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Unusual sighting of a Huemul deer on the Magellan Coast raises hopes of discovering a new subpopulation of this endangered species

The sighting occurred during a scientific expedition conducted by Rewilding Chile in the area that will become the future Cape Froward National Park, located at the southernmost point of the American continent.

Community Involvement

Winter festival celebrates Cerro Castillo National Park anniversary

To commemorate the protected area's first anniversary, we organized a series of free, community-focused activities emphasizing biodiversity conservation.

Creación de Parques

The discovery of rare red hydrocorals forests offers new insight into Chile’s little-known patagonian sea and a call for its protection

Working with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, the marine program of Rewilding Chile has discovered red hydrocorals in Chile’s Kawésqar National Marine Reserve, located in the Strait of Magellan. This rare and fragile species fosters one of the mos …

Community Involvement

Defenders of Cerro Castillo National Park: Building a Story About the Huemul

Accompanied by a professional photographer and environmental educators, young people from Villa Cerro Castillo participated in the first field activity of this educational program developed by the community outreach area of the Rewilding Chile Foundation.

Community Involvement

40 Tourism and Conservation Guides Accredited in Alerce Andino and Patagonia National Parks

This pioneering initiative in our country included a comprehensive training process focused on local guides to deepen their knowledge related to protected areas, rewilding, and quality tourist experiences.

Community Involvement

Chaitén Community Commemorates 16 Years Since the Volcanic Eruption with Educational Activity at the Site Museum

As part of the Friends of Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park program, promoted by Rewilding Chile, residents learned about geology and reflected on this natural event that changed Chaitén's history.

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Tompkins Conservation places archive at the Stanford University Libraries in support of ongoing field studies and research in Chile and Argentina

These historical, legal, and scientific records will directly benefit the faculty and students who are continuing Stanford's longstanding tradition of conducting field studies and research in Chile and Argentina, as well as those interested in land conserv …

Creación de Parques

Rewilding Chile launched the book “Patagonia National Park,” Chile’s rewilding milestone.

The publication celebrates the creation of this protected area, thanks to donations from Tompkins Conservation and contributions from the State.

Creation of Parks

Rewilding Chile signs protocol to create a national park at the tip of the Americas

The government of Chile is taking steps to protect Cape Froward, a remote wilderness on the coast of the Brunswick Peninsula, the southernmost point of the South American continent.

Creación de Parques

Tompkins Conservation, Rewilding Chile, and Conaf inaugurated an innovative visitor center in Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park

Through an interactive experience, this space will allow visitors to learn about the history and ecological attributes of this park located in the Lakes Region.

Wildlife

Recovering the rhea in Patagonia National Park: 10 years of collaborative public-private work

The Patagonian steppe in Aysén received 23 new rheas thanks to a collaborative program that celebrates a decade of restoring the ecosystems of the national park.

Community Involvement

An agreement was signed to strengthen the economic development of the communities along the Route of the Parks of Patagonia

Fundación Artesanías de Chile and Fundación Rewilding Chile signed an advantageous agreement that will preserve local creative techniques while increasing the economic development of artisans in the Los Lagos region.

Wildlife

Freed Andean condors to provide a window into wild behavior in pristine areas

Four Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) released in Patagonia National Park will give researchers visibility into the Patagonian population of the largest flying bird in the world. This latest rewilding effort is a public and private collaboration between the …

Community Involvement

Art, sport, education and nature: Celebrating five years of Patagonia National Park

This free event was developed by the Friends of Patagonia National Park Programme of Fundación Rewilding Chile, in conjunction with local groups, who brought this special birthday to life.

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Celebrating 41 years of the Alerce Andino National Park in style

Art exhibitions and workshops, talks, walks with magnifying glasses, Lambe Lambe theatre, and a lot of enthusiasm from the participants were the highlights of the celebration of a new year of life in the park.

Wildlife

Rescuing Aysén’s rheas

Through a cooperation agreement, Fundación Rewilding Chile and Reserva Quimán enrich the genetic diversity of the rheas of the Aysén Region.

Community Involvement

Training tourism and conservation guides in Chile Chico: the value of sharing the life experience of a mountaineer

The program was launched with Patricia Soto, a renowned mountain guide and instructor, who was the first Chilean to climb Everest and complete the challenge of the seven summits.

