The transformation of a cattle ranch into a conservation territory and the creation of the southernmost national park on the continent were presented by Rewilding Chile during the opening of the “Rewilding Futures: Shaping Tomorrow’s Wild” conference …
This participatory initiative aims to characterize the communities of mycorrhizal fungi associated with the ancient trees of the protected area. Alongside scientists leading the research, local tour guides and educators actively participated.
The initiative considered a complete training process focused on local guides to deepen their knowledge related to protected areas, rewilding and tourism experiences.
This finding reveals a rarely documented interaction between species, providing insight into possible adaptive strategies of birds in cold climates.
It concerns Puerto Gallant, located south of the Brunswick Peninsula, adjacent to the 93,492 hectares already offered in March 2024.
Under the brand “Correntoso, Forest Artisans”, a collective of weavers from communities near the protected area unveiled their final collection. This milestone is the result of a training program led by Fundación Rewilding Chile in collaboration with …
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.
To commemorate the protected area's first anniversary, we organized a series of free, community-focused activities emphasizing biodiversity conservation.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
The publication celebrates the creation of this protected area, thanks to donations from Tompkins Conservation and contributions from the State.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Through a cooperation agreement, Fundación Rewilding Chile and Reserva Quimán enrich the genetic diversity of the rheas of the Aysén Region.
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.
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 …
Young people from 11 to 15 years of age applied concepts learned in outdoor education to spot a specimen in the winter season.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Following in the footsteps of the huemul with the residents of Villa Cerro Castillo
More than 150 people participated in talks and a community outing where they learned more about life millions of years ago in this territory.
Through images and interactive maps we show you the work we do to know its beauty and also its threats!
This was the second activity developed by Fundación Rewilding Chile and the School of Architecture of Universidad San Sebastián.
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 …
Read the column by Ingrid Espinoza León, Conservation Director of Fundación Rewilding Chile.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Read the column from Carolina Morgado, Executive Director of Rewilding Chile Foundation.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
Read the column from Carolina Morgado, Executive Director of Rewilding Chile Foundation.
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 …
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.
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 …
