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 CONSERVACION COCHAMO FOR THE FREE ACCESES TO NATURE
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Conservación Cochamó Attends Hemispheric-Wide Access Meeting
Access Pan America (accesspanamerica.com) will bring together activists from all the Americas to create the only organization dedicatedexclusively to protecting climber access in the Western Hemisphere. The meetings are open, all climbers are welcome and urged to participate.
The critical organizational meeting is sponsored by the Petzl Foundation and hosted by the Squamish Mountain Festival, presented by ARC'TERYX. The Petzl Foundation is providing the critical support for travel scholarships for Latin America activists. Individuals and organizations that want to attend and may require a travel scholarship are invited to apply directly on the Forum Discussions. Travel scholarships are limited to $1,000.
Access Pan America/Petzl expects to include a critical mass of climbing activists for a Western Hemisphere network. That should include participants from Central America, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and United States.
For more information see accessfund.org and accesspanamerica.com
Lunes - 22.10.2099
Autor: Daniel Seeliger
Fotografo: Margarita Gross
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WHY CHILE, WHY SECRET PATAGONIA?
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Why Chile, Why Secret Patagonia?
On a planet where not even a large dog can hide from the all-seeing eye of Google Earth, the 21st century adventure traveler may well ask: What’s left to discover? The global off-the-beaten path is as well-worn as the South Col route up Everest. Eco-tourism once meant daring and unusual; now it is mandatory meta-text for search engine optimizers. A safari in southern Africa is an opportunity for plastic surgery: rhinoplasty in the morning, rhino viewing in the afternoon. The lone survivor-man eating termite grubs on television slithers out of forbidding wilderness with nothing more than a rucksack and, er, a film crew.
Every now and then, of course, someone still does something singularly extraordinary, original … and barking mad. In the winter of 2002-03, a few months after 9/11, Rory Stewart quit the British foreign service, put on a shawar kameez, and retraced Barbur’s 16th century trek from Hirat to Kabul through isolated villages and mountain passes buried under two meters of snow. The Taliban had just fallen. Trigger fingers were twitchy. His account, The Places in Between, ranks as the first great piece of travel writing in the 21st century. It is old-fashioned Sir Edmund Hilary/David Livingston stuff – the kind of thing travel agencies don’t offer or corporations sponsor.
Between the trodden and the lone, however, the world still holds surprises – places not sealed off by war or ideology, places where cars cannot go, places where biology still weaves a diverse and dazzling tapestry and culture keep a foothold against the homogenizing advance of ‘progress.’ Among these, the mountains and rainforest of southern Chile rank as one of the last remaining intact encounters of wilderness and local traditions on Earth, at once fragile and enduring, accessible yet secret.
At a time when the internet is revolutionizing every facet of modern life, from the way we shop for groceries to how we check in at airports, Secret Patagonia is a new kind of adventure trail initiative. An association of seven small eco-travel companies, Secret Patagonia enables you to plan unique trips directly with the operators who will take you into the ancient mountain rainforests and down the wild rivers of Chile Patagonia. We’re friends, we’re partners. We live where we work. Sometimes we yodel. We don’t just expose you to breathtaking natural wonders, we take special care to make you feel as though you have been, however briefly, part of an integral whole. Our travel practices are allied to our conservation work: We aren’t just travel operators, we’re curators of the unique and uniquely intact wilderness and cultural heritage of Chile Patagonia.
Come share our secret.
Lunes - 22.10.2099
Autor: Kurt shillinger
Fotografo: Rodrigo Condeza
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Cochamo river protected in 80% of the water flow
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Presidential Decree protected the water of the river, Cochamó celebrates this important step in the protection of its waters for tourism, "Companies should respect hydroelectric presidential decree and not oppose to the development of tourism in the district. Conservación Cochamó. With great joy the community of Cochamó received the signature of the presidential decree protecting 80% of river flow of rivers Petrohué and Cochamó, river flagship for tourism development in the Region of the Lakes. Rodrigo Condeza, president of Conservación Cochamó, publicly thanked the work done by the Dirección General de Aguas (DGA), stating that "the work done by the DGA to make use of this decree shows a long-term vision, which can be implemented in other watersheds with similar characteristics; in the case of Cochamó, it is a pride for all residents of the commune and Chile. Their dedication and approach (DGA) to preserve pristine spaces for future generations are fully consistent with our mission of developing sustainable tourism in areas of high natural value. Condeza made a categorical call for hydroelectric companies to "abide by this decree and not opposing the development of tourism in the district. Conservación Cochamó is an organization of tourism entrepreneurs and people who love Cochamó valley. While this is a big step, it is the first stage of a project that aims to build the first Model Park in Chile, open to the entire community, maintaining a historic route linking Andean and coastal areas, along with welcoming domestic and foreign visitors.
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NOMBRE DE LA NOTICIA "EN ALTA" INGLES
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NOMBRE DE LA NOTICIA "EN ALTA" INGLES
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NOMBRE DE LA NOTICIA "EN ALTA" INGLES
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