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  • 10 of the best ethical trips for 2017

    10 of the best ethical trips for 2017
    March 21st, 2017 • Gavin Haines
    insert_drive_file Article • 7 min read

    Last week something remarkable happened: a new national park was born in Chile. The million-acre Parque Pumalín was, in a previous life, defunct farmland, but a 25-year rewildling project has slowly turned the region into a haven for wildlife. The new park was the brainchild of pioneering conservationist, Kris Tompkins, and her late husband, Doug,…

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