[000:00:00;00] the who's this is d w ally from berlin needed to take a tougher line against russia and china for the 1st time nato leaders declare beijing a challenge to global security. and they put moscow on notice will get analysis from washington, d. c. over coming up on the show, the bill in a journalist jailed after his flight was diverted to mint appears at a news conference, the opposition se, remind kristovich is being paraded at the hot finish. and on concert on

trial, man mars depose, leader appears in court on charges that included smuggling walkie talkie human rights group say the charges are focused ah hello, i'm claire richardson, a very warm welcome to the show. native leaders have said the rising influence of china has become a systemic challenge to the global order, but they stopped short of labeling china a threat. the top new stance was set out in a joint statement following monday's native summit in brussels. us president joe biden was eager to repair relations with allies at the meeting. it was joe biden's, 1st nature summit. you may keep your mouth off. now please turn and watch the digital tower. and the us president arrived in brussels with

a promise to reaffirm the united states commitment to a military alliance's previous feud with this day. and then it was down to business, identifying old and new threats to the alliance. russia and china both seeking to drive a wedge in our trans atlantic solidarity. we're seeing an increase in malicious cyber activity. it's the 1st time the alliance has brenda china as the security threat. joe biden has made pushing back against also italian regimes, a keystone of his presidency, and especially on china. he wants me to, to show a united front. the allies are concerned about china's growing economic, diplomatic, and military might, which is why the now describe china's behavior as a systemic challenge. but leaders also stress that nature, seeking to work with china when it comes to global threats,

such as climate change. an approach german chancellor glamour cool, strongly supports most of the side of it. when looking at cyber threats, hybrid registered on the corporation between russia and china. i believe you just can't ignore china. we shouldn't overstate in my view. so we have to find the right balance. looming large at the summit was also the scrambled to complete nato's re tool from a gun. it's done. after the united states surprise partners, but ordering us troops home off the almost 20 s. nato military operations are coming to an end. we pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives or being wounded. please put your marks on joe biden. we'll move on to geneva this week, where he needs russian president vladimir putin. he'll come with

a message that the u. s. is ready to respond if russia continues its military built up on nato's eastern flag. and we can get more from dw correspondent oliver dallas, who joins us now from a washington d. c. over strong words there from joe biden, as he prepares to meet with russia's president vladimir putin on wednesday. i tell us more about what we can expect from that meeting in geneva, or claire we will see a very different approach. first and foremost, joe biden said earlier today, as we also heard in the report that the u. s. is not looking for a conflict, but he wants to make clear, well, the red lines are so he said russia is a worthy adversary called food and also bright and tough in the psychology behind that, if you will, is that he's trying to show he's taking putin seriously, it also softened his tone as you remember a little earlier he called to putin a killer. so we haven't heard any of that rhetoric anymore. and that open snell the

door for negotiations with russia present bite and once a cooperation or at least offer though such a corporation in areas of common interest. but he also wants to make clear the times of the trump era when the u. s. handed out a card belongs to russia that those times are over now. and that election meddling ransomware attacks. also any aggressive behavior in general that these times are over. and if not, russia will face the consequences. and we also heard dana taking a tougher line against which, against china, and it does appear that it has also been successful in getting me to leaders to speak with a united voice on confronting beijing on its trade in human rights practices. what exactly will we see from nato to that end? well, nato in general sees china as an adversary as well. and the summit tackled the role china plays in the world. and we've seen that in the final communique that was issued by the nato members voicing a strong concern about the rise of china. that it potentially could pose

a threat to the world. audra, a tool tele, terry, and regime that already has the largest navy that it's military is still growing. and also china aggressively growing it's geo political influence and at the same time breaching human rights undermining democracy in hong kong in taiwan. and so the message of natal was clear, it was a message of deterrence really, that the block would stand firm and it's based on a strong foundation. now this summit was jo biden's chance to reassure european partners that the u. s. is committed to the alliance after souring tires under his predecessor donald trump. has he been successful? or clear? you have to remember where we're coming from and we're coming from a time where just 4 years ago, the president of the united states president trump a call natal obsolete in brussels. and there are those words have left their mark and when to hear. now, those words of affirmation by joe biden,

