President Gabriel Boric met with Kristine Tompkins on March 1 to move forward with a proposed donation of 230,000 acres on behalf of Tompkins Conservation and Rewilding Chile toward the creation of a future national park on Cape Froward. The forthcoming process of...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...