PATAGONIA, CHILE

PHASE 7: PATAGONIA, CHILE

With much of its wilderness in pristine condition, the Chilean population and international environmental groups have been fighting against the hydroelectric project that would construct five dams on the Baker and Pascua Rivers, leaving irreversible impacts on a landscape largely untouched. The dams will flood at least 5,600 hectares of rare forest ecosystems, river valleys and farmland. Moreover, most of Patagonia’s water rights have been privatized and access is controlled by foreign corporations, who support damming the rivers.