Michelle Bachelet’s government has now left office, but not before greenlighting a slew of new projects to safeguard Chile’s natural environment. Over the past two months, Bachelet has approved the creation of a chain of new national parks stretching over 4.5 million hectares in Patagonia, along with a swathe of new maritime protection zones. But environmentalists and indigenous people are concerned: the measures fail to protect the waters around the Parque Nacional Kawésqar, leaving them exposed to potentially harmful salmon farming. End of preview - This article contains approximately 1850 words.
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