by the leader of the largest military power in the block, that was extremely important. it was an extremely important message of units you looking at china and russia. so yes, on that and by the was successful. but of course, there are many on answered questions such as military spending just a single old one, a germany for instance. i still admit its financial goals doesn't correspond to all of result in washington dc. always a pleasure and take a look now with some other stories making headlines up as our british prime minister board. and johnston has a now before we could delay to plan with most rhona virus and restrictions in england on june 21st. that caution was needed because of a surge in new cases driven by the more transmissible delta vary and the government says the delay should give time to administer millions more vaccines and save many life. thousands of activists have protested in budapest against legislation

that would ban any content portraying, or promoting homosexuality or sex reassignment surgery. it's expected to be approved by the hungarian parliament on tuesday. prime minister victor orbits, a conservative feat as party unveiled with the legislation last week. an explosion at a chemical plant in the us state of illinois has sparks a massive fire and further blasts prompting the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses. luckily, no serious injuries have been reported. emergency crews are stopped using water to fight the flames to prevent the run off from polluting the environment. and they have instead sealed off the site and will let the fire burn itself house. philippines president, rodrigo do told, hey, could soon find his war on drugs. the subject of a probe at the international criminal court, that's after the chief prosecutor requested authorization to open a full investigation. she says that you care to regimes killings of more than

$6000.00 suspected drug dealers could amount to crimes against humanity and jails. bella roost in journalists, romana protest, savage has addressed a news conference in minsk and what the opposition says is another statement made under duress at the briefing, process savage, that he was in good health and that he was not beaten. he was arrested at last month after his flight to lithuania, was forced to land in minsk. this is the 3rd time he appeared in front of the press . previously he admitted to plotting to overthrow president alexander the cushion go. and he'll be reporter alexandro bogus. lipsky was at that press conference in minsk earlier, and we asked her how safe it is for critical journalists in bella. ruth, and how she feels after what happened to remind perhaps, savage you know, it is actually not say today. listen, beller, force like 30 my comics, los angeles,

and now increasing and recently attack rate. the biggest use photo to buy. and we were like that, like journalists and the oppressed is under effect for now, and nothing changes the interview for the same issue in this conference. this is our arity, but i think that we should continue to work. we should continue to porch because i think it's our duty we should provide people this reliable information. i was dw reporter alexandro bogus from scott in minsk, went out to another country, experiencing a rollback of basic rights man, mark the trial of job, whose leader on on she got underway today. 4 months after she was ousted from power in the military coup. she faces a long list of charges including breaking co restrictions and illegal possession of walkie talkies for lawyers and rights groups dismiss the charges as bogus and the

military's attempt just to manage power. this photo of unsung suit she attending a hearing in may, is the only known image of her since the military coup. even her legal team has very limited access to her. this 1st trial is about whether the 75 year old violated social distancing rules and illegally imported to walkie talkies. to cut on sounds good helped me and she has a toothache but still looks as fresh as ever by the former due fact you ahead of government will face more serious charges in later trials. she's being accused of a legit incitement to sedition and corruption. i think it's a parody of the legal process. i think most of the charges against door intensity and against a lot of the other political prisoners, more than 4000 is basically justification for an illegal q data. and most of them shouldn't be taken seriously. this is, this is pure,

repressive theater. that's all it is. just we're back on the streets of john gong on monday, calling for democracy. since february, thousands have been arrested and well over 800 killed. but the civil disobedience continues more than 4 months after the coo, most of the country, appears to be standing by on sun sushi to football european championship now. and monday's group stage matches started with a tense game in seville. as spain hosted sweden, the spaniards offered relentless pressure on swedish goalkeeper, robin olsen in the 2nd half, but also kept the homes. what off the scoreboard throughout a 2nd. monday games on poland and fee for the player of the year. robert levon dorski take on a neighboring slovakia, but the buyer new next door never found an opening. and slovakia came up with

