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Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild Chile – the country’s biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel.
Background
Chile made great strides in land and sea protections in 2017, expanding the country’s national park system by more than 3.3 million acres.
Headlines
Lithium, the Environment and a Green Constitution? Historical Moment in Chile Merits Global Attention
Chile’s new ‘route of parks’ aims to save the wild beauty of Patagonia
Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)
ieb-chile.cl
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Parks
conaf.cl/noticias/parques
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Rewilding Chile
rewildingchile.org
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Ruta de los Parques
Ruta escénica de 2800 kms con 17 parques nacionales y más de 60 comunidades aledañas, donde la conservación es un motor para las economías locales. // 2800 km scenic route with 17 national parks and more than 60 surrounding communities, where conservation is an engine for local economies.
rutadelosparques.org
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Elsewhere on the Web
Geoturismo Chile – Facebook
Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalista
revchilhistnat.biomedcentral.com – The rare Fuegian fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) from Tierra del Fuego
Marine Parks
Chile designated several new #MPAs in 2017, adding a total of 312,734 km² of protected sites within its national waters, the largest of which is the Mar de Juan Fernández Marine and Coastal Protected Area
https://protectedplanet.net/555626055
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Torres del Paine National Park
“We Just Want To Be Tourists”
supporttdp.org/projects
rnap.mma.gob.cl/gef-snap
Amigos
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Alerce Andino
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Wikipedia
Tompkins
No se lo pierdan ¡Este jueves 15 de abril a las 11:00 horas a través del Instagram Live de TompkinsConserv
instagram.com/tompkinsconservationchile
Pew Trusts
Chilean Patagonia
The Challenges of Conserving Chilean Patagonia (available as PDF)
FIMA
ONG. Desde 1998 trabajando para ser un aporte significativo a la política, la legislación y el acceso a la justicia ambiental en Chile // Since 1998, working to make a significant contribution to environmental policy, legislation, and access to environmental justice in Chile.
fima.cl
Patagonia Park
patagoniapark.org
Wikipedia
Simpson River National Reserve // La Reserva Nacional Río Simpson
National reserve of southern Chile’s Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. It is named after the Simpson River, a tributary of the Aysén River. It is one of the protected wild areas, administered by the National Forestry Corporation. One of the best rivers for fly fishing. Located 25 km west of Coyhaique.
Wikipedia
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Chile
Valdivian temperate rain forest
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