(The future National Park)
The region of Patagonia that spans much of the southern region of South America is one of the last truly pristine and wild places left in the world today. In my opinion it is the most beautiful place I have ever seen.
Patagonia is currently being threatened by numerous ecologically damaging factors, one of which being plans to place massive damns on two of largest rivers in the region. The organization, Conservacion Patagonica, is devoted to creating a massive wild life preserve which will protect not only the land, but also the many ecosystems that are being threatened in this region.
It has been the goal of the Chilean Government to unite the entire region under one large National Park, but lack of funds have prevented this. Concervacion Patagonica plans to obtain the last portion of land necessary to unite this region (The Chacabuco Valley), and then donate it to the Chilean Government. The combination of Conservacion Patagonica's Chacabuco Valley, and the Chilean Governments Tamango and Jeinimeni National Reserves, will upgrade the three tracts of lands from Reserves to one large National Park. This will increase the level of protection over the entire region. The picture above maps the three respective tracts of land.
http://www.conservacionpatagonica.org/index.htm
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