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The handover comes after more than 20 years of planning by kristine and her late husband doug. slowly acquiring large chunks of chile's wildlands. >> some of it's just opportunistic, looking for areas that are biologically important. and areas that were for sale. and little by little, we just began to patch what became several new national parks together. >> reporter: the u.s. nationals were an unusual mix of powerful magnates, and passionate conservationists. he was an avid outdoorsman. the founder of apparel behemoth north face, and esprit, she the chief executive of outdoor clothing brand p...

More than 400,000 hectares to the chilean government in what's believed to be the largest private land donation to a country in his it try. chile added more than 3 million hectares to that, forming a newly designated parkland that's roughly the size of switzerland. open to the public to explore. the handover comes after more than 20 years of planning by christine and her late husband doug. slowly acquiring large chunks of chile's wildlands. >> some of it's just opportunistic, looking for areas that are biologically important. and areas that were for sale. and little by little, we just began to...