파타고니아 보존 Concervasion Patagonica 결코 작지 않은 소수의 환경적 영향

다큐멘터리 South 180 를 보았음. 내용은 즉 아웃도어 제품 제조 회사인 Patagonia 의 이전 회장 Kris Tompkins 설립의 파타고니아 보존 - 말 그대로 conservacion patagonica 캠페인. 설립 년도 2000. 아르헨티나 argentina 와 칠레 chile 를 거쳐 있는 안데스 산맥 andes mountains 의 가장 남쪽 지역인 파타고니아 patagonia 의 개발 및 오용을 제한하고, 지역을 구입하여 국립공원 national park 들로 지정. 현재로써는 규모가 제법 커서 소속된 단체들 및 개인의 숫자도 제법 늘었다. 
가장 놀라운 것은 몇 사람의 의지가 만들어난 굉장한 환경적 영향. 흔한 현상이다. 경제 또한 소수의 압도적인 권력으로 움직이고 환경 오염 또한 인류의 전체가 아닌 특정 단체들이 주도하는 - 소수의 불균형된 영향력. 하지만 역으로 생각하여 그 소수의 영향력이 긍정적일 수 있다는 것! Kris 와 그녀의 남편과 몇 친구들의 의지가 현재도 크지는 않지만 파타고니아에서 상당한 ecosystem 에코시스템들과 species 종자들을 보존하고 있다. 
그녀는 사실 많은 땅을 샀지만, '지고있다'고 말했다. 개발을 완전히, 아니 대부분도 막을 수는 없다는 것. 그녀의 단체와 보존운동이 규모가 자랐지만 아직 부족하다는 것. 하지만 이러한 움직임이 있다는 자체와 지금의 비교적 작지만서도 굉장한 움직임이 놀랍고 아름답다! 
South 180 라는 개념을 보자면 - 산의 정상에 올랐을 때 우리에게 주어진 가능성은 두가지: 계속 앞으로 전진하여 산을 내려가거나, 180도 돌아 내려가는 것. 우리는 상당한 속도로 과학 및 기술적 발전을 이루었지만 정점에서 더이상 올라 갈 수 있는 곳은 없다. 내려가야 한다. 우리는 정상을 향하고 있다, 어쩌면 다다랐다. 정점이 아니라면 다행이다, 그러므로 지금에라도 우리는 180도 돌아 하산해야한다. 

http://www.180south.com/




칠레 법원 "자연보존지역 댐 건설 중지" 
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2011/06/21/0200000000AKR20110621019100094.HTML 
'개발론-환경보호 논란' 가열될 듯

(상파울루=연합뉴스) 김재순 특파원 = 칠레 법원이 자연보존지역에서 추진되는 대형 댐 건설 계획의 중단을 명령했다.

   20일 브라질 뉴스 포털 테하(Terra)에 따르면 칠레 남부 푸에르토 몬트 시 법원은 파타고니아 지역에 대형 댐을 건설하려는 이른바 '이드로아이센(HidroAysen) 프로젝트'를 둘러싼 논란과 관련, 이날 프로젝트 시행 중단 명령을 내렸다.

   칠레 여야 의원과 환경단체들이 '이드로아이센 프로젝트'의 중단을 요구하며 제기한 3건의 소송을 법원이 받아들인 것. 이에 따라 '이드로아이센 프로젝트'를 놓고 벌어진 환경파괴 논란이 해소될 때까지 댐 건설 계획은 중단 상태에 놓이게 됐다. 

파타고니아 지역의 아이센 주(州)에 있는 바케르 강과 파스쿠아 강에 5개의 댐을 건설하는 것을 내용으로 하는 '이드로아이센' 프로젝트는 2006년 입안됐으며, 칠레 정부의 환경평가위원회는 지난달 9일 프로젝트 추진을 승인했다.

   공사는 칠레와 스페인, 이탈리아 등 3개국 기업으로 이루어진 컨소시엄에 의해 2014년부터 시작될 예정이며, 총 투자액은 70억 달러(약 7조5천억원)에 달할 것으로 추산된다.

   세바스티안 피녜라 칠레 대통령 정부는 경제의 지속적인 성장과 에너지난 해결을 위해 댐 건설이 필요하다며 공사를 강행하겠다는 뜻을 밝혀 왔다. 석유와 천연가스 자원이 거의 없는 칠레로서는 전력 공급의 상당량을 수력발전에 의지하는 수밖에 없는 처지다.

