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Written by Steve Anderson
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Monday, 23 August 2010 |
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Daniel Fernandez, the new top executive for the controversial US$3.2 billion HidroAysen dam project proposed Patagonia, confirmed Sunday that the effort to convince Chileans about the project’s importance has not gone well and that the company is consulting five PR firms to help improve their marketing effort. The HidroAysen dam project, owned by Spanish energy giant Endesa and aided by Chilean collaborator Colbun, has drawn intense opposition from local, national and international opponents. They argue that while the centralized, outmoded dam technology will make lots of money for the companies and will consolidate their monopolistic control of Chile’s central energy grid, it make little sense for Chile to destroy one of the world’s few remaining pristine ecologies when the country is so rich in renewable energy alternatives. Thus far, it appears that the dam opponents have been winning the debate.
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Written by Adrienne Lee
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 |
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The exotic biological invaders may have met their match
With its pert face and furry coat, the slender mink looks like a charming pet. But beneath the sweet facade lies an opportunistic predator that has become a menace to biodiversity in the southern parts of Chile. 
Young Huillín. Photo by "Visor Austral" José Luis Bartheld (flickr)
Introduced in South America in the 1930s for the purpose of commercial fur production, the mink is one of the most ruthless invasive species that has ever attacked Chile. It has a voracious appetite for bird eggs, adult birds of many species and their young, rodents, fish, crustaceans, insects and amphibians, including many that are unique to Chile.
Widely distributed throughout Patagonia, the small predator has even invaded islands off the coast of the mainland. |
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Written by Andrew Dornon
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 |
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Government to initiate huge development project in southern Chile
The newly announced Araucanía Plan seeks to build a huge reservoir in the rainiest region of the country that will hold almost 200 million cubic liters of water, as well as a port for international freight. The plan also seeks to improve irrigation and road infrastructure in the Araucanía Region (Region IX). A detailed plan for the development project is set to be unveiled by President Sebastián Piñera on Wednesday. |
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Written by Mercopress
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 |
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Punta Arenas, in the extreme south of Chile and seat of the country’s Antarctic Institute, is expected to soon have a new complex that will include the Institute’s offices, research laboratories and a museum dedicated to Chile’s strong and long presence in Antarctica.
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Written by Lindsay Fendt
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
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Fly fishing industry imperilled, local government to meet Tuesday to discuss Didymo
In February, Chris Spelius, owner of the adventure travel company Expediciones Chile, was standing out by the Futaleufu River in Southern Chile waiting for a client, when he looked into the normally clear water and noticed something unusual. Sebastián Alvarez, Expediciones Chile
“I saw what looked like ground-up toilet paper in the water,” Spelius recalled to the Santiago Times this week. “I have been here for 24 years and I knew I had never seen this before.”
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Written by Elizabeth Osborne
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 |
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Chile’s new center-right government confirmed this week that its indigenous policy will be directed more towards helping urban Mapuches find productive work and development, and much less on the acquisition of contested rural properties and their redistribution to Mapuche communities. The new policy represents a sharp break with the land redistribution policies that were initiated under previous center-left governments. |
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