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{{short description|American conservationist (born 1950)}}
{{Short description|American conservationist (born 1950)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kristine McDivitt Tompkins
| name = Kris Tompkins
| image = 2015 KrisTompkins by JamesQMartin.jpg
| image = 2015 KrisTompkins by JamesQMartin.jpg
| caption = Tompkins in 2015 photographed by James Q Martin
| caption = Tompkins in 2015
| birth_name = Kristine McDivitt Wear
| birth_name = Kristine McDivitt
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|June 1950}}
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| birth_place = [[Santa Paula, California]], U.S.
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| occupation = Conservationist, Businesswoman
| occupation = Conservationist, businesswoman
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Douglas Tompkins|Doug Tompkins]]|1993|2015}}
| organization = Patagonia, Tompkins Conservation
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Douglas Tompkins|Doug Tompkins]]|1993|2015|end=died}}
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| website = https://www.tompkinsconservation.org/
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'''Kristine McDivitt Tompkins''' (born in 1950) is the president and co-founder of [http://www.tompkinsconservation.org Tompkins Conservation], an American [[conservation movement|conservationist]], a UN Patron of Protected Areas<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 18, 2018|title=Kristine McDivitt Tompkins named UN Environment Patron of Protected Areas|url=https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/kristine-mcdivitt-tompkins-named-un-environment-patron-protected|url-status=live|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=UN Environment Program}}</ref> and former CEO of [[Patagonia, Inc.]]<ref name=whartonjournal>[http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml Kris Tompkins, Former Patagonia CEO: "Impact is What Counts"&nbsp;– The Wharton Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106150548/http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml |date=January 6, 2009 }}</ref> For nearly thirty years, she has committed her career to protecting and restoring Chile and Argentina’s wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring wildlife, inspiring activism, and fostering economic vitality as a result of conservation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tompkinsconservation.org/explore.php|title=We believe the world can be more wild, beautiful, and equitable}}</ref> Having protected over 14 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina through Tompkins Conservation and its partners,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Our Work|url=https://www.tompkinsconservation.org/explore.php|url-status=live|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Tompkins Conservation}}</ref> Kristine and [[Douglas Tompkins]], her late husband who died in 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/business/douglas-tompkins-72-north-face-founder-dies-in-kayaking-accident.html|title = Douglas Tompkins, 72, North Face Founder, Dies in Kayaking Accident|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 9 December 2015|last1 = Abrams|first1 = Rachel|last2 = Southall|first2 = Ashley}}</ref> are considered some of the most successful<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/the-entrepreneur-who-wants-to-save-paradise/380116/|title = The Entrepreneur Who Wants to Save Paradise|website = [[The Atlantic]]|date = 15 September 2014}}</ref> national park-oriented philanthropists in history.
'''Kristine Tompkins''' (born June 1950) is an American [[conservation movement|conservationist]]. Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation and former CEO of [[Patagonia, Inc.]].<ref name=whartonjournal>[http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml Kris Tompkins, Former Patagonia CEO: "Impact is What Counts"&nbsp;– The Wharton Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106150548/http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml |date=January 6, 2009 }}</ref>


==Early life==
== Early life ==
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Born in southern California, Kristine McDivitt spent most of her childhood on her great-grandfather’s ranch. She spent some early years in [[Venezuela]], where her father worked for an oil company.<ref>Edward Humes, Eco Barons (New York: Harper Collins, 2009)</ref> She attended college at the [[College of Idaho]] in Caldwell,<ref>{{cite web|title=Leadership, Patagonia-style: Changing the Criteria for Success|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/leadership-patagonia-style-changing-the-criteria-for-success/|website=Knowledge@Wharton|accessdate=15 December 2015|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> where she competed in ski-racing.


