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Thursday, March 23, 2023

In Chile’s Patagonia, another salmon plant angers water defenders

 

A recently opened salmon processing plant in southern Chile is raising concerns about whether environmental regulations were properly carried out to prevent contamination of marine ecosystems and clean drinking water. The Dumestre salmon plant near the city of Puerto Natales is receiving backlash from conservationists and residents who say the facility is at risk of dumping waste in the fjords and channels of southern Chile. Some residents, including Indigenous Kawesqar, also complain that the plant made an aggressive push into the area without properly consulting them

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/in-chiles-patagonia-another-salmon-plant-angers-water-defenders/

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