Tompkins Conservation

ON WORLD REWILDING DAY we honor a movement that has expanded to hundreds of organizations around the globe. And we celebrate the latest creature to be set free, back into the wild where she belongs: Kerana, the first female jaguar in Argentina's Gran Chaco in 35 years. To learn more, watch and read this op-ed in TIME by Kris Tompkins, our co-founder and president. #WorldRewildingDay  #HopeIntoAction Rewilding Argentina Fundación Rewilding Chile https://lnkd.in/evPx9MyS

CAPE FROWARD EXPEDITION - Chile's next national park promises wild and wooly adventures! Our team, with Kris Tompkins and Fundación Rewilding Chile, got together for a special 4-day thru-hike of this incredible region that caps the southern tip of the Americas. And we brought along NPR, so you can hear all about it: https://lnkd.in/eZZn3M_w

1st WILD JAGUAR TRANSLOCATION HAPPENS IN ARGENTINA I Miní, a wild jaguar born in the Ibera wetlands, thanks to releases from our offspring organization Rewilding Argentina, has traveled to El Impenetrable National Park, where she will be released in several months to provide a critical boost to the population of this top predator. Just one year ago, there were no female jaguars in the park. With two females released earlier this year and two more on their way, there's real hope that this species will return. None of this would be possible without the incredible teamwork behind the scenes--from wildlife trackers to veterinarians, and the support of local governments in Chaco and Corrientes and their communities. Stay tuned for more footage and stories with her coming release! This photo shows the rewilding team taking Miní's vital signs before travel.

REWILDING BEYOND BORDERS: We’re proud to share Kristine Tompkins' talk from the TED2024 mainstage in Vancouver. After three decades, Kristine Tompkins sees no slowing down. In fact, Tompkins Conservation is heading into a whole new chapter, together with our offspring orgs Rewilding Argentina and Fundación Rewilding Chile. It's an ambitious continental vision to reconnect the wild fabric of South America by rewilding beyond park boundaries and national borders. Making the case for a revolutionary vision for rewilding, Tompkins asserts, “The speed and power of climate chaos and the extinction crisis demand that we change our tactics, our commitments and our thinking yet again. And this time, at a massive scale.” Watch the full talk here: https://lnkd.in/ePdEMf6G #TED2024 #rewilding #conservation #inspiration #IdeasChangeEverything

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Thrilling progress from our offspring org Rewilding Argentina! ❤️❤️❤️

A FIRST FOR ARGENTINA! 💚 Did you know that Giant Anteaters always give birth to one offspring? It makes sense, as the mama spends many months hauling her offspring on her back through the tall grasses of the wetlands. Tompkins Conservation and Rewilding Argentina piloted the reintroduction of this species in Iberá in 2007. In fact, it was the first species that we reintroduced, and taught us a lot so that we could work on larger and more challenging species. Today, this million-acre protected wetlands has a stable population growing on its own. Every season Rewilding Argentina records new births using clues from camera traps, but this year they had a big surprise: twins! In Argentina this is the first ever record of twin giant anteater pups, added to one recorded occurrence of twin pups in Brazil. #rewilding #rewildinghope #giantanteater

UPDATES FROM THE FIELD: CHILEAN PATAGONIA Through collective action, Fundación Rewilding Chile is making great progress in large-scale ecosystem restoration and connectivity, work that is absolutely crucial if we want to counteract biodiversity loss and climate change. Check out the amazing efforts of our offspring organization in their recently released Annual Report 2023: https://lnkd.in/dBQAChgp And we share a special thanks to all who have supported, collaborated and explored with us on our mission to protect Chilean Patagonia's wild beauty! We still have a long road ahead, so come rewild with us! #tompkinsconservation #Rewildinghope #Conservation

For WORLD OCEAN DAY we’re celebrating the exciting discovery by Fundación Rewilding Chile, offspring of Tompkins Conservation, of rare red hydrocorals (Errina antarctica) in the Patagonian sea at new latitudes and depths. The incredible findings, made in concert with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, were published in Scientific Report, part of renowned journal Nature, and shed new light on Patagonia’s largely unexplored and little-understood marine ecosystems. A healthy ocean is critical to solving the climate and biodiversity crises. The discovery of these spectacular corals and the diversity of life that they harbor highlights the importance of creating marine protected areas around the world, especially in vulnerable hotspots of biodiversity, and in continuing the exploration of the Patagonia sea and other little-explored ocean regions. Who knows what other unknown wonders thrive beneath the waves? @nature_the_journal @unep @unclimatechange #OceanClimateAction #Rewilding #MarineProtection #30x30 #worldoceanday

We are bearing witness to the return of the giant river otter to Argentina in real time, and it's pure joy. On World Otter Day, join us in celebrating the largest otter species in the world! Kinetic, gregarious and inquisitive, this is one species that delights wildlife watchers. We're also celebrating the birth of a second litter of otter pups the rewilding program in Iberá Park, thanks to the work of our offspring Rewilding Argentina. Little by little, a wilder world is taking shape. #WorldOtterDay #otters #wildlife #rewilding #conservation Global Rewilding Alliance