Preserving Patagonian Grasslands and Gauchos

摘要

Even travelers in Patagonia forget that its giant, wild looking estancias are really just overgrazed sheep farms.- Yvon ChouinardLike the rugged cowboy roaming the plains of the American Wild West, the image of the untamable gaucho is embroidered into the fabric of the Argentine consciousness. But this image is fading as the gauchos’ traditional sheep grazing practices are turning Patagonian grasslands into a desert.