Patagonia National Park

Patagonia National Park is an upcoming national park in the Aysén Region of Chile.

On January 29, 2018, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kris Tompkins, President and CEO of Tompkins Conservation, signed a decree creating 5 national parks, one of which will Patagonia National Park. Patagonia Park will be gifted to the Chilean state and then combined with Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve, Lago Cochrane National Reserve and other additional land to create Patagonia National Park, with a combined size of 640,000 acres (260,000 ha). [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System is Born". Pascale Bonnefoy. The New York Times. February 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation". Jonahtan Franklin. The Guardian. January 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Chile Adds 10 Million Acres of Parkland in Historic First". Elizabeth Royte and Michael Greshko. National Geographic. January 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ "President of Chile and CEO of Tompkins Conservation sign decrees creating 10 million acres of new national parks". Patagon Journal. January 29, 2018.

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