   그러나 환경론자들은 두 강 주변이 세계적으로 자연 원형이 가장 잘 보존된 곳의 하나인 데다 댐이 건설되면 파타고니아 지역 5천900㏊가 침수되는 등 자연환경이 크게 파괴될 것이라며 반대하고 있다. 칠레 정부에 수력발전 대신 풍력과 태양열 등 재생에너지 개발에 주력하라는 주장도 제기하고 있다.

   '이드로아이센 프로젝트'가 나온 이후 수도 산티아고를 비롯한 주요 도시에서는 수만 명이 참가한 가운데 '댐 없는 파타고니아' '칠레를 팔지 마라'는 등의 플래카드를 내건 격렬한 반대 시위가 계속됐다. 브라질, 프랑스, 스페인, 독일, 벨기에, 아르헨티나, 볼리비아, 미국 등 다른 국가의 환경단체들도 반대 시위를 지지하고 나섰다.

   한편, 칠레 언론은 여론조사에서 댐 건설에 반대한다는 응답이 74%까지 나온 사실을 들어 '이드로아이센 프로젝트'가 피녜라 대통령의 지지율을 떨어뜨리는 요인이 되고 있다고 말했다.

   fidelis21c@yna.co.kr

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A Journey to the Bottom of the Earth

ON JUNE 08, 2010 AT 9:30 AM

A review of the new documentary, 180° South

Imagine if, at 18, you decided you didn't really want to do anything but surf. And so you left California for Hawaii where the waves were really big, moved into an apartment with your brother and your good buddy, and decided that you were going to do nothing from that day forward other than exactly what you wanted to do. All the time.

Then imagine that things went pretty well and you joined the pro surfing tour, and you started making little home-movie-ish flicks of you and your bros (both actual and figurative) traveling the world surfing, and that these little movies gained something of a cult following, which enabled you to further go on living your dream—cruising waves, making those movies, and eventually gaining the notice of a big surfwear and outdoor clothing company named Patagonia that decided to make you a brand ambassador.

That pretty much describes the life of Chris Malloy, who, now 38, is still doing what he's done since 18. "People call me a big wave surfer and a filmmaker," he says, "but I don't really like those titles. I'm more of a scammer. I get an idea, get really excited about it, and then convince enough people to come along to make it happen." Malloy's latest scheme is his biggest yet: 180° South, a film about an epic journey to Patagonia, which is now playing at special engagements all across the country. Malloy's other films have been much smaller, word-of-mouth, shoestring affairs. 180° South is different, mostly because the film is not just about a cool trip staged by him, his brother, and a buddy, but because it also features a legendary journey taken 40 years ago by two heroes of the outdoor world: Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, and Doug Thompkins, creator of a little outdoor shop, the North Face, that later became a global megabrand.

Back in 1968, Chouinard and Thompkins drove from Ventura, California, to the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile, surfing and climbing mountains along the way. Inspired by the success of Endless Summer, they documented their odyssey in a film called Mountain of Storms which they hoped would prove a hit. (It didn't, but "Patagonia" turned out to be a pretty good brand name.) The footage from that trip is still hiding in a vault somewhere in Patagonia's Ventura headquarters, but about 10 years ago, a Patagonia employee allowed Malloy's old buddy Jeff to view it. Inspired, Johnson and Malloy began making plans to recreate the trip with Chouinard's cooperation, even though by the time they got around to executing it, the timing wasn't ideal. Jeff had just broken up with a serious girlfriend, and Chris was about to have a kid, prompting second thoughts that mountaineering legend Rick Ridgeway put to rest with some of most dubious parenting advice in history: "Rick was like, 'Don't be a pussy. With my first born—during her first year of life, I was only home for one month'," says Malloy.

180° South follows Jeff's travels to Patagonia, where he meets Chouinard and Thompkins at the massive ranch Thompkins purchased in the 1980s to preserve from development. The film's travel narrative itself sometimes suffers from Malloy's home-movie-style brand of storytelling and the occasional moment of heavy-handed narration, but the raw footage of such an untouched—and threatened—part of the planet is absolutely stunning. The best parts of the film are the moments with Thompkins and Chouinard—drinking yerba mate around a fire, clad in woolly sweaters—who come across as wise old visionaries from a time when men were made of much hardier stuff. One of the great unstated ironies of the film is that its final climb—Johnson, Thompkins, and Chouinard summit an unclimbed peak they name Cerro Geezer—is only a "first ascent" because when Chouinard and Thompkins had tried to climb the peak the year before, the Patagonia founder's equipment had given out. "They didn't make it up the first time because Yvon's 30-year-old hiking boots disintegrated," says Johnson.

