Patagonian Myths: Plan Andinia
Friday, 13 August 2010 12:45
Environment
 This “plan” has become just one more of the already hundreds of Patagonian myths. Never the less, inventing stories about little known mysterious places will always bear fruit, and there will be many dreamers and innocents who will buy them. Apparently, fantasy is more entertaining than fact. Some years ago there were famous Patagonian myths about dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that made it to the front pages of the Argentinean press. This mythology has even been used for political ends, such as the conveniently publicized inaugurations of the “Austral Highway” at some concrete bridge, so that further to the north people come in summer to visit Aisén expecting to find a paved motorway. Certainly, in recent decades, myths have been added and disseminated as a means of marketing by the promoters of some megaproject or other.
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Myths and the Electric Mafia
Wednesday, 04 August 2010 21:17
Environment
 One of the aspirations of residents of the Aisen Region is low-cost energy. Lately, Aisen residents are also demanding better quality energy.
This issue has been exploited, like so many others, by practically all of the political candidates. But afterward, unfortunately, they remain mere promises. It is also how began the myth how the myth that Aisen has the most expensive energy in Chile.
La nevazon y el viejito pascuero troyano
Friday, 30 July 2010 02:25
Environment
 Tras el casi terremoto blanco (“chubasco de nieve” según el pronóstico de meteochile) que nos ha afectado en la región y tras todo lo que ha pasado, no puedo dejar de hacer algunas comparaciones con lo ocurrido con el terremoto del 27 de febrero en las regiones del centro sur. Si bien los daños y consecuencias son incomparables, nos encontramos en ambos casos con algunas similitudes, especialmente en lo que respecta a la vulnerabilidad y la improvisación con que se actúa.
Patagonia Magical Realism? Water Rights in Aysen
Thursday, 22 April 2010 10:47
Environment
The facts about what I write here happened a little over a year ago, but its only now, having recently told some acquaintances, that I realize the importance of letting the wider public know more or less what happened. What I am going to describe is a tangible example of the way things are done in our country, what even could be a part of a sort of Patagonian “magical realism,” with its “nobody” protagonists from here.
Environmental Impact Evaluation
Thursday, 17 December 2009 00:00
Environment
 The Environmental Base Law, one of whose principal components is the Environmental Impact Evaluation System (SEIA), constitutes an advance and plausible demonstration of what our country would like to put on the same level as other nations more advanced in the care of their environment. Some of these nations are so “developed” that sometimes what they care for contains but small remnants of nature -- unrecoverable value that here in Chile we can still be proud to have. Yet, our government in Chile wants us to first arrive to the level of development of so-called developed countries which have destroyed most of their natural places so that afterward we can enjoy “the luxury of caring for the environment.” The paradox of underdevelopment?
Chilean Patagonia should be a World Heritage Site
Friday, 16 October 2009 12:33
Environment
The idea for a "Patagonia World Heritage" came about in January 2001, when leaders of PeaceBoat and leaders of CODEFF (National Committee for the Defense of Fauna and Flora) decided to work toward making it happen. From there it became a concrete proposal, and later signed on to by the chairmen of the Senate Environment Committee, Antonio Horvath, and the Chamber of Deputies Environment Committee, Alejandro Navarro.
Ordenamiento territorial en Aisen
Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00
Environment
La Región de Aisén, en la Patagonia Chilena, es conocida por algunos de sus hermosos paisajes y excepcionales cualidades ambientales, algo también por su aislamiento, la “carretera austral” y ahora último por los megaproyectos que pretenden instalarse en esta “frontera del desarrollo” y las respectivas campañas para evitarlos. Eso, aparte de alguna noticia, generalmente trágica, con la cual esta región logra interrumpir el acontecer de un país centralizado..
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