A new national park
for the region of Magallanes
One of our main conservation projects today is the creation of the new Cabo Froward National Park, located at the southernmost point of the continent, 62 km southwest of Punta Arenas.
In 2021, thanks to the support of Tompkins Conservation and a group of nine Chilean and international philanthropists, we acquired 93,492 hectares and we are working with the government to ensure that this territory acquires the greatest possible protection, triggering additional protection on public lands.
Cape Froward has large areas of native forest, with the presence of Guaitecas cypress, the southernmost conifer on the planet, and large areas of peatlands, one of the most efficient ecosystems in carbon sequestration. It is also the last continental habitat of the huemul deer, and is adjacent to the southernmost nesting site of the Ruddy-headed goose, both endangered species. Likewise, this place stands out for its cultural value and history, marked by the presence of ancestral cultures such as the Kawésqar people.
Its vast coastline in the Strait of Magellan is home to sei and humpback whales and lush kelp forests, one of the key sub-Antarctic ecosystems for the maintenance of biodiversity, as well as for the absorption of CO2.
The Cape Froward project is part of our next generation of large-scale conservation, a concrete, high-impact step towards conserving at least 30% of the land and ocean by 2030. Cape Froward seeks to trigger the maximum possible conservation, on land and at sea.
