Conservation

Saving endangered Darwin’s rhea in Patagonia

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 14:17 Conservation

Tompkins Conservation (May 12, 2020, COCHRANE, CHILE) – A new flock of Darwin’s rhea is now roaming the steppe of Patagonia National Park, after a successful upbringing in an onsite reintroduction center dedicated to this threatened species. The fourth release of Darwin’s rheas within the park took place with essential staff exercising the sanitary precautions recommended during the COVID-19 outbreak. A small act of hope during a time of confinement for most of the planet, it is part of an ambitious rewilding program that seeks to restore complete and healthy ecosystems by strengthening vulnerable populations of native fauna.

Online: Puelo Reserva de Agua book

Thursday, 02 April 2020 17:25 Conservation

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.

The Puelo River moves a big step closer to being declared a water reserve by Chile

Tuesday, 10 December 2019 18:43 Conservation

Rio 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.

Wild rivers: A law to conserve and restore them

Sunday, 01 September 2019 20:27 Conservation

Puelo 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.

Endangered huemul sited in the Puelo Valley

Friday, 31 May 2019 17:19 Conservation

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