== At Patagonia, Inc. ==
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Born in southern California, Kris spent most of her childhood on her great-grandfather’s ranch, which was formative in fostering her connection to the natural world. She spent some early years in [[Venezuela]], where her father worked for an oil company.<ref>Edward Humes, Eco Barons (New York: Harper Collins, 2009)</ref> At age 15, she met and befriended rock climbing legend and equipment manufacturer [[Yvon Chouinard]]; he gave her a summer job working for Chouinard Equipment. Kris attended college at the [[College of Idaho]] in Caldwell,<ref>{{cite web|title=Leadership, Patagonia-style: Changing the Criteria for Success|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/leadership-patagonia-style-changing-the-criteria-for-success/|website=Knowledge@Wharton|accessdate=15 December 2015|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> where she ski-raced competitively.
In 1973, she returned to California and began working for [[Yvon Chouinard]]. She played a key role in transforming his small [[piton]] business into Patagonia, Inc.<ref>[http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html XX Factor: Visionaries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924163135/http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html |date=2010-09-24 }}</ref>, eventually becoming the company's first CEO.


==At Patagonia, Inc.==
== Conservation work ==
Beginning in 1973, she returned to California and worked for her friends from her teenage years, Yvon and Malinda Chouinard, eventually helping to build [[Patagonia (clothing)|Patagonia, Inc.]] Tompkins helped Yvon Chouinard turn his fledgling [[piton]] business into Patagonia, Inc.<ref>[http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html XX Factor: Visionaries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924163135/http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html |date=2010-09-24 }}</ref> Kris became the company’s CEO and collaborated with Yvon and Malinda to build Patagonia, Inc into a renowned “anti-corporation” and a leader in the outdoor apparel industry. In 1980, Patagonia started to donate 10 percent of their profits to environmental organizations such as Earth First! In 1984, the company formed the "One Percent for the Planet Club", which donates either 1% of sales or 10% of profits—whichever is greater—to environmental causes.<ref name = whartonjournal/>


In 1993, she retired from [[Patagonia, Inc.|Patagonia, Inc]], married Doug Tompkins (founder of [[The North Face]] and co-founder of [[Esprit Holdings|Esprit]]). The Tompkins focused their efforts on the preservation of national parks and established several nonprofit organizations, including, Conservation Land Trust and [[Conservación Patagónica|Conservacion Patagonica]], all of which have now consolidated under Tompkins Conservation.{{cn|date=April 2024}} In 1991, Doug Tompkins began acquiring private land for conservation in Chile’s [[Los Lagos Region|Los Lagos]] Region, managing it as a public-access park within the threatened [[Valdivian temperate rainforest]]. Pumalín Park was granted official nature sanctuary status in 2005 and became a national park in 2018. This designation followed Tompkins Conservation's donation of nearly 725,000 acres to help establish the new park, [[Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park|Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park]], which covers approximately 1 million acres. It is named in honor of its founder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haas |first=Michaela |date=2021-10-26 |title=How One Woman Protected Millions of Acres - RTBC |url=https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kristine-tompkins-conservation-chile-argentina-national-parks/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Reasons to be Cheerful |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-28 |title=Pumalín National Park To Carry Name Of Founder, Douglas Tompkins {{!}} SGB Media Online |url=https://sgbonline.com/pumalin-national-park-to-carry-name-of-founder-douglas-tompkins/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=sgbonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fashion Executives Who Saved a Patagonian Paradise |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2019-5-september-october/feature/fashion-executives-who-saved-patagonian-paradise-doug-kris-tompkins |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.sierraclub.org |language=en}}</ref>
==Conservation work==


The Tompkins' conservation efforts expanded to Argentina, starting with the [[Iberá Wetlands]] of the [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]] province. In the wetland ecosystem, they have launched projects to reintroduce extirpated species, such as the giant anteater, jaguar, red-and-green macaw, and giant river otter.<ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web |title=The philanthropists 'paying rent' to planet Earth in Argentina - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/05/going.green.tompkins.biodiversity/index.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Rewilding Argentina's Ibera Wetlands |url=https://geographical.co.uk/wildlife/rewilding-argentinas-ibera-wetlands |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Geographical |language=en-GB}}</ref> The rewilding work in Ibera, as well as many other projects in the country, is now carried out by Rewilding Argentina, the team assembled by Kris and Doug, led by [[Sofia Heinonen]].
In 1993, Kris retired from [[Patagonia, Inc.|Patagonia, Inc]], married Doug Tompkins (founder of [[The North Face]] and co-founder of [[Esprit Holdings|Esprit]]), and the couple left their careers as business leaders of iconic American brands to devote their funds, time, and passion to mitigating the climate and extinction crises. Kris and Doug decided to focus their efforts on national parks as they represent the “gold standard” of conservation—offering a unique set of ecological, cultural, and economic benefits, while also guaranteeing long-term conservation. Their conservation work has been carried out through a suite of nonprofits, including, Conservation Land Trust and [[Conservación Patagónica|Conservacion Patagonica]]. Tompkins Conservation now works to rewild the Americas, working closely with strategic allies and offspring organizations - [https://www.rewildingchile.org/en/ Rewilding Chile] and [https://rewildingargentina.org/home-eng/ Rewilding Argentina].


