Conservation

Online: Puelo Reserva de Agua book

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The conservation group Puelo Patagonia has just released the PDF version of their photo book “Puelo: Reserva de Agua” online for free.
 
“Because the most important thing is that all of us stay at home but don’t lose contact with nature, we want to give to everyone the book Puelo Reserva de Agua in digital format, so that everyone can enjoy this trip along the Puelo River and know the reasons why it is so urgent to preserve one of the last rivers in the world that still flows free,” said the group.
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The Puelo River moves a big step closer to being declared a water reserve by Chile

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Rio Puelo watershed. Photo: Jimmy Langman/Patagon JournalRio Puelo watershed. Photo: Jimmy Langman/Patagon Journal
 
 
By Caterinna del Rio Giovannini
 
The Puerto Varas-based conservation group Puelo Patagonia has achieved a major breakthrough in their efforts to convince the government to declare the Puelo River watershed an official “water reserve.” Located in the province of Cochamó, the celebrated river moved a big step closer to long-term protection thanks to the Chilean hydroelectric company Hidroner SpA, which this week committed to returning the equivalent of almost 50 percent of water rights on the river (717.4 m3/s) to the Chilean government.
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Wild rivers: A law to conserve and restore them

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Puelo River. Photo: Alvaro MontañaPuelo River. Photo: Alvaro Montaña
 
 
By Macarena Soler
 
Editors note: The following is from Issue 20.
 
Seen from space, the Earth is mostly blue. It is estimated that close to 70 percent of the surface is covered by water, and the oceans contain a little more than 96 percent of all the water on the planet. Just 3 percent of the water on the globe is fresh water, and part of that is found in rivers, which are essential and irreplaceable for maintaining terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
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Endangered huemul sited in the Puelo Valley

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A box that safeguards the soul of national parks

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Photo: Amigos de los Parques de ChilePhoto: Amigos de los Parques de Chile
 
 
By Eugenio Rengifo
 
Recently, we lived a historic moment at Pumalin Douglas Tompkins Park, one that is laden with meaning for us as Chileans and for the entire planet. The parks “Patagonia” and “Pumalin Douglas Tompkins” were finally handed over to government of Chile and its citizens. During the ceremony celebrating the final transfer of the parks, their donor, Kris Tompkins, wanted to give Amigos de los Parques (Friends of the Parks) a symbolic and concrete mission, materialized in a box with each of the elements of the rainforest found at Pumalin.
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