There are times when, as a viewer, you wish that Malloy would've cut the film differently, to focus more on the lives of the two men who watched up-close as the environmental and outdoor movements grew, evolved, and became commercialized—instead of sticking so closely to Johnson's own personal journey. It's not as though Malloy didn't consider that approach. "You could easily make another film just on those guys' lives. I have between 25 and 30 hours or so of them telling the most amazing stories," he says.

So are there plans in the works to make that film?

"The thing is," he says, "that doesn't include an adventure for me, so I'm not that interested. I mean, I am interested, of course. But for me to do a project, I've got to go there and live it." Thirty hours of candid footage with Chouinard and Thompkins? Now sitting somewhere in Ventura along with their original film?

A special plea to Chris Malloy: 180° South is an entertaining, visually-stunning start. But, seriously bro. You've had 20 years' worth of doing things your way. You need to get back to the editing room and make that other movie. Don't be a pussy.

— Mark Kirby

http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2010/06/a-journey-to-the-bottom-of-the-earth-180-degrees-south-review.html#ixzz1i54ivEYi 

What does it take to make a new National Park?

The story of the future Patagonia National Park offers a modern-day example of how you create a great park.

What makes a great park? By that, we mean a flagship park that protects a large, biologically critical area, invites visitors to experience the natural world, and contributes to the local economy. Parks like this, such as Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier in the U.S, Banff in Canada, and Torres del Paine in Chile, do not appear effortlessly. Parks thrive in reality, and not just exist on paper, when people visit, explore, and advocate for them. Building public access and engaging local communities represent essential components of our work. At the same time, we're creating a 21st century wilderness area from a degraded sheep estancia; ecosystem restoration and wildlife recovery programs ensure that this park protects more than scenery.

The goal is to donate a fully functional new park to the Chilean state with healthy ecosystems, thriving wildlife populations, and outstanding visitor facilities. Our programs to build capacity in conservation workers, educate local schoolchildren and engage neighboring communities build the base of knowledge and support that will allow the park to flourish in the future.

Our work

Our team protects land, restores ecosystems, recovers wildlife, creates trails and campgrounds, builds the park headquarters, and works with neighboring communities. Our volunteer and intern programs provide hands-on experience to interested conservationists. Through these programs, Conservacion Patagonica seeks to secure the long-term success of the park and magnify the positive benefits of land conservation.

Conservacion Patagonica is an dynamic community of people who
share one thing: a commitment to the wild future of Patagonia.

About fifty people work full-time on the creation of Patagonia National Park, but many thousands more throughout the world have joined in this project in one form or another, be it volunteering with ecosystem restoration, donating, spreading the word, serving as supportive neighbors, or lending expertise.

It's our stellar team of conservationists who bring a variety
of skills and backgrounds to the project, that lets us tackle the
creation of new parks.

In 2000, Kristine Tompkins founded Conservacion Patagonica. The former longtime CEO of the Patagonia clothing company, Kris has lived in South America for two decades, working full-time on land and wildlife conservation projects. Business luminaries, environmental advocates and scientific pioneers guide our Board of Directors and our Science Advisory Board. Working in the Chacabuco Valley, our all-Chilean team includes wildlife biologists, animal trackers, restoration specialists, architects, landscapers, construction workers, teachers, volunteer program coordinators, and chefs. Our satellite U.S. office, in Sausalito, CA, focuses on outreach, communications, and development.

Our generous supporters, key partners in this project, enable us
to work on this globally significant scale.

Foundations such as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Butler Conservation Fund, the Arcadia Fund, and the Wallace Genetic Foundation, along with hundreds of individual donors, have contributed to this initiative, helping us cross the midway point in this ambitious project. For information about joining us, please look here.

Volunteers, interns, visiting experts and neighbors lend a hand in transforming the Chacabuco Valley from estancia to park.

There are threatened species to monitor, restoration techniques to study, trails to build, new sectors to map, fences to remove, exotic species to control, trees to plant, children to teach, people to feed...the list continues, and we're immensely grateful to the hundreds of people who have put their skills to use towards the creation of a park for generations to come. Read more about our volunteer program here and our intern program here.

http://www.conservacionpatagonica.org/