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After years of collaborating with governments, local organizations, scientists, philanthropists, and communities, in January 2018 Kris, on behalf of Tompkins Conservation, and Chilean President [[Michelle Bachelet]] signed decrees to create five new national parks in Chile and expand three others, adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands to Chile. For scale, that is more than three times the size of [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]] combined, or approximately the size of [[Switzerland]]. With one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation and an additional 9 million acres of federal land from Chile, this has been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country in history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-02 |title=This Woman Is Helping Create Some of the World's Greatest National Parks |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/this-woman-is-helping-create-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-national-parks |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/29/chile-creates-five-national-parks-in-patagonia |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
Their first project was the creation of [[Pumalin Park]], a public-access {{convert|964000|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} nature reserve in Chile’s [[Los Lagos Region|Los Lagos]] Region. The park, a project of the [[Conservation Land Trust]], is a private initiative to create a public-access nature preserve in the threatened [[Valdivian temperate rainforest]]. The Tompkinses later launched conservation efforts in the [[Iberá Wetlands]] of Northeastern Argentina. In the wetland ecosystem, they have launched projects to reintroduce extirpated species, such as the giant anteater.<ref name="cnn.com">[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/05/going.green.tompkins.biodiversity/index.html The philanthropists 'paying rent' to planet Earth in Argentina&nbsp;– CNN]</ref>

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After years of collaborating with governments, local organizations, scientists, philanthropists and communities, in January 2018 Kris, on behalf of Tompkins Conservation, and Chilean President [[Michelle Bachelet]] signed decrees to create five new national parks in Chile and expand three others, adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands to Chile. For scale, that is more than three times the size of [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]] combined, or approximately the size of [[Switzerland]]. With one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation and an additional 9 million acres of federal land from Chile, this has been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country in history.

As the president of Tompkins Conservation, Kristine Tompkins currently oversees a multitude of projects in Chile and Argentina working toward creating parklands, marine conservation areas and fighting the extinction crisis via rewilding, the process of protecting and restoring land and waters, wildlife, and natural systems.

Kristine Tompkins serves in various positions of global leadership in conservation, including as Chair of National Geographic Society’s Last Wild Places campaign. She was the first conservationist to be awarded the [[Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy]]. In 2018 she was named the United Nations’ Global Patron for Protected Areas. Her 2020 TED Talk, entitled Make the World Wild Again, discusses the critical role we all have to play to heal the planet.

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== Conservación Patagónica ==
{{main|Conservación Patagónica}}

Conservación Patagónica (CP) was founded by Kris in 2000 as an NGO focused on creating new national parks in [[Patagonia]] that protect and restore wildlands, biodiversity, and communities. CP's first project was the establishment of [[Monte Leon National Park]], Argentina’s first coastal national park. In 2001, CP purchased Estancia Monte León, one of the oldest sheep ranches in the Argentine Patagonia, located on the southern Atlantic shoreline a few hundred miles north of the [[Strait of Magellan]]. Monte León had long been one of the priorities for Argentine National Parks because of its richness and diversity of species, including [[Magellanic penguin]]s, sea lions, elephant seals, leopard seals, and several migratory seabirds.<ref>[http://www.adventure-life.com/articles/patagonia-land-trust-164 Patagonia Land Trust Current Projects]</ref> CP purchased this {{convert|155000|acre|ha|adj=on}} estancia, crafted a master plan for its transition to a national park and, in 2002, donated the property to the Argentine National Parks Administration, creating the [[Monte León National Park]], the first coastal national park in Argentina.<ref>[http://www.nationalparksummit.org/speakers/?fa=kris-tompkins nationalparksummit.org]</ref>

