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chile: land of extremes. each day before the sun rises in northern chile's atacama desert, people venture up and up. across bumpy terrain to where the altitude is high enough to make you light—headed. the air is thin and even in summer the temperatures are near freezing. so these are one of the main draws for tourists coming here to the atacama desert, an incredible place. it's the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere. and here in the andes mountains, over 4,000 metres, it's the highest in the world. but what i find especially incredible is that we're in the atacama desert. i'm sure you've heard of it. the driest place on earth.

but i'm notjust in chile sightseeing. i've come because bubbling up in this country has been an appetite for change. 30 years on from the era shaped by dictator augusto pinochet. many here still want change. and in 2019, millions took to the streets, angry at inequality and poor public services. but by 2020, there were celebrations. a once—in—a—generation rewrite of their constitution was voted for. i visited as the finishing touches were being put on the new draught which, if voted in next week, supporters say it will bolster public services, give environmental protections and recognition to chile's indigenous communities for the first time. i wanted to see for myself some of the ways that the country is changing as it considers

reshaping not only its constitution, but also its fundamental identity. which is why 18 hours later, ifind myself in the middle of the desert as night presses in. so it's half 11 at night. ifeel like i'm in the middle of nowhere. not quite sure what i'm getting myself into. the new constitution would also enshrine individual�*s rights to water. a precious resource in a country suffering droughts and something crucial for the indigenous community of the atacama.

this ceremony brings together members of the atacameno indigenous people who live around northern chile and have a deep respect for nature, having adapted to life around the desert. they've given us special permission to come along.

mabel passes agua colla around the group, a drink with hallucinogenic effects that's made from the cactus plant.

it was quite a serene experience. and...it was...it was amazing just to see these local people and how they were so passionate and so emotional about this ceremony. i feel really privileged that we were able to be invited to something like this. you can still hear the drums in the background. it's after four in the morning.

i might leave them to it. but a community rooted in tradition has been rubbing up against a world evolving at pace. like at the nearby town of san pedro de atacama, which has expanded significantly over the last two decades due to tourism. 0k, look at this. there's a restaurant here, there's a tour operator over there. cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all their swimming pools. this is a town thatjust revolves around tourism. i can't imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there isn't much that grows, but still, techniques passed

down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa, the water bearer from last night's ceremony, to find out a little more about how their position in the modern world here is changing. rosa, how is it so green here? this is crazy. it's like magic, thanks to the water. the idea is we respect the cycle. in winter, the mother earth rests. some of the techniques here use ancient atacameno methods like irrigation channels, which allow these plants to be watered sparingly just once a month. the idea of this project — teach to the world how important is preserve and protect the mother earth.

when you come to the desert, not only is landscape and picture. it's introduce and understand how live the local people, how important is the water. and we can live and we can protect the wildlife, too. there are other big changes afoot for the wider community here. can you talk me through what this will mean for your people? well, this is good opportunity for recognise the indigenous people in chile, in the constitution. we have other concepts than life. and that is very important because they give more tools for protect the area, especially the water. recognition is beginning to take shape. some tourist sites like the geysers are now co—managed by the indigenous community,

allowing them to take an active role in their changing world. but the atacameno weren't the first indigenous people to call chile home. i left rosa and headed further up the coast to arica. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter—gatherer chinchorro people lived here and developed complex mummification practices which have astounded 2ist—century researchers. last year, chinchorro burial culture was officially recognised by unesco, who placed it on their world heritage list. but despite this, the chinchorro still haven't entirely caught the public�*s imagination. the small fishing village of caleta camarones is the closest town to one of the world's top sites where the chinchorro mummies have been found. but here, chinchorro enthusiasts will find little

more than a themed restaurant and some statues. so before we came here, some people said you could see the mummies in the ground and some said you couldn't, so i wasn't really sure what we'd find. but while we were having lunch, we got talking to the guy who runs the place, and he says he can show us some mummies in the ground. so, and it's two minutes down the road, so we're on oui’ way. currently, the mummies buried in the ground are being left there by archaeologists for their protection. ok, here? and as we approach, we take great care not to disturb any of the remains. wow. it's so close to the road.

what was it like growing up here? did you see many mummies when you were a child? there are thought to be thousands of mummies still in these hills and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered

all around the area. behind the scenes of the san miguel de azapa museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there's so many mummies here, vivian. how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store. let me show you a chinchorro mummy. it's quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy?

if it was me, i would be very scared to to work here. what do you love about yourjob? it's very interesting. but these fragile relics, which date back as much as 2,000 years before the egyptian mummies, are deteriorating at an increasing rate — in part due to climate change.

there's no air conditioning here, and rising humidity levels are a big threat to the mummies. but it's hoped that a new $25 million museum will help protect them. so, is the local people's relationship with these mummies starting to change? do you know what i find really amazing?

