Yvon Chouinard attended 2017 Chile land donation signing; a year later, the deal added 10 million acres to national parklands

Yvon Chouinard played a role in a conservation effort in Chile that ultimately added more than ten million acres of new national parkland to the country.

The effort started in March 2017 when Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, president and CEO of Tompkins Conservation signed a pledge to create five national parks and expand three other parks.