In 2003, CP had the opportunity to purchase Estancia Valle Chacabuco, a historic sheep ranch in Chile's [[Aysén Region]]. The Chilean National Parks had made this ranch their number-one conservation priority for more than 35 years because it sits between two existing National Reserves, namely [[Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve|Jeinimeni]] and [[Lago Cochrane National Reserve|Tamango]], together {{convert|460000|acre|ha}}. This area is prime habitat for the endangered [[South Andean deer|huemul deer]], one of Chile's national animals. After developing a public-access infrastructure system, including a trail system, visitor center, campgrounds, lodging, and a restaurant, CP donated [[Patagonia Park]] to the Chilean park service. Along with the two adjoining National Reserves, this became the [[Patagonia national park|Patagonia National Park]], a flagship park for Latin America. Stretching between two of the country's largest lakes, [[Lago General Carrera]] and [[Lago Cochrane]], the park contains an impressive diversity of landscapes: arid [[Patagonian steppe]], [[Southern Beech]] forests, wetlands, high peaks, alpine lakes, and streams. As the president of CP, Tompkins was heavily involved in every aspect of this project, from landscape restoration to infrastructure construction.<ref>[http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/patagonia.go?slc=en_US&sct=US&assetid=14640 Patagonia Environmentalism: Essay]</ref>

The fact that she and her team are some of the few throughout the world practicing this movement is something of huge environmental impact for the better.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.conservacionpatagonica.org/home.htm|title=Conservacion Patagonica :: Creating the Future Patagonia National Park in Chile|website=www.conservacionpatagonica.org|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref>


== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==

=== Awards and Honors Received by Kristine Tompkins ===

=== Honors ===

* 2019 Selected for WOMEN: The National Geographic Image Collection
* 2009 Honorary Degree, [[College of Idaho]]


=== Awards ===
=== Awards ===
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* 2021 [[Rachel Carson]] Award, [[Audubon|National Audubon Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.cvent.com/event/c0a4221a-9e67-4de8-a35c-aecbf1070e80/summary|title=Archived Event - 2021 Audubon Women in Conservation Celebration}}</ref>
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* 2018 [[Luis Oyarzún]] Award granted by the [[Universidad Austral de Chile]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kristine Tompkins recibió Premio "Luis Oyarzún" entregado por la UACh|url=https://www.eha.cl/noticia/actualidad/kristine-tompkins-recibio-premio-luis-oyarzun-entregado-por-la-uach-3110|access-date=2021-07-26|website=El Heraldo Austral|language=es}}</ref>
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* 2017 [[Woodrow Wilson]] Award for Corporate Citizenship, [[Woodrow Wilson Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latin American Program Gala {{!}} Wilson Center|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/latin-american-program-gala|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.wilsoncenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
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* 2017 [[Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medalists: 2017|url=https://www.medalofphilanthropy.org/medalists/medalists-2017/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2017 Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal, Garden Club of America<ref>{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Colophon New |title=GCA Medal Recipients: Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal |url=https://www.gcamerica.org/awards/winners?aid=13 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.gcamerica.org}}</ref>
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* 2016 [[David R. Brower]] Award, [[American Alpine Club]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=David R. Brower Award|url=https://americanalpineclub.org/broweraward|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The American Alpine Club|language=en-US}}</ref>


