Monday, 26 March 2012

Water War in Chile's Atacama Desert


In Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the world's driest places, two industries are competing for limited supplies of water. Agriculture which accounts for 25% of Chile's exports is competing with mining which accounts for a whopping 70% of Chile's exports. Not surprisingly with this amount of power, mining is currently running out and buying water rights of many farmers who are now seeing their crops die.
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17423097

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