1. Private Donation Manifests In Creation of Five Chilean National Parks
Chile has created five new national parks as part of “a new 17-mile park route that stretches from the southern spine of Chile to Cape Horn.” This was made possibly by a generous private land donation made by the late Douglas Tompkins and his wife and partner-in crime Kris McDivitt Tompkins. After founding and building The North Face and Esprit, they cashed out and used their fortunate to purchase some of the most pristine wilderness left on Earth. Their donation consitutes much of the ocean border park land.
The new protected areas include miles of wild coastline. The move crowns the environmental legacy of Chilean president Michelle Bechelet, who last year signed into law established one of the world’s largest marine protected areas off the coast of Easter Island.
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![Patagonia photo by: Tompkins Conservation national parks Chile, Patagonia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm2a1imOooeMV6GJGZdGRVQZ5yc7RsW7mE9JWtVQFr3uJoKUFmYjCvWs6lESPGsJPy0zdKmB_-CGQbsFhFQ3HxU9ErvOQ8QM2ZMA6P15zSXkmfQph2HQXVTzx18TA3ouLSAnjfO8LoSk/s320/patagonia.jpg)
The new protected areas include miles of wild coastline. The move crowns the environmental legacy of Chilean president Michelle Bechelet, who last year signed into law established one of the world’s largest marine protected areas off the coast of Easter Island.
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2. New England - Deep Coral Protected from Trawlers
![Deep Sea Coral photo by: NOAA deep sea coral, NOAA](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxbg7yFFcgHJe5Yz4hzKKsepZ40HnEco0A_6GcTCSjt_uVlNBrBYPEIreINdQ4mhGRFLhCRf4AzF0uM2scZJ_PZ8LW5dhkKj31Prh9kT8qdCk4Q43RbM4aeU81nGt1aKve7BDLwwyeVg/s320/deepsea-coral-NOAA.jpg)
![Antarctica photo by: 123RF Antarctica, microplastic](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7d-wCoycaQk7UMxdnK6CjC29s5BpstR95u53ceazTkWEAVfR4rQbKWsFlPymzxV9M-WdMe1SbjiX8S84dLFecswzSIYpkxwxmzP32LknnwGEUFRYJFwwAr59SHP6XkNnQSavGu1co48/s320/Antarctica-123RF.jpg)
4. Plastic Pollution Increases Coral Disease
![plastic bag floating over coral reef photo by:Getty Images plastic bag, coral reef](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_zDYHM48sMkCCnE3nKyk0IgjZedhg-TPzf12CCpq-gSc1N_x563uf2J6B8gIkXepwYUvTodpaI9jY9RZc-YpeJ4O1gVZxMZXQQBRJGmYzc0-9MUZROwvf3OfLt49CvS_Ndq9FezLULg/s320/plastic-bag-coral-reef.jpg)
5. Shaken, Not Stirred
![colored plastic straw ban Photo by <a href="https://visualhunt.com/author/736804">Horia Varlan</a> on <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/71099e">Visualhunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> plastic straws, colored plastic straws](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8e5XRt1g0HTxMkyLc7c0EP79vyaC5tSfl98kzn5ZcFWgVZrL_rZxEyBOXiket0TTV20oI9j7CZj615xKgMINMg7ueyBNpby2HseDsNJZAd7jIwjofjoIpN3_mqukslRQbK4WdNnyPso/s320/plastic-straws-colored.jpg)
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