== See also ==
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* 2021 Rachel Carson Award, [[Audubon|National Audubon Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.cvent.com/event/c0a4221a-9e67-4de8-a35c-aecbf1070e80/summary|title=Archived Event - 2021 Audubon Women in Conservation Celebration}}</ref>
* {{Annotated link|[[Wild Life (2023 film)|''Wild Life'']]}}
*2019 AFAR Vanguard Award for travel visionaries <ref>{{Cite web|last=Button|first=Sara|date=2019-10-02|title=AFAR Travel Vanguard 2019 {{!}} AFAR|url=https://www.afar.com/magazine/Vanguard-2019|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.afar.com}}</ref>
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* [[Conservación Patagónica]]
*2019 Foundation Credicorp Capital 2019 Award (Chile)
*2018 Recognition for Lifetime Contribution to the Chilean wilderness, Chilean-North American Business Bureau <ref>{{Cite web|title=100th Anniversary Gala Dinner 2018|url=https://www.nacchamber.com/gallery/148/100th-anniversary-gala-dinner-2018|access-date=2021-07-26|website=North American Chilean Chamber of Commerce}}</ref>
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*2018 Luis Oyarzún Award granted by the Universidad Austral de Chile <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kristine Tompkins recibió Premio "Luis Oyarzún" entregado por la UACh|url=https://www.eha.cl/noticia/actualidad/kristine-tompkins-recibio-premio-luis-oyarzun-entregado-por-la-uach-3110|access-date=2021-07-26|website=El Heraldo Austral|language=es}}</ref>
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*2017 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, [[Woodrow Wilson Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latin American Program Gala {{!}} Wilson Center|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/latin-american-program-gala|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.wilsoncenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
*2017 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Legacy Award
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*2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy <ref>{{Cite web|title=Medalists: 2017|url=https://www.medalofphilanthropy.org/medalists/medalists-2017/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2017 [https://www.gcamerica.org/awards/details/id/13 Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal], [[Garden Club of America]]
*2017 Outdoor Inspiration Award, presented by Adidas Outdoor at [https://outdoorretailer.com Outdoor Retailer]
*2017 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year (nominee)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Geographic|first=National|title=National Geographic Announces 2017 Adventurers of the Year|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-geographic-announces-2017-adventurers-of-the-year-300356302.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>
* 2016 Lowell Thomas Award, [[The Explorers Club]]
* 2016 World Tourism Award, World Travel Market
*2016 [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards|BBVA Foundation]] Award for Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America<ref>{{Cite web|last=BBVA|date=2016-12-07|title=The Biodiversity Conservation Awards warn about the need to look for environmental solutions {{!}} BBVA|url=https://www.bbva.com/en/biodiversity-conservation-awards-warn-need-look-environmental-solutions/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=NEWS BBVA|language=en}}</ref>
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*2016 [[David R. Brower]] Award, [[American Alpine Club]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=David R. Brower Award|url=https://americanalpineclub.org/broweraward|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The American Alpine Club|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2016 Sustainability Leader, “Uniting Global Philanthropy Inspiring Action For The Planet,” East-West Sustainability Summit, IUCN World Conservation Congress
*2016 Recyclápolis Award, Fundación Recyclápolis (Chile) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiación Recyclápolis 2018|url=https://recyclapolis.cl/premio/|access-date=2021-07-26|language=es}}</ref>

=== Awards Received by Douglas and Kristine Tompkins<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tompkinsconservation.org/awards.htm|title=Tompkins Conservation {{!}} Awards|website=www.tompkinsconservation.org|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref> ===
* 2007 Gold Steward Award, [[International Conservation Caucus Foundation]]
* 2008 World Rainforest Award, [[Rainforest Action Network]]
* 2008 Environmental Award, Bruno H. Schubert Foundation
* 2010 International Visionary Award, [[Scenic Hudson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scenichudson.org/2010gala|title=Honoring Visionary Conservationists {{!}} Scenic Hudson|website=www.scenichudson.org|access-date=2016-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221055610/http://www.scenichudson.org/2010gala|archive-date=2015-12-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2010 International BAUM Special Award, [http://www.baumev.de/default.asp B.A.U.M] (German Association for Environmental Management)
* 2012 New Species Award, [[African Rainforest Conservancy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://africanrainforest.org/|title=Home - ARC|website=africanrainforest.org|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref>
* 2013 Conservation Achievement Award, [[BirdLife International|Bird Life International]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/birdlife-conservation-achievement-awards-recognise-oustanding-work-species-sites-and|title=BirdLife Conservation Achievement Awards recognise outstanding work for species, sites and habitats {{!}} BirdLife|last=International|first=BirdLife|website=www.birdlife.org|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref>
* 2015 Long View Conservation Award, [[Mohonk Preserve]], NY<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mohonk-preserve-honors-leading-international-conservationists-at-new-york-city-benefit-gala-300162298.html|title=Mohonk Preserve Honors Leading International Conservationists At New York City Benefit Gala|last=Preserve|first=Mohonk|website=www.prnewswire.com|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref>
* 2015 Global Economy Prize, [[Kiel Institute for the World Economy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifw-kiel.de/events-1/global-economy-prize/2015-global-economy-prize|title=2015 Global Economy Prize |website=www.ifw-kiel.de|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref>
* 2017 Outdoor Inspiration Awards at Outdoor Retailer - Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.outdoorretailer.com/winter-market/media/press-releases/2017-Winners-Announced-for-Seventh-3383.shtml|title=2017 Winners Announced for Seventh Annual Outdoor Inspiration Awards Presented by Adidas Outdoor|website=www.outdoorretailer.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>