a 21 victory milan screen the are scored the game winner in the 2nd half after poland was forced to play with a 10 men due to penalties. and finally, monday's early match featured a stunning goal and a massive embarrassment for scotland goalkeeper david marshall, who became the victim of the shot of the tournaments so far. the czech republic, patrick shake, noticed martial well off his line. and last, with a shot from midfield and nearly 50 meters, if the longest distance goal in the tournament history. final score to now to the czech republic. tennis now entered just 2 weeks before wimbledon. roger federer has made a successful return to grass court tennis in the german city of jaila. this with maestro showed no signs of discomfort and making the quarter finals with an effortless straight that when over qualifier ilia vasquez. phaedra pulled out the french open because of nice ordinance following 2 surgeries last year. the 39 year

old is looking to win a record, a knife wimbleton crown this year. so i missed it. i haven't played a tournament in 2 years on the surface. so it's been done the hard course with the clean i was on the grass, so it's been been great bang back here and how they love playing here. just you know, very little crowd. it's a bit of a disappointment for all of us, but at the same time, like you said, they're excited to be back on the green grass and the you know, getting when of it was very nice. and for we go, let's get a quick reminder of our top story at our native leaders meeting in brussels, have called out china and russia as rising threats to the alliance. a stomach communicate declare to china, a global security challenge. us president joe biden, later of years, china and russia of trying to drive a wedge in transit atlantic,

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but ive tourism return. they're all questions or how it can become more sustainable versus need to be a business imo, bought in berlin. welcome to the program. crude oil has hit its highest price in 32 months as the global economic recovery gains momentum. the rise is also being held by sluggish talks between us and iran, over a nuclear to the radians voting and presidential election. this we can eminent end to american sanction, is looking unlikely. a deal could mean a flood of coil into the market, lowering prices. but in the meantime, continues to rise as loosening pandemic restrictions increase demand for crude cost or financial correspond to new york yet quarter high young v o markets at least seem skeptical that washington will lift the sanctions on around anytime soon . yeah, well i mean,

if the negotiations between iran and the us go well, and if the united states would lift the sanction soon, that would mean that hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil would flat at the market. but those are a lot of if sen, obviously, wall street does not really believe it. and so for now, what the market is focusing on is especially that demand for oil from industries, but also from airlines, from drivers is increasing. so more demand and then on the other side there could be sign that we might see. let's supply for once. also on wall street here on my back, it's become much more popular to invest into sustainable energy, not so much in a feel plus a fuels. and that could mean that we might see some pressure on supply. and therefore, there is a lot of talk on wall street that we might even see $100.00 per barrel. again, at some point for now crude us on top off for $70.00

a barrel since the beginning of the year. that means that oil is up by about 40 percent, while prices rise and so has value bit coin. and again, it's down to mr. musk. what can you tell us? yeah, well i don't really understand why the crypto market is so keen on getting any new words from l on must buy. well, that's the story. so whenever he tweet something, bitcoin or other crit, those go up or down here at the beginning of the week, masika basically said he would be willing, or his company tesla would be willing to accept bitcoin to pay for vehicles if at least 50 percent of the mining for the bid coins will be done with a renewable energy. that is a big criticism. a bill has been a big criticism lately. just to give you an example, go mind bitcoin basically take as much energy as the entire country of ice and consume store for one bit, calling that

a transaction. you could also watch about 55000 of your videos. so therefore, this push to get more renewables into the bitcoin world when that's going to happen . who knows? but because we're up at some point by more than 10 percent and traded back at around $40000.00 a p. m quarter. neil, thanks now. yes, president joe biden is continuing. his european toe is now in brussels, where china trade terraced. i'm tech regulation role on the agenda years president is determined to use his best foreign trip to unite allies to counter facings. rising influence on this plan has already made progress with g 7 leaders adopting a method infrastructure plan through rival basing master felton road investment initiative. more on president vitamins china policy. his financial correspondent, chelsea delaney, one of joe by an main goals as us president has been to rebuild america's

