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The Patagonian Challenge: Melding Conservation with Development

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Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America (Figure 17.1), is a region of over one million km2 shared by Chile and Argentina, endowed with some of the wildest landscapes in the world. Although remote and sparsely populated, Patagonian ecosystems are not pristine—most of them have been significantly disturbed by human activities. As is the case with much of Latin America, Patagonia is experiencing a push for economic development that is imposing ever increasing strains on natural resources.

They come to make money, in oil, in sheep raising, or in commerce. They plan to spend a few years, then to go home, to the real homes of their hearts, and live in comfort on the well earn proceeds of the years barrenly passed in Patagonia.

George Gaylord Simpson, 1934.

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Pascual, M.A., Orensanz, J.M., Parma, A.M., Saba, S.L. (1998). The Patagonian Challenge: Melding Conservation with Development. In: Fiedler, P.L., Kareiva, P.M. (eds) Conservation Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2880-4_17

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