Argentina's Glacier Mining Plan Sparks Environmental Concerns
Argentina's decision to open its glaciers to mining operations has sparked significant environmental concerns regarding water supplies and potential impacts on global food production, leading to mass public support for protection efforts.
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Gold vs water: Argentina opens glaciers to mining but at what cost to world food supplies?
Beneath the shining white glaciers of the Andean mountains lie valuable deposits of gold, copper and molybdenum which, until recently, were off-limits to the mining companies that have set their eyes on these untapped minerals. That could be about to change, after legislators in Argentina agreed to amend the Glacier Law that has prohibited all mining and exploration activities in the country’s glacier regions since 2010. The legislation defined the country’s 16,000 glaciers – covering an area...
By Emiliano Martínez Viademonte
Read full article →Mass support for petition to protect Argentina glaciers from mining expansion
In Argentina, more than 850,000 people have signed a petition to protect the country's glaciers, joining the class action suit brought before the courts by a group of environmental NGOs which aims to halt the implementation of an amended law on glacier protection passed by Argentina's parliament last month.
By RFI
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