relationships with its allies and part can about the rising role of china. we are starting to see that bear fruit to some degree. the infrastructure structure program announced over the weekend as well as the proposed us use semi conductor alliance. it's scheduled to be discuss tomorrow in brussels as part of larger trade talks. at the same time, the e u is still very reluctant to choose aside between the u. s and china, the u is concerned about human rights abuses by basing, but the chinese market is still paramount for a lot of european companies like mercedes benz bmw w. and as we heard from a lot of g, g 7 leaders over the weekend, it's imperative to collaborate with china for global efforts like climate change. chelsea delaney that now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines. morocco is hoping, taurus destinations like this one will soon be full after launching is in fact the passport scheme this month pass about 40 vaccinated individuals to move more freely

after curfew and travel domestically and abroad. the launch is part of the kingdoms reopening process. tourism is a key part of the country's economy around 5 percent of americans work in the industry. california is looking to convince is residents to get covered 19 vaccines with a price for the $6.00 vacation packages. it's on top of the big vaccine jack for this week, where 10 people, when $1500000.00 each, the draw for the vacation lottery is set up as july our, our meeting. germany says it will increase its climate funding for developing countries to 6000000000 years a year by 2025. up from the 4000000000 paid in 2020. the government spokesman gave the updated target. see we can g 7. someone and switzerland has narrowly rejected new environmental measures, including a surcharge on coffee or a new taxes on flight tickets. there is also a we can referendum, makes it difficult for switzerland to reach its goal of cutting carbon emissions

and becoming net neutral like 2050. my cubans are struggling on multiple fronts. at the moment the current of ours pandemic has been a disaster for the islands, crucial tourism sector. and now there are long choose the country's banks. why? well, because the government has announced financial institutions are about to stop accepting deposits in the us dollars. if you have foreign currency here, you can buy whatever you like on the black market and in special shops. the money comes from tourists and from cubans living abroad, but starting june 21st, that will change cuban banks will stop accepting us dollars. and i will assume the resolution establishes that cuban financial institutions, such as banks, are currency exchange offices may no longer accept dollars in cash, neither from individuals nor from companies. who do you guys de la monia cuba having more and more difficulty redeeming its dollars abroad?

something it blames on sanctions. the get too much in with it is an essential unavoidable measure that our banking and financial systems have to take. there is no way of avoiding it. what is the measure motivated by the united states economic brocade? the move serves to make the dollar less attractive domestically and strengthen the countries pay so yet on the black market, the dollar is still trading far above the government's official rate. across the atlantic capital locked downs and travel restrictions, europeans are ready to pack their bags and take a vacation. but holiday destination such as spain worry that to return to mass tourism could jeopardize efforts towards a more sustainable industry. the custody of so then southern spain is renowned is one of the most popular destinations for mass tourism. there's a lot of talk about sustainability here. but very few of the resorts,

hotels were built to conserve resources and save energy with perhaps one exception in the sea of mega hotels going out in a hurry. molina boutique hotel with $36.00 rooms and it's fully sustainable. society doesn't have that awareness yet. we're just getting the area and the industry itself doesn't have that awareness either north town or not far away. jose dummy, andrew eastman, olga looks at malaga with its almost $600000.00 inhabitants. it's the birthplace of because so and the tourist have of the cost the del sol, for this kind of sort of the region. there's no way around sustainability. well, i've got it. i got a demographic burden on the coast, just too high. we need to move toward a balance that shouldn't be saved on the traditional tourism. same on each because that's gone. also very seasonal. and this all the time we need the mulligan,

local politicians feel they're on the right track. they want to attract visitors who are interested in culture and they want to show off their nature reserve near the airport. their goal for the future. knowing my, you're limited to the stuff. you know, we don't want to attract more and more tourists. we want quality tourists so that not only the tourists enjoy the city, we live there due to the i get your most likely that. but mulligan and like other cities is failing to achieve that goal. the residence of a longer near the district have complained for years about rising rents, and the consequences of us has a panic when it's only sustainable that can take care of the area, protected residents, neighborhoods in businesses. anything that gets in way about it is not sustainable . there were 6000 tourist departments in malaga alone. many residents have had to leave their homes in the long run. successful tourism in the area will have to

