Chile announces biological corridor to protect endangered deer


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Mar 2023

A general view of a Cabo Froward area that could be donated by Tompkins Conservation and Foundation Rewilding Chile, to create a future conservation area and a National Park in the Punta Arenas commune, at Magallanes region, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on March 3, 2023. Rewilding Fundation Chile/Handout via REUTERS

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile launched a program on Monday to protect the huemul, an endangered southern deer, by creating a biological corridor that includes an area recently donated by the family of the late philanthropist and founder of the North Face, Douglas Tompkins.

The Rewilding Chile Foundation, Tompkins' legacy, along with Chile's Ministry of Agriculture, said that the "Huemul National Corridor" will be made up of approximately 16 connected, state-protected areas alongside other private conservation initiatives.

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