The "Gallegos River Estuary" Environment Interpretation Center (CIERG), established in December 2011, is near the coast and within the Río Gallegos͛ Urban Coast Reserve. CIERG is a space conceived as a platform for communication, motivation, teaching and learning about our cultural and natural heritage. It aims to raise awareness and generate protection and conservation behaviors. 

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Asociación Ambiente Sur is in charge of the administrative and executive management of the Interpretation Center, which is the culmination of the projects developed and the awareness-raising work carried out with other state and organizations. All of this has allowed us -- due to its seriousness and continuity with quantifiable results -- to obtain the necessary funds to design and build the interpretative infrastructure at the CIERG

CIERG is the first interpretation center of its kind in Southern Patagonia built for a protected area, where residents can relate with their experience in nature through guided tours to the reserve. Italso offers an ecotourism alternative for out-of-town visitors. Its creation was the result of a joint effort by the City Government, the National Patagonian University in Río Gallegos (UNPA-UARG), plus local, regional and global nongovernmental organizations, in order to protect, preserve and increase the knowledge about the biodiversity of the Gallegos River Estuary both in local people and visitors.