Artículos
Chile and Argentina: A historical conflict in Campos de Hielo Sur
Today, October 21st, 2020, is the day of the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena region, which commemorates 500 years since the discovery and crossing of the, at the time, called “Todos los Santos” canal. This discovery and expedition were led by the Portuguese explorer...
A disaster timeline: Pascua Lama
Pascua Lama is a mining project of the Canadian company Barrick Gold through its affiliate company named Compañía Minera Nevada S.A., located in the middle of the Andean Mountain Range, on the border between Chile and Argentina, which consists of an open-pit mining...
104 years after the feat of the “Pardo pilot”, the great rescue in Antarctica
In 1916, pilot Luis Pardo Villalón rescued Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in Antarctica, a mission that went around the world. Last August 30th, 2020, marked 104 years since the heroic deed of the 2nd pilot of the Chilean Navy, Luis Pardo...
The contribution of glacier streamflows to the Maipo River could decrease to 75%
According to a study made by Cetaqua Water Technology Centre, the glacier contributions could be greatly reduced by the Chilean summertime – from December to March – which would expose the basin of the Metropolitana region to a complicated situation of vulnerability....
Aguas del Minero
Both Chile’s Water Code, specifically in its article 56, and the Mining Code, specifically article 110, regulate the so-called Aguas del Minero, an institution created during Augusto Pinochet’ s dictatorship and subsequently protected by the governments that followed...
Eco-Civic Talk: Glacier Protection and Constituent Process
Throughout the history, our regulations and institutions have neglected the appropriate respect for ecosystems. Glaciers particularly have not been protected under any law that ensures their protection and preservation. At present, the mining impact jeopardizes the...
How to reintegrate ourselves into nature in the process of deconfinement?
There already are several communities in this country, beginning to lift restrictions under the deconfinement plan. However, there is a series of regulations concerning practicing outdoor sports during the Transition Stage. This Tuesday, August 11, the Ministry of...
Escazú Agreement and its implementation in our country
It is not unknown to anyone that in Chile there are controversies of a socio-environmental nature, cases such as the emblematic energy project "Alto Maipo" in the Metropolitan Region and the mining project "Pascua Lama" in Atacama, are just some of the best...
Changes of the Glacier Colgante Morado between 1932-2019
Glaciers of the central Andes of Chile are a crucial freshwater resource for down-stream communities for drinking water or water for agriculture, mining or industry. Normally, the mountain water supply is largely sourced from the melting of the winter...
Glaciers and mountains through art
Art has been a powerful tool to reconstruct what has happened to glaciers and mountains around the planet in the last ~ 700 years. In addition to allowing a graphic window to the past, art has made it possible to understand how the perception of Western society...
GlacierHub, from Columbia University, highlights the work of Fundación Glaciares Chilenos
The American website, which depends on the Earth Institute of Columbia University, detailed the work carried out by our NGO and highlighted the effort we make with the care of glaciers in Chile. At the end of July this year, the blog specialized in glaciers,...
Väinö Auer: the Finnish explorer who traveled the fjords of Tierra del Fuego
To be immersed in one of the most beautiful corners of Tierra del Fuego Island, a place secluded from the world, and which for a long time was one of the best kept secrets of the Kawésqar. For those who know the Magallanes region in Chile, the name of that place is...