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By Victor L. Bacchetta The 2004 constitutional reform that enshrined the human right to water and defined water as a public good led to the recovery of practically all of the country’s drinking water and sewage services as public services. But other key aspects of the law, such as the integrated management of water resources, […]

On unsettling the basic social and economic features of the country’s productive activities, the conversion of Uruguay into a timber enclave has also started to alter the traditions that are part of the rural cultural universe. (*) By Victor L. Bacchetta As a rural teacher and as a writer, Gonzalo Abella has investigated the cultural […]

Small and medium-sized family farmers are one of the sectors most affected by the changes introduced with the forestry model. They are a social asset demanding reconsideration of the dilemmas that involve making a distinction between growth and economic development. By Victor L. Bacchetta The National Commission for Rural Development (Comisión Nacional de Fomento Rural-CNFR) […]

The discussion of environmental issues necessarily includes political and technical arguments. For the past year and from this perspective, a group of Uruguayan scientists has been trying to contribute with inputs to the debate on this productive model. by Victor L. Bacchetta Professor Daniel Panario (Master in Environmental Science and director of the Epigenesis Science […]

The conflict with Argentina over the pulp mills has diverged the main hubs of a debate linking political issues with environmental issues. Today very little is said about the problems the forestry model has brought to local development, something that various Uruguayan environmental groups have been denouncing since the nineties. By Victor L. Bacchetta The […]