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Cutting-edge technology in Patagonia National Park: Real-time monitoring with artificial intelligence camera traps

The camera traps, strategically installed in the Tamango sector of the protected area, have solar panels and batteries that give them great autonomy. In addition, they are equipped with antennas that allow connection to the cellular network, which enables …

Community Involvement

Defenders of Cerro Castillo National Park: Education and recreation in the home of the huemul

Young people from 11 to 15 years of age applied concepts learned in outdoor education to spot a specimen in the winter season.

Community Involvement

Friends of Cerro Castillo National Park: Getting to know the huemul habitat with minimal impact

Local communities joined us in exploring the Las Horquetas sector of the park. With the collaboration of NOLS school, we snowshoed and learned the Leave No Trace principles.

Community Involvement

Creative Laboratories in Patagonia National Park: contributing to the development of a textile identity in Chile Chico

The icy wind coming from the lake, the colors of the steppe, and the textures of the local cactus all were the inspiration for eight women artisans from the commune of Chile Chico who were part of the first textile laboratory "Crafts and Nature: Creative L …

Creation of Parks

Expedition to Bahía Inútil: discovering its unknown ecological value

Led by Ingrid Espinoza, Conservation Director of Rewilding Chile, we conducted a new expedition in the Strait of Magellan with a team of marine biologists and photographers to register the biodiversity of Bahía Inútil (useless bay in English), which is f …

Creation of Parks

Conaf Magallanes And Rewilding Chile Foundation Sign Collaboration Agreement

Earlier this year Rewilding Chile announced the donation of 93,000 hectares to create a new national park in Magallanes. The agreement seeks to protect and restore the Magallanes region's biodiversity, the continental huemul's southernmost refuge.

Community Involvement

Following in the footsteps of the huemul with the residents of Villa Cerro Castillo

Following in the footsteps of the huemul with the residents of Villa Cerro Castillo

Community Involvement

Chilechiquenses traveled back in time to learn about the flora and fauna of their past

More than 150 people participated in talks and a community outing where they learned more about life millions of years ago in this territory.

Creation of Parks

Dive into the coasts, fjords, channels and bays of the Patagonian Sea through Esri Storymap

Through images and interactive maps we show you the work we do to know its beauty and also its threats!

Community Involvement

Defenders of the Alerce Andino National Park: Schoolchildren learned about the water cycle

This was the second activity developed by Fundación Rewilding Chile and the School of Architecture of Universidad San Sebastián.

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New partnership will help rewild Chilean Patagonia

In this crucial decade for Ecosystem Restoration, protecting primary ecosystems and climate refuges is more urgent than ever. The partnership between Ecological Restoration Fund and Rewilding Chile will support the conservation strategy in Chilean Patagoni …

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The value of our macroalgal forests

Read the column by Ingrid Espinoza León, Conservation Director of Fundación Rewilding Chile.

Community Involvement

Schoolchildren from the coast of the Reloncaví Sound and the Chamiza River Valley learned about fungi in an outdoor class

This is the first activity this year with students, which is part of the Friends of the Alerce Andino National Park Program of Fundación Rewilding Chile.

Creation of Parks

Beagle Channel: Exploring the end of the world

For ten days, we sailed the southernmost area of Chile to the south of the Beagle Channel, registering its unique and vibrant ecosystems due to the confluence of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Antarctic oceans. A beautiful explosion of life and vibrant colors!

Community Involvement

“Friends of Cerro Castillo National Park” outreach program began with the participation of neighbors and teachers

This is the first activity of this program of Fundación Rewilding Chile, which seeks to strengthen the link between the community and this protected area.

Community Involvement

Chile Chico community supports CONAF in fauna monitoring

Through installing camera traps, an essential tool to know the status of wildlife, local residents could experience the work that Conaf has been doing since 2018 in Patagonia National Park.

Wildlife

Protecting and enhancing wildlife populations could be a global warming game changer

New science published today reveals that protecting and enhancing the populations of even a limited number of wildlife species could help to keep rising global temperatures below the critical 1.5 °C threshold, while simultaneously reversing biodiversity d …

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Successful premiere of “Wild Life”, the movie by National Geographic Documentary Films about Kristine and Douglas Tompkins

The Minister of National Assets, Javiera Toro, and the Minister of Environment, Maisa Rojas, were among the more than 1000 people who saw the documentary at the two screenings in Santiago. Directed by Oscar winners Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Wild Lif …

Wildlife

The New Chilean Huemul Corridor: Saving a Species on the Brink

Reduced to only 1% of its historic population, the huemul deer, an emblematic species found on Chile’s coat of arms, has reached critical status. In response, a public-private initiative endeavors to restore biological corridors for the species along Pat …

