The Cape Horn Biosphere Initiative
The Government of the Chilean Province of Antarctica, The I. Municipality of Cape Horn, The National Forestry Commission (CONAF), The National Commission of Environment, the University of Magallanes and the Omora Foundation encourage this project. They count amongst their supporters an important group of other state institutions, a growing number of the population of Puerto Williams, companies, Chilean scientists and diverse centers of investigation in foreign countries.
The regional government considers investing funds in focused projects for the development of sustainable tourism in the area. Of these, they highlight:
- "Ecotourism in the Antarctic Province" - The Corporation for the Encouragement of Production (CORFO) finances, through its Fund of Innovative Development, to gather information for the design of sustainable tourist services in the area.
- The land-use plan for Navarino Island (2003-2005) will include a plan for the division of land compatible with the future Biosphere Reserve, which will allow the successful implementation of criterion for the use of natural resources in the different zones.
- The Omora Foundation has worked since 2000 in the fields of scientific investigation, biological conservation and education and attracts both national and international funding in order to develop projects in the Cape Horn region (e.g. Explora-CONICYT; FIA; Fulbright; National Science Foundation)
- The German Ministry for Education and the Scientific Investigation (BMBF) helps through the bi-national project Biokonchil (2003-2006)- a collection of bio-physical and socio-economical data from the area with the aim of improving the information available with which to make decisions.
- Avina, an international foundation that promotes social development contributes to the process of co-ordination and formalizing the future Biosphere Reserve. (2004-2005)
