Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife

A native forest, during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

CAPE FROWARD, Chile, Dec 19 (Reuters) - ‌At the edge of the world map, where land turns into ‌subantarctic forests, icy seas and glaciers, Chile is preparing to create ‌a national park to protect endangered wildlife and unique ecosystems.

The proposed Cape FrowardNational Park, on the Brunswick Peninsula at the southern tip of the Americas, would span roughly 150,000 hectares ‍of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline facing the ‍Strait of Magellan.