U.S. MILLIONAIRE DOUGLAS TOMPKINS SHAKES HANDS WITH CHILEAN PRESIDENT RICARDO LAGOS AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, 2003...

US millionaire Douglas Tompkins (R), accompanied by his wife (C) shakes hands with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (L) after signing an agreement at La Moneda Presidential Palace, in Santiago, December 9, 2003. Tompkins, a former businessman turned environmental philanthropist, won a long-sought victory when the Chilean government agreed to convert his private park in the south of Chile into a giant nature reserve. Tompkins sold his controlling stake in global fashion retailer Esprit Holdings Ltd (0330.HK) over a decade ago and bought up more than 300,000 hectares of virgin forest in the south of the country, calling it Pumalin Park. The purchase raised hackles in government circles as some politicians feared a huge tract of land in the hands of a foreigner was a threat to national sovereignty. REUTERS/Carlos Barria BC-ENVIRONMENT-CHILE-TOMPKINS REUTERS