When Kristine Tompkins and her late husband Douglas Tompkins left successful careers in international business for the extraordinary wilderness of southern Chile, they began a trailblazing conservation journey that has protected nearly six million hectares across Chile and neighbouring Argentina. Since 2022, the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative has been supporting the Tompkins’ legacy of ecosystem restoration through their offspring organisations Rewilding Chile and Rewilding Argentina, as they regenerate ecological communities that can continue in perpetuity.
COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION
The story started 30 years ago when entrepreneurs Kristine and Douglas Tompkins became extremely concerned about the
