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Beyond Iberá

Patagonia National Park, Chile

An iconic species of the Patagonian steppe – and Chile’s largest native bird – the Darwin’s or lesser rhea plays a fundamental role in creating and maintaining healthy grasslands by dispersing seeds. Yet in Chile’s Aysén

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