REFOREST PATAGONIA: Patagonia Sur partners with the Chilean government in groundbreaking public-private campaign to plant 1,000,000 trees
In Patagonia, nearly 7.5 million acres of native forest have been destroyed by fire and human intervention over the past 100 years. This year, a massive wildfire destroyed more than 42,000 acres in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, which UNESCO declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1978. This tragedy inspired the creation of [...]
Cutting edge eco-tourism in Chile’s last lonely wilderness
Canada’s second-largest newspaper, The Globe and Mail, features Patagonia Sur: Gordon Pitts The Globe and Mail Published Saturday, April 21, 2012 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/travel-other-destinations/cutting-edge-eco-tourism-in-chiles-last-lonely-wilderness/article2408904/ In the dark dense rain forest of Chilean Patagonia, I am retracing the steps of Charles Darwin, in a search for the freak of a frog that bears his name. The charming quirk [...]
Santiago’s Peñalolén municipality partners with Patagonia Sur to offset part of its carbon footprint
Peñalolén Neutralizes some of its Carbon Footprint En Español: http://www.penalolen.cl/noticia/penalolen-neutralizara-parte-de-su-huella-de-carbono The service is voluntary and those interested may calculate the emissions generated by their vehicle, home, or the specific activity they would like to neutralize or offset to help create the “Peñalolén Forest” in Patagonia. The municipality of Peñalolén has launched a program to neutralize [...]
