Nepal disaster revives warnings over weakening glacier protections in Argentina
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- A Himalayan ice collapse in Nepal has revived Argentine criticism of this year’s glacier-protection reform.
- Opponents say the reform, proposed by Javier Milei’s government, increases risks to Andean ice fields and water supplies serving millions.
The collapse of an ice mass in Nepal’s Himalayas has revived demands in Argentina to reconsider a glacier-protection reform approved this year.
The reform was proposed by the government of President Javier Milei. Critics argue that it increases risks for the Andean ice fields and for the water on which millions of people depend.
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