaguars from Rewilding Argentina's first-of-a-kind rewilding program. After the recent release of...
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...
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...
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...
Fire crews from Rewilding Argentina, the Province of Corrientes, Argentine National Parks and other organizations are battling out-of-control fires affecting wildlife and important ecosystems in Iberá Park, one of South America’s largest wetlands. Corrientes,...
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...
In early 2022, the legislature of Tierra del Fuego is slated to vote on a proposal to protect Argentina’s Peninsula Mitre. Rewilding Argentina, Tompkins Conservation and the Global Peatlands Initiative support the urgent protection of this valuable global ecosystem...