respect its residents and the environment. the most interesting, the tourism has to move away from the stereotypical image of the backpack. it's about the conditions under which people work, sustainable employment, and the social and cultural footprint. horse just leave behind him back to cooper and i wish i could get it home to restart unless you guys experts are concerned that once the tourists are back, the pressure to change may wayne. and lastly, forget to have a very different kind of seat on a space ship. right. with amazon found a jeff base off went for $28000000.00 during a live auction this weekend and followed a month long process for the sight seeing trip on board. the up the blue origins maiden voyage on july, the 20th, the bidding close 7 minutes after the auction of the gun, the identity of the wind was not revealed. flight is expected to last and just in

every minute. taking the passengers to the very edge of space on the other people on board can expect to be weightless and observe a curvature of planet just like that. that's all from in the data. we business team here in berlin from all to check out our website, dot com slash business. goodbye. ah . the new gold rush and the andy lithium and this like metal is the wrong material of the future. and it's essential for the expansion mobility to creating political tension and threatening, fragile ecosystem. the mining region is right with controversy. close up me next on

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a lot of lithium to power those electric cars. 1000 people here with the pursuit of white gold can also have serious political consequences. with lithium brought down bolivian government, religion. again, but can the lithium be extracted without damaging the local and some experts are skeptical and question the need for large scale mining projects we're not familiar with and there's a family in europe that really need to eat cars and it's re computer us. how will the mining of lithium affect the local residence and what impact will it have on the region sensitive ecosystem? but with that, it's not about a share of the profits. keith look a little more. it's about our future. and the future of our children. in

the in this is the large salon day, uni cells, flat near the crest of the andes. in southwestern bolivia, benita crust. mize the world single largest deposit of lithium. mm. no one is the mayor of the nearby community of rio grande. why le supports lithium mining? because he believes that it will generate profits for everyone. necessity, thomas k. all of the communities near the salt lake and all of bolivia will benefit from the extraction of lithium. here you get over. all the vendors have been if you

ship about 2000 people live in rio grande. the local economy is doing well thanks to income from the extraction of sodium, boar 8, or borax y last hopes that its lithium mining operations expand. as planned. there will be even more money for the local residence. there are huge deposits under the crust of the salt. a pilot plan for extracting the white gold has already been built. bolivians, government wants to benefit from the increased demand for looking them as more and more western countries developed electric vehicles. bolivian officials want to do more than simply export lithium. they also plan to develop processing plants and battery production facilities, which will create lots of new jobs that you've had in centuries

ago. bolivian silver was simply sent to europe. now we want to use this natural resource to improve our lives, either in 2018 able morales living as president at the time agreed to a joint venture with a german company, a c, i systems, all the money k, c i a s promise to help a bolivian state company extract the lithium. it will also build a processing plant and a factory for making lithium batteries. it seems to be a win win situation for both sides. a c, i a s predicted a bright future event towers. and if you like, we will create a 1000 jobs directly and 10000 indirect jobs that before including those with the other end production. so in believe in the german auto industry will need huge supplies of lithium as it makes the transition to battery powered vehicles. so will

car makers in other western countries and that's good news for bolivia, argentina, and julie, which have huge reserves of white gold may or wireless supports the agreement in principle. but only if it benefits the local residence. the message you must get think that's probably a lot of the the people are entitled to a share of the profit will come in because lithium extraction will have a huge impact upon the people of rio grande de la co, many others. you run the risk, but there's more at stake here than just financial compensation. local leaders also demand that they have a say in the development of these projects. look, it says seems that our logistics co operative can help in the extraction of lithium when i'm there. and we have the equipment that will be needed for this project that