Creation of Parks

President Boric and Kristine Tompkins met on the proposal to create the first National Park for the commune of Punta Arenas

Fundación Rewilding Chile and Tompkins Conservation propose donating a property of 93,492 thousand hectares, Cabo Froward, near Punta Arenas, to create this protected area. This new National Park would contribute to the 30/30 goal assumed by Chile at Cop1 …

Wildlife

First images of the Collaborative Feline Program reveal de secrets of the wildlife in Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park

The records are the first obtained after the removal of 100 camera traps that were installed in 2021 in different corners of the National Park, thanks to the joint work of Rewilding Chile, Panthera, an international organization that works for the conserva …

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New rewilding adventure: Rescue and adoption of newborn rheas

Thanks to the collaborative work between Estancia Baño Nuevo, the organization Reserva Quimán and Fundación Rewilding Chile, a group of newborn wild rheas will help reverse the local extinction of the species in Patagonia National Park.

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Community Involvement

“Defenders of Patagonia National Park”: connecting the youth of Chile Chico with the value of protected areas

The program, facilitated by "Descubriendo," environmental educators from the city of Cochrane, sought to strengthen the bond between the students of the Luisa Rabanal high school and the national park and to generate learning about the biodiversity it harb …

Community Involvement

Celebrating Patagonia National Park’s 4th Anniversary with the community

Together with the neighbors of Chile Chico, we organized a festival to celebrate the 4th anniversary of Patagonia National Park and the first year of the community outreach program “Friends of Patagonia National Park” in early December.

Community Involvement

Ten years of public funding committed to consolidating the Route of Parks vision

The Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) announced 10-year public funding for developing the “Route of Parks strategic macro regional project”, involving the 3 regions composing the Route of Parks of Chilean Patagonia.

Wildlife

New marine expedition: exploring the waters of the end of the world

Our team carried out a 10- day marine expedition in the Beagle Channel and the waters of the projected Yaganes Marine Park, one of the eight no-take marine zones we aim to create to augment from 1 to 10% the protection of the coastal waters of Patagonia.

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Opinions

A year not to forget

Read the column from Carolina Morgado, Executive Director of Rewilding Chile Foundation.

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Wildlife

Rewild the Planet

The Global Rewilding Alliance calls on the delegates of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Montreal, Canada, 7-19 December, to adopt a new functional approach to safeguarding nature on the planet.

Creation of Parks

Rewilding Chile expands its conservation work in the region of Magallanes

Just as we have collaborated with the State to create national parks along the Route of Parks of Patagonia before, we want to continue working on large-scale conservation, including the Magallanes region.

Wildlife

Chilean national parks featured in Netflix documentary series narrated by Obama

'Our Greatest National Parks' is the name of the five-episode production that invites viewers to celebrate and discover our planet's most powerful national parks and wild places.

Community Involvement

Discover the Passport of the Route of Parks of Patagonia

This unique initiative in Chile contains essential information to discover the unmissable places of each national park on the Route and the local communities. The invitation is to continue visiting the national parks during the low season.

Wildlife

Rehabilitated Andean condors released in Patagonia National Park

Pumalín and Liquiñe are two condors that completed their rehabilitation process in the Aysén region. 70% of Chile's condor population is in Patagonia, the largest condor hotspot in the American continent.

Opinions

Huemul: keystone species for restoring the planet

Read the column from Carolina Morgado, Executive Director of Rewilding Chile Foundation.

Wildlife

New wildcat monitoring program at Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park

Through a public-private collaboration between CONAF (Chilean National Forestry Service) and Rewilding Chile, 100 trap cameras will be installed in different locations in the national park, thanks to a donation by Panthera, an international NGO that promot …

Wildlife

Rescued condors will be liberated at Patagonia National Park

Two Andean Condors were rescued in 2020 and will be taken on December to the Patagonia National Park to acclimatize to the area before liberation. The Patagonia NP area concentrates the most significant population of Condors in South America.

Wildlife

Creating a Huemul Rescue Center in Cerro Castillo National Park

The new project is a combined effort driven by the Intersectoral Commission for Huemuls, composed of CONAF, SAG, and Fundación Rewilding Chile. It’s an unprecedented private-public collaboration in Chile for the recovery of a species. The Huemul Rescue …

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Rewilding Chile is launched

After leading conservation efforts in Chilean Patagonia for over 28 years, the nonprofit created by Kristine and Douglas Tompkins launches a new name to reflect the central role of large-scale ecological restoration in fighting the biodiversity crisis and …