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it s been one outcome from the largest private land donation in history to create a conservation project on a vast scale. myjourney to its heart takes me six hours in a 4x4. so, we ve blown a tire and, as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. we ve hit one of these huge potholes and i guess that s part of the story of tourism here. you know, the infrastructure is still a work in progress. but, fortunately, all the locals have been super helpful. for two american philanthropists, doug and kris tompkins, the route of parks was just one part of a decades long project in both chile and argentinian patagonia. over the course of 30 years, doug, kris and the tompkins conversation 0rganisation bought 2 million acres of land across chile and argentina.
them within the space of a quarter of an hour. and here we are and we re able to get this close to them. doug tompkins sadly never saw his plan with crist finalised, as he passed away in 2015. a good friend of mine from new york city wrote to me just a few days after he died, and she said, look, you have a choice here. you can be the long suffering widow or you can get out of bed and go do these things. and she was right. that was a conscious decision i was going to have to make. and so ijust thought,
doug and chris tompkins, the root of parks part of a decades long project in both chile and argentinean patagonia. over the course of 30 years, doug, chris and the tompkins conservation organization bought two million acres of land across chile and argentina. i am very proud of what we do because every hectare we have ever purchased goes right back to the people of the country. if you want to conserve a territory and bring back species who ve gone toward a point where their numbers are quite low, you have to, a, consult the geniuses of the place who are the people who ve lived here for a very long time. because we re coming
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