are support including truck bent, regardless of them, i cannot put in 2019, president rutledge put the joint venture on hold in the wake of public protest in rio grande, a dozen civil trucks were purchased in anticipation of coming industrialization, most receive, i mean, we use these trucks to take the basins where wrong, lithium will be stored in there. but right now, they're just standing around my production like to come in. ah, there's hardly any opposition here to the joint venture. most local residents think the germans are the right partners for the project, including local politicians. theodore or the opposition comes from other parts of bolivia where a lot of people think it's a bad idea. look at the next well, as i remember, the germans can still save the project. so

a lot of people were upset about the terms of the agreement. i mean, i think the germans should take part in the me. but in other places, some citizens, committees are opposed and they've got people riled up this in 2019, there were widespread demonstrations against the proposed joint venture. and in october, people took to the streets to protest alleged fraud in the recent general election . during this chaos runners cancel the agreement with germany. in early november, international observers did find widespread evidence of fraud on november 10th for alice resigned as president and left the country since then, lithium mining in bolivia has been suspended. even those who live near the salt

flats now have their doubts about the joint venture agreement. one of them is luis much aka a member of a citizens committee. spell as they put a look at the germans wanting to extract our lithium with a 70 year contract. and you know, they want it to be a good partner and didn't have the financial resources. the more the technology that they handle here in bolivia, lithium lining, has become a serious political issue. it's still not clear whether a foreign company will be brought in to get the extraction project moving again. in any case, lithium mining consumers, huge amounts of water may require less is worried that the local wells may dry up is a boost killed the we need to find alternative ways to provide water for lithium production . so if they just tap into our reservoir,

we'll ruin our children's future permit in the for little of them as the mayor says that environmental concerns like this are important as bolivia decides which foreign company will take part in the project. that will you nissan slants, holds the world's largest reserve of lithium, which will be used in the batteries of the new generation of electric vehicles. large deposits of lithium are also found in the neighboring countries of chile and origin. tina, this is the so called lithium trying, which is home to nearly 60 percent of the world's supply of white gold. the much of the world's lithium is found in bryan reservoirs that lie just below the surface of the desert areas of the andes region . these include chillies, other come

a desert. this area is considered the world strides with an average annual rainfall of just 15 millimeters. the sun plants are all that's left of say, lin lakes that developed millions of years ago. the surface water is scarce here, and it is vital for the survival of wildlife like these flamingoes the julian company, s q m, has been mining lithium for 25 years at a facility on the outer commerce, on flat s q. him is the world's number 2 producer of lithium workers, pump brine to the surface from a depth of 40 meters. the broad been placed in patients where the liquid evaporates over several months leaving behind lithium flag. this process uses a lot of water pipelines run across the desert floor to supply the mining facility

where the water comes from wells that tap into the ground water button. a local resident, christiane to rocco is opposed to mining operations here because there, depleting the reservoirs on it, the one the lower than they see is that this mining operation has been set up on land for that belongs to the indigenous peoples case. now, if you can, the damage and the company is using up our underground water supply. the whole 15 seconds all alone. and to rocco says that some rivers in this region are running love, others have dried up altogether. he blames this situation on climate change and on water intensive mining operations, the in calling lives in the village

of tucker, now located on the edge of the sun flat, about 700 people live here. christiane works as a surveyor and also farms. a small plot of land like his father and grandfather did . christian's father says that large scale, lithium mining is mostly responsible for the drop in the local water supply. and what should i can to the weather? a lot of people have moved away because there's not enough water. well, what are you doing? if you don't have water, you can't grow crop. so a lot of people have less. oh, this situation has been confirmed by christina dora door, a biologist who has studied the environmental impact of mining operations. this sentiment that i saw in my balance and it will satellite images taken over the last 20 years out, indicate that the soil has lost moisture vehicle. the ground temperature is rising

and there's been a decrease in the amount of vegetation. these changes are the direct result of the expansion of lithium mining young. this is what i believe this is a serious threat to the areas fragile ecosystem. it affects the micro organisms in the lagoons and the flamingos that consume them. okay, so this is an example of it we call climate change as well as more water and brian is pumped out of the ground, the water level in the middle star. this raises the water temperature, which leads to evaporation, gets up on the bottom line is that is accelerates the loss of water from the salt reliability. i was we weren't allowed to film at the s q in mind because of cobit restrictions, but company vice president pablo alchemy arrest says that the company has reduced

