Located in the Aysén region of Chilean Patagonia, the new Patagonia Park Museum and Visitor Center combines the aesthetics of a nineteenth century museum of natural history with modern technology and attractive, interactive elements. Why National Parks? This is the...
Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, President of Tompkins Conservation, was honored for her "Lifetime Contribution to the Wildlands of Chile" at the North American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce’s (NACCC) 100th anniversary celebration. Various authorities—such as the Ambassador...
Tompkins Conservation and Imagen de Chile launched an initiative that seeks to promote Chilean Patagonia’s scenic 1,700-mile route, located between Puerto Montt and Cape Horn, and its 17 national parks and more than 60 surrounding communities. Let Chile be recognized...
President of Tompkins Conservation supports the expansion of the concept of “peace” to include peace between humans and the non-human world VATICAN CITY (July 6, 2018) — Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, President and Cofounder of Tompkins Conservation, met with Pope...
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...