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Water Rights and the Quechua People
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-wars-in-the-andes,
Moray Terraces
http://www.photoseek.com/peru/Peru.html
The Problem Today• More than 2/3 of Peruvians
live in the deserts west of the Andes.
• Lima has a population of about 9 million people.
• Less than 2% of Peru’s water flows in western Peru.
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2009/05/glaciers-go-leaving-drought-conflict-and-tension
Agribusiness in Peru
HOWEVER• In 2002 the water table started dropping, and has
continued to plummet, sometimes as much as eight meters a year.
http://www.treehugger.com/Aerial-view-of-asparagus--006.jpg
•Deserts south of Lima have been transformed into an important agricultural center.•$450 million a year exporting asparagus.•10,000 new jobs
The Solution: Build a water pipeline from the Andes Mountains to Lima?
"Water belongs to the people who need it most, and we need it most." –Gino Gotuzzo, of the Farmers Association of Ica
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The Perspective of the Quechua
Quechuan Llama Herders in the Andes
• Pipeline may dry up mountain wetlands they need to pasture llamas.
• Andean Bogs—a diverse ecosystem which has not been well studied.
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2009/05/glaciers-go-leaving-drought-conflict-and-tension ;
Other concerns for the Quechua
• Recent droughts• Mining is increasing
salinity and decreasing water of pasturelands.
• The people rely on glacier melts to survive during the dry season, but the glaciers are disappearing.
• Warmer temperatures are causing farmers to shift their crops up the mountains.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-wars-in-the-andes
Who should have access to the water?
To be continued…
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• http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2009/10/altered-climate-forces-cultural-change-high-in
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-wars-in-the-andes, http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2009/05/glaciers-go-leaving-drought-conflict-and-tension
• http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=296a2a12-535f-419a-accf-2799ec88792a%40sessionmgr4&vid=2&hid=24
• http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/text?people=Quichu
• a http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/3891-Peru-s-water-UK-s-asparagus