water consumption in recent years and will continue to do so that i want to see if we monitor water extraction and more than $250.00 locations in the, in the year. we also monitor the water level of the and we make all of this data public. you think it was a fully bud. christiane, her uncle has doubts about the company's operations. if women able look that over the others who knows in so far, the s q m has not bothered to take the concerns of the local residents. seriously. the susan and we are upset about that. and that when you get it, they take the lithium out of the ground, get and then sell it. and europe as a clean product. i mean, you know, you and open the ship. but as far as i'm concerned, and that that's a lie, a fuel, and that when i mean some of the,

the boom in lithium production will likely create even more water shortages. and that's a serious cause for concern. but so not only i know people who live near the salt lake have filed several lawsuit against the mining company, claiming that they use more water than was allowed. the damage is the only country in the world where the water supply is owned by private company. if things continue like this, the salt lake will dry up in 10 to 20 years before needed and my s q him says it does use environmentally friendly technology so they never get it. but i will proceed legally. our company needs to expand to produce more lithia, but that production has to be sustainable, but the concept of electoral mobility is based on sustainability that the noble in . so we are committed to using production methods that are sustainable based on

what the i a few kilometers away across the border in argentina and increase in lithium mining could also create water shortages ah. for years, the local indigenous people have made their living by mining salt and they don't need a lot of water to do it. for the rest, you're in the ocean and we extract the salt in a sustainable way. it's a recess that renews itself, dina's hours, salt lake, or one of our jan tina's 7 wonders come in. they attract a lot of tourists, including foreigners, with mass united approach. but tourism is down because of the pandemic. a few visitors are here today posing for pictures in front of

a striking natural landscape. but they can't fail to notice the protest signs put up by opponents of lithium mining. us in the lithium itself is not the problem. i mean it's whether the water becomes contaminated or if they can deal with that. i think argentine should produce lithium in a sustainable way. i mean most of those who make their living from tourism and mining salt, believe that lithium production poses a real threat. i don't want them to start looking to get to this. it'll scare away all of the tourist and you know, the next to the, one of the leaders of the local anti lithium protest is clemente flores, like many people in chile, he's concerned that the water supply may be running low. lemme,

and most of the day for me, the key is how much water the companies will use that. and i don't know, they say one thing on their website, but that's usually less than the amount that they actually use. the flores points out that lithium extraction is just getting started in this region, but a chinese company is already building a new production plant and they built the drying basin. so all they have to do now is fill them over there. and you can see the pipes for the water that they pump up from below the surface does not, water will evaporate during the production process. plant don't end up with the ad line to remove impurities from the lithium brian. and that's bad for the environment. well, not really what i mean,

not to me. this lithium plant is owned by an australian japanese company. nearly 40 similar projects are in the planning stages. argentine as government says, it will expand lithium production in the coming years. there will probably not be any controls, just like in chile look at these are the man that there's industry. we filed complaints and have held demonstrations to try to slow the expansion. but any of that, i mean that the government has already issued permits for several projects, but no one is giving us any specific stuff that goes in or national agreement state that we have to be consulted in advance. it was with the for years, the indigenous people of who, who a province have been trying to stop the government from issuing lithium production licenses to foreign corporations. but the authorities are planning projects with companies from japan, china and canada. supporters say environmental damage will be kept to

a minimum of benevolence in england down to your numerous scientific studies have shown that lithium mining does not threaten the water supplies of small farmers. but the salt lake has its own water system in the when we pump brine there, it does not affect the fresh water reservoirs of the farming communities quickly about 2 and argentine as government hopes that let the production will help boost the countries ailing economy. that a reproduction facilities are already on the drawing board and argentina plans to build more electric vehicles for the domestic market. ah, we are convinced that expanding lithium production will help us to successfully deal with the challenges of the future in china and europe and 20 percent of all

