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Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the largest private landowner... |
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Kristine McDivitt Tompkins made history earlier this year |
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when she completed what is said to be the largest ever |
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transfer of land from a private entity to a government. |
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In a ceremony in Chile with President Michelle Bachelet |
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at her side, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins formally handed |
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over 1 million acres of land of while President Bachelet |
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designated 9 million more acres to create vast new |
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national parks. This created areas of protected |
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wilderness about the size of Switzerland. That ceremony |
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was the culmination of decades of work by Kristine and |
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her late husband Doug Tompkins. Kristine was the longtime |
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CEO of the outdoor apparel company Patagonia. Doug, who |
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died in a kayaking accident in 2015, was the co-founder |
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of the clothing companies North Face and Espirit. |
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Together, the created the non-profit Tompkins |
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Conservation. In this conversation, Kristine Tompkins |
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discusses the origins of her work as a conversationist |
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and as a pioneer of corporate social responsibility. She |
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also describes the process of creating wilderness areas |
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in partnerships with governments. We caught up while she |
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was in New York to receive an award from the United |
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Nations Environment Program. |
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Date Published: 2021-12-11 05:47:26 |
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