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In Panama economic needs threaten to erase a way of life

2025/2/13
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Alejandrina Muñoz
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Digna Benite
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Jorge Luis Quijano
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一位专注于电动车和能源领域的播客主持人和内容创作者。
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Oligario Cereño
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Steven Patton
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Digna Benite: 我在这里出生长大,这条河流就是我的生命。清澈的河水涨落,对我来说就是和谐。如果建造水坝,我们与大自然的联系将被切断,就像被杀死一样。我们现在的生活方式依赖于河流和土地,比如我们亲手采摘和烘烤咖啡豆,这都是我们生活的一部分。失去这一切,就等于失去我们的根。 Oligario Cereño: 我带你们看的地方,就是未来水坝的所在地。政府计划在这里建造水坝,解决巴拿马运河的水资源问题,但这会淹没我们的家园和土地。我们世世代代生活在这里,与河流共生,水坝的建设将彻底改变我们的生活。 Steven Patton: 作为史密森尼热带研究所的科研人员,我长期研究巴拿马的气候变化。近十年来,我们观测到极端干旱的频率增加,这可能与气候变化有关,也可能只是自然波动。但无论如何,巴拿马运河确实面临水资源短缺的挑战,寻找解决方案迫在眉睫。我们既要关注科学数据,也要关注对当地居民的影响。 Jorge Luis Quijano: 作为前巴拿马运河管理局局长,我深知运河对巴拿马乃至全球经济的重要性。我们正在寻找增加运河供水的方法,水坝建设是其中一个选项。我们会确保受水坝建设影响的居民得到妥善安置,并改善他们的生活条件,例如提供电力和饮用水。我们理解他们的担忧,但希望他们能理解运河对整个国家的意义。 Alejandrina Muñoz: 我们在这里生活得很好,有干净的水源,有太阳能发电,一切都很富足。如果水坝建成,我们的家园将被淹没,我们不知道该去哪里。我们不想要政府承诺的奢华生活,我们只想守护我们的家园和河流。我们祖祖辈辈生活在这里,这里就是我们的根,我们不会轻易放弃。

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Panama has been looking for solutions to a long-term problem. Every time a ship passes through the Panama Canal, more than 50 million gallons of fresh water from Lake Gatun pour out into the ocean. Nobody ever thought Panama could run out of water. It is one of the rainiest countries in the world. But a couple years ago, a drought got so bad that the canal had to reduce traffic by more than a third - which had a huge impact on global shipping.The Panama Canal needs more water. Authorities have decided to get it by building a dam in a spot that would displace more than 2,000 people along the Rio Indio.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org)Email us at [email protected])Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)