Tag: Tompkins Foundation

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Tompkins Foundation donates Chile a million acres for two newly created national parks

  

  The foundation created by the late creator of U.S. clothing brands Esprit and The North Face turned over 407,000 hectares (1 million acres) of forest, mountain, lakes and glaciers in Patagonia to the government of Chile on Friday, the Tompkins Conservation Foundation said.

• Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 08:10 UTC

  Chile expands Patagonia national parks with Tompkins Foundation donation

  

  Chile set aside 11 million acres of land for national parks aided by the largest private land donation from a private entity to a country. The conservation effort of the Tompkins Foundation helped pave the way for Chile to greatly expand its conservation of the pristine Patagonia wilderness.