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Photo by @bethjwald // The world celebrates with Chile at the addition of ten million acres to their National Park system and the creation of two new National Parks – Patagonia National Park in the Aysen region of Patagonian Chile (in this photo), and Pumalin National Park in Palena Province. Such an incredible conservation success - preserving some of the world’s most beautiful and wild places - total area as large as Switzerland- and its biodiversity! This historic decree, made on January 29, 2018, is the largest act of wildlands philanthropy and park creation ever made, and is the result of 25 years of effort and work by Kris and Doug Tompkins and their dedicated team at Tompkins Conservation, as well as the vision and support of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Chile’s National Parks. In total, five new parks will be created, including Tompkins Conservation’s flagship parks, Pumalin Park and Patagonia Park, and three others will be expanded, an incredible legacy of wild lands preserved for all. Doug Tompkins, one of the world’s most visionary conservationists, started his work in Chile in 1991 by buying land to conserve endangered temperate rainforest and its thousand year-old alerce trees, in Palena Province, south of Puerto Montt. He was joined in this work by Kris McDivitt Tompkins, his wife and partner, and against many odds, created Pumalin Park, which protects 715,000 acres of Valdivian rainforest and numerous endemic species. And that was just the beginning! Doug and Kris have protected 2.2 million acres of forest, steppe, mountains, wetlands and critical wildlife habitat in Chile and Argentina, helped to create numerous national parks, have worked to keep rivers in Patagonia flowing free and un-dammed, and inspired thousands to work for protection of wild lands and creatures. Doug died in a kayaking accident just north of Patagonia Park in 2015, but his energy and spirit is with all of us today – for those of us who love the wildlands of southern Chile, he will remain forever in its incredible spaces with their huge skies and soaring peaks. For more information- www.tompkinsconservatin.org, www.patagoniapark.org, www.pumalinpark.o

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