A snapshot of life in Chile today OECD Report
Chile has made tremendous progress over the last decade in terms of improving the quality of life of its citizens. Since the 1990s, the country has seen a track record of robust growth and poverty reduction. Notwithstanding, Chile performs well in only a few measures of well-being relative to most other countries in the Better Life Index. Chile ranks below the average in income and wealth, civic engagement, health status, jobs and earnings, housing, work-life balance, social connections, personal security,…
💋 Wild Chilean Patagonia adventurer’s guide
Wild Chilean Patagonia adventurer’s guide Granite peaks spiked on the horizon. Clouds whipped overhead. It was February in the Patagonia region of southern Chile, and I was on a mountain bike riding through the grandeur of Torres del Paine National Park. The road curved and dropped ahead, my riding partner’s braking as wheels sliced the gravel. “Look at that view!” someone shouted as the Patagonian wind picked up, cancelling any opportunity to respond with its fierce roar. I was speechless…
Torres Del Paine National Park, in southern Chile’s Patagonia, could more than double in size
CONAF, Chile’s National Forest Corporation, is currently working to expand Torres Del Paine to meet the latest UNESCO criteria, but such a move must incorporate private lands like Puerto Natales, Cerro Castillo, and the Milodon Cave. Early expeditions through the park began in 1879, though it was not formally created until 1959. Two decades later, the land became a Biosphere Reserve of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. As definitions of the biosphere reserve…
