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A technical report synthesizing the theoretical foundations, historical trajectory, empirical case studies, and strategic projections of rewilding in Chile. The document evaluates the cross-sectoral roles of the State, civil society, and international cooperation in the expansion of protected areas and species restoration. It further introduces the Andean Corridor initiative as a scalable framework for ecological restoration beyond the Chilean Patagonia.

Amplifying our conservation goals | As the climate and biodiversity crises become more evident, at Rewilding Chile we are setting even more ambitious conservation goals to respond to the urgent challenges we face.

As we reflect on 2024, we are filled with deep gratitude for the unwavering support from our community of donors, partners, and advocates. Your commitment to the protection and restoration of Chile’s wild places has been instrumental in driving meaningful progress across our projects.

Connecting Nature at Scale | We are delighted to present to you the summary of our accomplishments in 2023. As we mark three years as an independent organization, we take pride in our significant organizational growth, consolidating our teams to carry forward the remarkable conservation legacy of Kristine and Douglas Tompkins in Chile.

Patagonia National Park is one of the most important ecological restoration projects in South America. Once one of the largest cattle ranches in the Aysén region and subjected to a century of overgrazing, its ecosystems have been successfully recovering thanks to an intense rewilding project begun in 2004. Today, this remarkably emblematic park on Patagonia’s Route of Parks hosts one of the highest levels of terrestrial biodiversity in the Aysén region. (2022)

We are Rewilding Chile, a non-profit organization, a legacy of Tompkins Conservation. In the early 1990s, our founders, Kristine and Douglas Tompkins, decided to dedicate their lives to conserving the beauty and biodiversity of Chilean Patagonia to counteract the crisis of species extinction and climate change. Three decades later, we continue to push this same vision: without healthy ecosystems, with all its species and complexity of relationships and processes, there is little opportunity for the human and non-human worlds to flourish.

30 years restoring ecosystems in Patagonia.

Getting wild a step forward

A quarter-century retrospective of Tompkins Conservation’s diverse range of conservation initiatives directed by Kristine and Douglas Tompkins to create parklands, conserve biodiversity, restore degraded lands, reintroduce missing species, encourage environmental activism, and promote ecological agriculture. Principal Writer and Editor is Tom Butler. (2016)

A trip through the pages of this book celebrates the beauty of the rich, varied Patagonian countryside that the extraordinary Carretera Austral (Southern Road) opens to the traveler. Principal Text by Lito Tejada-Flores with essays by Rolando Toloza, Douglas Tompkins, Tom Butler, Ingrid Espinoza. Photography by Linde Waidhofer. Published in Spanish in 2012 and in English in 2013 by Ocho Libros Editores. (2012)

Designated in 2005 by President Ricardo Lagos, the park was born of an innovative public-private collaboration spurred by a land donation from The Conservation Land Trust and Peter Buckley. Photography by Antonio Vizcaíno. Contributors include Ricardo Lagos, Douglas Tompkins, Carlos Cuevas, Juan Emilio Cheyre, and Tom Butler. Published in 2012 by The Conservation Land Trust, distributed by Goff Editions. (2005)

Established in 2017, Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park is an incredible million-acre expanse of ancient forest, waterfalls and wild coast. The first park conservation project created and designed by Douglas Tompkins, today it bears his name. This collection of essays from president Michelle Bachelet, biologist E.O. Wilson and others celebrates this great conservation success story. Photography by Antonio Vizcaíno and Linde Waidhofer. Contributors include E.O. Wilson, Michelle Bachelet, Kristine Tompkins, Carolina Morgado, Ingrid Espinoza, and Tom Butler. (2020)

The second major national park in Chile resulting from the conservation philanthropy of Doug and Kris Tompkins, Yendegaia covers roughly 372,000 acres between existing parks in Chile and Argentina, establishing a globally significant transboundary protected area. Photography by Antonio Vizcaíno. Contributors include Douglas Tompkins, Sebastián Piñera, Hernán Mladinic Alonso, and Nícolo Gligo Viel. (2015)

A pictorial history of the architectural restoration of the southern gateway village to Pumalín Douglas Tompkins Park. (2019)

Advancing nature-based solutions to the extinction and climate crises

They belong to the family of ratites. They can't fly, but they run fast, reaching up to 70 kms/hr!

It is the largest deer in Chile. They measure up to 80-90 cm high to the withers and weight between 60 and 90 kg. They can live uo to 12-14 years.