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Rainy Chiloé, in Southern Chile, Faces Drinking Water Crisis
2 de mayo, puesto en línea por Orlando MilesiThe drinking water supply in the southern island of Chiloé, one of Chile’s rainiest areas, is threatened by damage to its peatlands, affected by sales of peat and by a series of electricity projects, especially wind farms. The peat bog (Moss sphagnum magellanicum) known as “pompon” in Chile (…) -
Drought and Unequal Water Rights Threaten Family Farms in Chile
30 de abril, puesto en línea por Orlando MilesiFor the rural farmers in Chile, a combination of climate change-induced mega droughts, water policies that make access unaffordable and a State that either doesn’t want to or dares not intervene in the water market means family enterprises are dying out. -
Using Industrial Waste to Fight Pollution in Brazil
29 de abril, puesto en línea por Mario OsavaBiogas sounds like redemption, the conversion of the sinner. Its production involves extracting energy from filth, from the most disgusting environmental pollution, and at the same time avoiding the worsening of the global climate crisis. The Industrial and Commercial Solid Waste Treatment (…) -
Latin America’s Shifting Demographics Could Undercut Growth
29 de abril, puesto en línea por Gustavo Adler and Rodrigo Valdes_2Latin America’s workforce grew by nearly 50 percent in the two decades before the pandemic, helping boost economic growth. Now demographic trends are turning, and likely to weigh on growth in the coming years. We expect growth in Latin America to average about 2 percent per year in the next five (…) -
Cuban Family Harnesses Biogas and Promotes its Benefits
26 de abril, puesto en línea por Luis BrizuelaJust to obtain a good fertilizer it was worth building a biodigester, says Cuban farmer Alexis García, who proudly shows the vegetables in his family’s garden, as well as the wide variety of fruit trees that have benefited from biol, the end product of biogas technology. García and his wife Iris (…)