The iLCP sent a RAVE to the Aysen region

EN ESPAÑOL

National Geographic Daily News article features Patagonia RAVE

Threat-

The Aysen Region of Chilean Patagonia is threatened by a plan to build five dams on two of the wildest rivers in the world - the Baker and the Pascua. Enel, a giant Italian energy company and its Spanish subsidiary Endesa as well as Canadian company Transelec are behind the scheme. Completion of the dams would submerge 5,910 hectares of the Patagonia's remaining wild lands and would result in the construction of 200 foot tall transmission lines that would blaze a clear cut 400 feet wide for 1,500 miles through 64 communities and 14 protected areas. Once in place, the transmission lines would provide incentive to build more dams; leaving no river from Aysén to Santiago, Chile’s capital, safe. 

THE CAMPAIGN -

Unfortunately, however, very few people are aware of this threat to one of the worlds most wild places. Now that is about to change. With an invitation from the Patagonian Foundation and Conservacion Patagonica, the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) has joined the campaign to shine a light on the issue. Working with international and local partners the iLCP will launch a Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE) to the region in conjunction with a massive media outreach campaign.

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  The Patagonian Foundation

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THE RAVE -

will involve dispatching six world renowned media professionals from Spain, the US, and Chile to the region for a three week field expedition in 2010 to document the area in photos, video, sound, and words. The outreach campaign will involve the creation of short multimedia pieces, a documentary film, an interactive traveling exhibit, presentations, and books to be shared with our conservation partners involved in stopping the dam. The photographs and other assets will also be broadcast widely in major worldwide media outlets. Together, iLCP and partners will flood both the public and decision makers in Italy, Spain, Canada, the United States, and Chile with provoking images of what stands to be lost forever if the dams are built.
The expedition team will include Pulitzer Prize winner and National Geographic photographer Jack Dykinga , two time World Press winner and Prince’s Rainforest Project Award winner Daniel Beltra , award winning film maker and photographer Jeff Foott ,Award winning Photographer Bridget Besaw , and Emmy Award winning videographer Edgar Boyles.