YES, the Chilean Law No. 21.600, published in September 2023, which creates the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service (SBAP), establishes, among others, the categories of National Parks and Multiple Use Conservation Areas. Both categories [...]
The project will ensure definitive protection through two “legal” figures, which, acting in synergy, will achieve the conservation of environmental and cultural values, while also allowing the use of certain areas for community development: [...]
Establish a strict and permanent conservation category for the portion of the territory that houses fragile ecosystems such as primary forests, headwaters, and endangered species such as the huemul deer and Patagonian cypress. This area [...]
No, they are different areas. The recently established Valle de Cochamó Nature Sanctuary only protects 11,400 hectares located in the northern sector of the Cochamó Valley (which corresponds to a state-owned property). The Conserva [...]
It is urgent to conserve Puchegüín because it is a private property of high ecological and cultural value that has gone through several owners throughout its history, including a forestry company. Today, as it [...]
Puchegüín has more than 58,819 hectares of primary temperate forests —in alarming decline worldwide—, playing a crucial role in the fight against climate change. Of this total, 17,737 hectares are forests of Patagonian cypress, the [...]
The Fundo Puchegüín is a private property of 132,879 hectares located in the Cochamó commune, in the Los Lagos Region. Iconic places of the Cochamó Valley — such as the Anfiteatro, Trinidad, and El Arco [...]
The organizations that make up the alliance are Puelo Patagonia, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Freyja Foundation, Patagonia Inc., and Wyss Foundation. Puelo Patagonia brings deep knowledge and solid experience in Cochamó, combined with a [...]
Conserva Puchegüín is an initiative driven by five organizations with the goal of acquiring and implementing a conservation plan to protect 133,000 hectares located in the Cochamó commune, in the Los Lagos region. The [...]
