The Land & Climate Podcast
The editorial team from The Land and Climate Review interview thinkers and policymakers in the world of economics, land-use and climate policy. Find more on our site at www.landclimate.org
The Land & Climate Podcast
Does mining bring wealth to Chile, or harm?
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Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks to Professor Ángela Vergara about the history, economics, and environmental impact of mining in Chile.
Ángela Vergara is a member of the history faculty at California State University. Her books include Fighting Unemployment in Twentieth-Century Chile (Pittsburgh, 2021), and Copper Workers, International Business and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile (Penn State, 2008).
Podcast Editing by Vasko Kostovski.
Further reading:
- 'The ‘Alterlives’ of Green Extractivism: Lithium Mining and Exhausted Ecologies in the Atacama Desert', International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement.
- Stay tuned for our upcoming collection on www.landclimate.org, The future unrefined, coming next week - including content about Chilean mining!
Click here to read our investigation into the UK biomass supply chain, or watch a clip from the BBC Newsnight documentary.