Conservación Patagónica
Patagonia National Park | |
| Formation | 2000 |
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| Purpose | To protect and restore Patagonia's wildland ecosystems, biodiversity, and healthy communities through creating national parks |
President | Kristine Tompkins |
| Website | www |
Conservación Patagónica was a conservation group with a mission "to create national parks in Patagonia that save and restore wildlands and wildlife, inspire care for the natural world, and generate healthy economic opportunities for local communities." Founded in 2000 by Kristine Tompkins, former CEO of Patagonia, Inc, Conservación Patagónica first focused on the creation of Monte León National Park in Argentina, the country's first coastal national park. The group played the central role in securing the funds for the purchase of Estancia Monte Leon and in creating long-term management plans for the new national park. As of December 31, 2018 Conservación Patagónica has merged into Tompkins Conservation.