vehicles. our electric argentina is way behind and c, m. w is already a player in argentina's lithium market. the company predicts that 50 percent of all the cars it builds in 2030 will be electric. so they'll need a lot of lithium and have invested millions in argentina. b w says it will make sure that the lithium is mine responsibly. but you can find that in kind of like a failure process that we use is not introduce any solvent for chemicals into the environment. within the most of the brian that we extract is returned to its source . i think naturally of the parts of this reduces water consumption substantially compared to other item i end up in a plea. production is plan to start in 2022, but local residents and many scientists doubt whether lithium can be mined in such

an environmentally friendly way. waste unity. they've been started going so a lot of a lot of engineers believe that a salt lake is like a swimming pool. if you simply pump out the bryan filter out the lithium and then pump the liquid back to the source. but this ecosystem has a fragile biological and chemical balance, and mining can ruin it. appear that carla supporters ah, how will the boom in lithium production affect a local environment? one person who's quite concerned about the situation is 11 year old malagra chavez . she's been compared to swedish activist, greater tune back into what we need to defend for playing with the lithium mine. and i'm worried about how it will affect cell production and water supplies, plants and animals sending my to know envelope grandma, our children,

have to get involved in conservation. otherwise our protests will achieve. nothing in this region will soon belong to them on a similar me. so far, florence and his neighbors have been fighting a losing battle. a number of big companies will soon start mining lithium here. but the protests will continue. flores has 7 children and 7 grandchildren. over the next 50 years, they may decide to leave the country. many lands already have flores often discusses this problem with his mother. but the earth is like a mother to us. you know that we have to respect her and protect her, you know that she gives us life. and she also protects us that

the 4 generations of the forest families live under one roof. they res moments, and we've textiles from the womb. ah tours complains that traditional life and the region is disappearing. many of the local young people have gone off to work for the mining companies and those jobs pay will we return to bolivia. the government says it plans to produce 40 percent of the global demand for lithium by 2030. and that's a pretty ambitious goal. but to do that, they'll need foreign partners. the final decision will be up to the ministers in the bolivian capital la pas economist county romero's,

help to negotiate the original deal with german company sci systems. melissa olivia little, but alimony, but i quite bolivia must regain investors trust in the course after the government cancel. b a c. i contract. people leave when 3, but some companies have benefited from that situation was compet and now they don't want the germans to get back into the game. you know, putting this to lease out of the competitors include chinese and us corporations ah, catch founder l on musk is also said to be interested in tapping into bolivia, lithium reserves, driving the government has not yet made a final decision. after months of political chaos, bolivians elected a new president in october 2020 luis ourself is a former economics minister and was the preferred candidate of next president abel

morales. the bonus i will that our government will represent the interest of all bolivia and we will restore unity in our country. only that are so proved, especially popular among indigenous voters. now he will have to decide whether to negotiate a new lithium deal with a c. i a s or find another international partner or whatever. we must do everything we can to use the latest technology and move forward quickly with lithium production processes into the previous contract with germany would not have brought us the rapid industrial progress that we see. experts say a new deal, we'll have to clearly define the roles of the participants and specify the

distribution of royalties and profits. really fundamental changes in the lithium production model are on the horizon. for example, the producers could be ordered to do more, to protect the environment a broad based group of july and citizens is now drafting a new constitution. in the wake of massive protests that began in 2019 biologist, christina, door to door was among those elected to draft the new constitution, elemental principality. i demand that the salt lake be preserved over the long term . if we continue to pursue short term economical will destroy them again, though, the lithium boom may bring prosperity to the andes region. but at what price? we have. well, if we were to destroy our salt lake because of lithium production,

and we'd certainly live to regret it, but still, many feel left out. if i didn't need lithium, i want to go on living like i do, you know what effect with a push toward electron mobility have on south america pricing on monday. my next day in germany. electro mobility represents the development of clean vehicle technology to an end to the use of fossil fuels for seen and it doesn't, but this transition cannot be made at the expense of fragile system like our salt lake. and let me show me

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