IN PATAGONIA, A NEW REHAB CENTER PROVIDES A LIFELINE TO THE AMERICAS' MOST ENDANGERED DEER Hunting and habitat loss has made the huemul deer one of the planet’s most endangered mammals, with approximately 1500 individuals remaining in the wild. A new rehabilitation...
This special edition blog post celebrates the life and work of Douglas Tompkins, who left us ten years ago today, much too soon. Of the countless seeds he planted in rewilding, conservation, agriculture and activism, many have taken root and continue to bloom....
Rewilding Chile has inaugurated the world’s first Huemul Rescue and Rehabilitation Center adjacent to Cerro Castillo National Park, home to 10% of the remnant population of the species, which has lost 99% of its historic population throughout Patagonia. The center...
The Jaguar Rivers Initiative is the first multi-country effort to create a massive wildlife corridor in the heart of South America. Uniting successful grassroots nonprofits in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay, the initiative will restore ecosystems, bring back...
The relocation of 16 guanacos to breeding centers in three nature sanctuaries in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, will invigorate a program to breed guanacos for release in Chile’s Central Andes. The effort relies on public-private collaboration to restore ecosystems...
A recent expedition led by Rewilding Chile has encountered a new subpopulation of huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) at the southern tip of South America in the future Cape Froward National Park. The discovery offers hope for the highly endangered species on the...
The release of a family of giant river otters marks a rewilding milestone in Argentina, where the last breeding population was sighted 40 years ago. The endeavor to bring back the apex freshwater predator from national extinction has been made possible by the...
Argentina is celebrating the creation of Patagonia Azul Provincial Park, an immense coastal-marine area of 729,000 acres, roughly the size of Yosemite National Park in the US. Chubut province’s first marine provincial park, Patagonia Azul will provide crucial...
Rewilding Argentina has set free the first wild female jaguar translocated for conservation purposes in El Gran Chaco ecosystem in Argentina, where a small, all-male wild population has been dwindling. The action is a genetic lifeline to a species that was destined...
In the first international translocation of wild species for release in the Southern Cone, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, offspring organizations of Tompkins Conservation, have brought 15 Darwin’s rheas across the Andes from Patagonia Park, Argentina to...