==References==
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Kris Tompkins
Tompkins in 2015
Born
Kristine McDivitt

June 1950 (1950-06) (age 74)
Santa Paula, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Conservationist, businesswoman
Organization(s)Patagonia, Tompkins Conservation
Spouse
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(m. 1993; died 2015)​
Websitetompkinsconservation.org

Kristine Tompkins (born June 1950) is an American conservationist. Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc..[1]

Early life

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Born in southern California, Kristine McDivitt spent most of her childhood on her great-grandfather’s ranch. She spent some early years in Venezuela, where her father worked for an oil company.[2] She attended college at the College of Idaho in Caldwell,[3] where she competed in ski-racing.

At Patagonia, Inc.

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In 1973, she returned to California and began working for Yvon Chouinard. She played a key role in transforming his small piton business into Patagonia, Inc.[4], eventually becoming the company's first CEO.

Conservation work

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In 1993, she retired from Patagonia, Inc, married Doug Tompkins (founder of The North Face and co-founder of Esprit). The Tompkins focused their efforts on the preservation of national parks and established several nonprofit organizations, including, Conservation Land Trust and Conservacion Patagonica, all of which have now consolidated under Tompkins Conservation.[citation needed] In 1991, Doug Tompkins began acquiring private land for conservation in Chile’s Los Lagos Region, managing it as a public-access park within the threatened Valdivian temperate rainforest. Pumalín Park was granted official nature sanctuary status in 2005 and became a national park in 2018. This designation followed Tompkins Conservation's donation of nearly 725,000 acres to help establish the new park, Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park, which covers approximately 1 million acres. It is named in honor of its founder.[5][6][7]

The Tompkins' conservation efforts expanded to Argentina, starting with the Iberá Wetlands of the Corrientes province. In the wetland ecosystem, they have launched projects to reintroduce extirpated species, such as the giant anteater, jaguar, red-and-green macaw, and giant river otter.[8][9] The rewilding work in Ibera, as well as many other projects in the country, is now carried out by Rewilding Argentina, the team assembled by Kris and Doug, led by Sofia Heinonen.

After years of collaborating with governments, local organizations, scientists, philanthropists, and communities, in January 2018 Kris, on behalf of Tompkins Conservation, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed decrees to create five new national parks in Chile and expand three others, adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands to Chile. For scale, that is more than three times the size of Yosemite and Yellowstone combined, or approximately the size of Switzerland. With one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation and an additional 9 million acres of federal land from Chile, this has been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country in history.[10][11]

Recognition

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kris Tompkins, Former Patagonia CEO: "Impact is What Counts" – The Wharton Journal Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Edward Humes, Eco Barons (New York: Harper Collins, 2009)
  3. ^ "Leadership, Patagonia-style: Changing the Criteria for Success". Knowledge@Wharton. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ XX Factor: Visionaries Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Haas, Michaela (2021-10-26). "How One Woman Protected Millions of Acres - RTBC". Reasons to be Cheerful. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  6. ^ "Pumalín National Park To Carry Name Of Founder, Douglas Tompkins | SGB Media Online". sgbonline.com. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. ^ "The Fashion Executives Who Saved a Patagonian Paradise". www.sierraclub.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. ^ "The philanthropists 'paying rent' to planet Earth in Argentina - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  9. ^ "Rewilding Argentina's Ibera Wetlands". Geographical. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  10. ^ "This Woman Is Helping Create Some of the World's Greatest National Parks". Condé Nast Traveler. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  11. ^ "Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation". the Guardian. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  12. ^ "Archived Event - 2021 Audubon Women in Conservation Celebration".
  13. ^ "Kristine Tompkins recibió Premio "Luis Oyarzún" entregado por la UACh". El Heraldo Austral (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  14. ^ "Latin American Program Gala | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  15. ^ "Medalists: 2017". Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  16. ^ Media, Colophon New. "GCA Medal Recipients: Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal". www.gcamerica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  17. ^ "David R. Brower Award". The American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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