{"id":10632,"date":"2025-02-28T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/?p=10632"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:15:58","slug":"descubriendo-la-riqueza-natural-de-mi-comuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/descubriendo-la-riqueza-natural-de-mi-comuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental education project: Discovering the natural wealth of my district"},"content":{"rendered":"

A local initiative that brings students from schools in Cocham\u00f3 and R\u00edo Puelo closer to the landscapes and nature of the place they call home.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The municipality of Cocham\u00f3 is a natural paradise, internationally known for its stunning landscapes: ancient alerce forests, rivers, glaciers, and the world-famous granite walls. It\u2019s one of Chile\u2019s top destinations for hiking, climbing, fishing, and rural tourism. The Cocham\u00f3 Valley alone receives over 15,000 visitors each year. And while many of those who come are Chilean, only a small percentage are residents of the Cocham\u00f3 district.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the goal of helping with the goal of helping children and youth from the Cocham\u00f3 district connect with the place they live, the initiative \"Discovering the Natural Wealth of My District\" was created<\/strong>, which seeks to connect students from Cocham\u00f3 and Puelo with the landscapes, nature, history, and the importance of protecting the valleys where they live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The program consists of four theoretical and practical workshops covering topics such as local biodiversity and geography, camping skills, first aid, and hiking techniques. It concludes with a three-day environmental education camp in La Junta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making it possible requires strong community collaboration. From the camping facilities provided in La Junta, the packhorses supported by the Arrieros del Valle Cocham\u00f3, transportation arranged by both schools, guides and instructors from the Club Andino Cocham\u00f3, to food, materials, and workshop coordination managed by the Valle Cocham\u00f3 Organization and Puelo Patagonia \u2014 this project exists thanks to the social cohesion of local organizations that see in this initiative a chance to help prevent youth migration from the countryside to the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A world-class paradise unknown at the local level.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Todo comenz\u00f3 cuando dentro del marco del proyecto Conserva Pucheguin y el Santuario de la Naturaleza Valle Cocham\u00f3, miembros de Puelo Patagonia y la Organizaci\u00f3n Valle Cocham\u00f3 visitaron a los alumnos de tercero medio  de la Escuela Juan Soler Manfredini para conocer su percepci\u00f3n sobre las \u00e1reas naturales que los rodeaban. En medio de la charla los miembros preguntaron: \u201c\u00bfCu\u00e1ntos de aqu\u00ed han subido a La Junta (Valle Cocham\u00f3)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, after the question, only three students raised their hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"There are many people who have lived here their whole lives and have never visited one of the most important places in the district in terms of its natural wealth,\u201d says teacher Leopoldo Mu\u00f1oz, a board member of the Valle Cocham\u00f3 Organization who has dedicated more than 40 years to education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting on this, Andr\u00e9s Amengual, director of Puelo Patagonia and participant in the workshop with the students, highlights the importance of involving young people in nature conservation: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cResulta contradictorio pensar que mientras se lleva adelante una campa\u00f1a mundial de recolecci\u00f3n de fondos (como Conserva Pucheg\u00fc\u00edn) para proteger su tierra, la mayor\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os de Cocham\u00f3 no conocen la parte m\u00e1s bella de su comuna”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to a 2019 study by Balloon Latam conducted in the district, young people tend to migrate from rural areas to cities in search of education or job opportunities. This aligns with data from the 2017 Census, which shows that only 16.7% of Cocham\u00f3\u2019s population is under the age of 15 \u2014 a figure lower than both the regional and national averages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Es por eso que esta iniciativa tiene como uno de sus objetivos principales evitar la migraci\u00f3n de los j\u00f3venes del campo a la ciudad: un desaf\u00edo social en la comuna de Cocham\u00f3. “Fue una revelaci\u00f3n ver que tan pocos ni\u00f1os se pon\u00edan de pie: hay que romper esa tendencia e ir en sentido contrario por lo injusto de la situaci\u00f3n,  porque es la comunidad el principal agente de protecci\u00f3n del entorno\u201d, dice Amengual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project name<\/b>
\nEnvironmental education project: Discovering the natural wealth of my district<\/p>\n

Goals <\/b>
\nPotenciar la identidad local de los j\u00f3venes de las escuelas de Cocham\u00f3 y R\u00edo Puelo respecto a su
\ncomuna y territorio.<\/p>\n

Progress<\/b>
\n\u00bb Realizaci\u00f3n de 4 talleres te\u00f3rico-pr\u00e1cticos en ambas escuelas.
\n\u00bb Viaje a La Junta para ambas escuelas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fortalecimiento-social"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/puelopatagonia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-28-at-18.08.29-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C2346&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10632"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10962,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions\/10962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puelopatagonia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}