The Bío Bío river in southern Chile bears heavy environmental impacts and water contamination from several dam projects built over the past thirty years. After the most recent project, the Chilean government signed an agreement never to develop another mega-project in the area.
Despite this promise, a new project in the pre-construction phase has begun. 60 families who live in the community say they had no knowledge of it prior. Now, a youth-led resistance has formed in protest.
Read the full story from Max Radwin here: [ Ссылка ]
Thumbnail credit: The fenced off construction site of the Rucalhue hydroelectric dam. Image by Max Radwin.
------
Mongabay is a nonprofit environmental science and conservation news platform that produces original reporting in English, Indonesian, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Check out [ Ссылка ]
Watch more of our videos: [ Ссылка ]
Subscribe to our newsletter: [ Ссылка ]
TikTok: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
