1. Water Rights and the Quechua People http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-wars-in-the-andeshttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-wars-in-the-andes,

3. Moray Terraces http://www.photoseek.com/peru/Peru.html

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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 http://www.pandafunds.com/Portals/0/Water-Pipeline-reduced.jpg ?

7. 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-tensionhttp://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2009/05/glaciers-go-leaving-drought-conflict-and-tension ;

8. 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

9. Who should have access to the water? To be continued…

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