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Á. González-Reyes

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Chile’s Glacier Protection Law Needs Grounding in Sound Science

by A. Fernández, S. MacDonell, M. Somos-Valenzuela and Á. González-Reyes 6 July 20211 June 2023

In the works for more than a decade, proposed legislation to protect glacial and permafrost environments in Chile suffers from uncertainties and omissions that could sow conflict instead of solutions.

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