Officer, Conserving Nature for Chile (Santiago)

Chile’s Patagonia is one of the last remaining intact wilderness areas of the world, yet today it is both under‑recognised and under‑protected. Pew and its partners are working to change that by promoting this region’s unique value in the world and developing and implementing policies to secure the long‑term protection of this remarkable landscape.

Chilean Patagonia is on the west coast of the southern cone of South America, where the continent tapers toward the Antarctic Ocean. While many of Chile’s natural lands all have important ecological values, Patagonia is special because of its high degree of intactness, endemism and exceptional land and sea interconnectedness.

Approximately 80 percent of this area remains unspoiled, therefore making it similar in ecological condition to Australia’s Outback and Canada’s Boreal, other places where Pew works. Although it is approximately one‑fifth the size of the continental‑scale Boreal in Can...