Patagonia National Park: Chile: Chile
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Andean condors soaring over snow-capped mountains. Waving grasslands where herds of guanacos roam. Mountain lions haunting the shadows . . . Patagonia National Park offers an extraordinary combination of natural beauty and abundant wildlife.
Centered on southern Chiles Chacabuco Valley, it showcases the fascinating natural and cultural history of this amazing windswept region at the end of the world. The park exists today due to a committed team of conservationists who forged an innovative publicprivate partnership catalyzed by private philanthropyIn Patagonia National Park: Chile, photographer Linde Waidhofer captures the regions singular beauty. For more than a decade Waidhofer witnessed this national parks foundersKristine McDivitt Tompkins, the late Douglas Tompkins, and the Tompkins Conservation teamas they shepherded the lands transition from former sheep ranch to world-class national park.With contributions from former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, Yvon Chouinard, and others, Patagonia National Park: Chile invites readers to experience a place that is protected foremost as the home to its wild residents, and that offers human visitors a chance to reconnect with the lands natural rhythms. Beyond this, the parks creation is a globally notable example of rewilding, of helping nature heal, and ultimately of holding onto wild, radical hope for a future when all of lifes diversity, including people, has freedom to flourish and continue to evolve. See more
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€40.49
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€44.99
Will deliver when available. Publication date 13 Jun 2024