i'd never even heard of the chinchorro mummies until i came to chile. now, this is crazy, because they're the oldest mummies in the world. and everyone, of course, has heard of the egyptian mummies, but not the chinchorro mummies. so, i get the feeling that things here are slowly changing and maybe in the future, they'll get the recognition that they deserve. and along with this renewed appreciation of ancient chilean culture, there's also a greater focus forming on the stunning and unique landscapes and wildlife that you'll find here. i headed south to patagonia's new route of parks. here, 17 old and new national parks are joined together to create a huge network of wild areas to explore — an area the size of switzerland. it's been one outcome from the largest private land donation in history to create a conservation project

on a vast scale. myjourney to its heart takes me six hours in a 4x4. so, we've blown a tire and, as you can see behind me, the road is pretty rough. we've hit one of these huge potholes, and i guess that's part of the story of tourism here. you know, the infrastructure is still a work in progress, but fortunately, all the locals are being super helpful. for two american philanthropists, doug and kris tompkins, the route of parks was just one part of a decades—long project in both chile and argentinean patagonia. over the course of 30 years, doug, kris and the tompkins conservation 0rganization bought two million acres of land across chile and argentina. i am very proud of what we do because every hectare we have ever

purchased goes right back to the people of the country. if you want to conserve a territory and bring back species who've gone toward a point where their numbers are quite low, you have to: a — consult the geniuses of the place who are the people who've lived here for a very long time. because we're coming in and we don't really know that much about how these areas function and they do. the chilean gaucho traditionally is a horseman skilled at protecting cattle and sometimes hunting predators. but gaucho don daniel now has a wider view of predators, which are an important part of the wildlife ecosystem. he now monitors and protects native deer.

today, he uses modern techniques to track the tagway mules nearby. so, the signal is quite strong when we point the antenna that way. it's like one of those tv antennas from the �*70s or �*80s that you had on your roof. but it seems to be doing thejob. oh, yeah, i can hear it.

99% of the original huemul population are thought to have been lost, placing the breed on the endangered list. with don daniel's help, we soon spot something in the distance. gosh, look at don daniel, go. so we've actually found a huemul deer. can you see him in the distance? he's just sitting there in the grass and he's quite well camouflaged. we move for a closer look and quickly see that there are, in fact, three huemul together. so we're approaching the deer from a lower ground angle so we don't scare them.

it's unbelievable that now the numbers have grown and we've been able to track them within the space of a quarter of an hour. and here we are and we're able to get this close to them. doug tompkins sadly never saw his plan with kris finalised, as he passed away in 2015.

a good friend of mine from new york city wrote to me just a few days after he died, and she said, "look, you have a choice here. you can be the long—suffering widow or you can get out of bed and go do these things." and she was right. that was a conscious decision i was going to have to make. and so ijust thought, "ok, let's go for it." and that's when i started trying to tie up everything and within two years, we had them all donated. wow. and that was a lot of work. and i think it saved my life needing to do that. yeah. i think there's a tremendous amount of enthusiasm in chile right now, young and old. and certainly the environment is one of the big platforms

of this new administration. ijust don't think i was expecting what an amazing place of contrast this country is. but at the same time, there's lots bringing it together at the moment, like a new focus on the environment and conservation and ambition to set a new course for the future — treasuring their common heritage and their common land for generations to come.

hello. if you're waiting for a change in the weather, perhaps a change to something warmer and more settled, i think you will be waiting quite some time. certainly no real change this weekend. in fact, staying cool, rather windy with some heavy rain at times. how much rain? well, this chart shows how much rain we are expecting to accumulate over the next couple of days. the wettest places are likely to be in northern england, parts of wales, maybe even northern ireland as well. and the reason? well, not a particularly summery looking weather chart. an area of low pressure, a frontal system pushing in from the west and this is going to bring some quite heavy and persistent rain for some of us through the day on saturday. rain moving across northern ireland to parts of northern england, southern scotland, wales, the south—west of england, some rain getting into the midlands as well. all the while, northern scotland holding onto some sunshine, albeit with one or two showers. it is going to turn quite windy down towards the south, particularly around the southern and western coasts. gusts of a0 to maybe 50 mph and temperatures really disappointing for the time of year, 1a to 19 degrees. maybe 20 for the channel islands.

as we move through saturday night, this area of low pressure moves its way eastwards but notice this band of cloud and rain left behind across some parts of northern england, northern ireland, sinking slowly southwards as we go through the day on sunday. to the south of that sunshine and showers, sunshine and showers to the north of that as well. temperatures between 16 and 22 degrees at best. many places below par temperature—wise for the time of year. that isn't going to change very much into the start of the new week. 0ur area of low pressure rolls away eastwards. high pressure tries to build from the west. but, this will leave us, broadly speaking, with a north or north—westerly airflow and that is going to keep anything warm well away from our shores. could well be some cloud and some rain across the south—east corner as a weather front passes through on monday morning. further north and west, sunny spells, scattered showers and those temperatures — at best — between 16 and 21 degrees.

now, that weather front passing through, we will have to keep a close eye on that as we move out of monday into tuesday. could just spin up an area of low pressure as it moves its way through. uncertainty about where that might happen but it might hold the rain back across some southern parts into tuesday morning. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, some scattered showers, and still this rather cool regime. 16 degrees in aberdeen, 20 for london, for cardiff and for plymouth. into wednesday, after a brief drier interlude, it looks like our next weather system will be pushing in from the west, again, this could bring quite a lot of rain in places. strengthening winds, temperatures around 16 to 20 degrees at best. so, what hope of a change in this pattern later in the week into next weekend? really, as far as the eye can see, it's a procession of weather systems pushing in from the atlantic. areas of low pressure, bouts of rain, perhaps some strong

winds at times and, broadly speaking, some relatively cool conditions with any heat kept well away towards the south of europe. so, as we look towards the end of next week and into the following weekend, you can see further rain at times, some dry interludes and temperatures broadly below par for the time of year. that's all from me. bye— bye.

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