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PROTECTING A PRECIOUS LEGACY

Thirty years ago, American entrepreneurs Kristine Tompkins and her late husband Douglas Tompkins left the world of international business for the wilds of southern Chile, where they began a trailblazing conservation journey that has protected nearly six million hectares across that country and neighboring Argentina. The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative supports this legacy of ecosystem restoration through its contributions to Rewilding Chile and Rewilding Argentina,

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