Sunday, December 6, 2009

PADAGONIA WEEK: PEOPLE

''Patagonia is one of the less populated regions in the world. There are certain areas where the demographic density is less than one inhabitant per square kilometer. This fact poses a contradiction: on one hand it is an advantage since it constitutes a reserve of resources and virgin land in an overpopulated planet which, according to experts, is due to collapse within this new millennium. On the other, from a geopolitical point of view it is a problem since it becomes a region which is vulnerable to resource and territory despoilers. Such a huge (and in certain places inaccessible) extension of land like Patagonia suffers from poor control mechanisms..''
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