Hidroaysén Project: Threat or progress?

«The history of these regions fills me with pessimism about the future of the habitat that we see when the Austral road tour. Finally, on the last leg of our trip we visited the area most threatened by the progress, Baker River, the natural drain of Lake General Carrera. River is the largest flow of Chile, hence its hydropower potential, but it is more than 1.000 kilometers from the centers of consumption. That is why a hydroelectric plant would not only flood much of the jungle but also the high voltage lines would sweep thousands of hectares of forest to take energy to the distant cities to the north ». Our partner Gerardo Bartolomé alerts us to the threat posed to the jungle valdiviana the construction of a hydroelectric plant in the area. This video helps to better understand the implications of the draft.