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Almost all its exports are currently being extracted from its Atacama Desert, the world\u2019s driest place<\/h4>\n<h4>But extracting Atacama\u2019s lithium requires pumping up massive amounts of the scarce water resources that has allowed indigenous peoples and animals to survive for thousands of years in the desert. And according to researchers, the extraction has already caused lasting harm to the area\u2019s fragile ecosystems<\/h4>\n<h4>In the Atacama and elsewhere in Chile, indigenous communities are now protesting current and future lithium extraction plans<\/h4>\n<h4>Many communities claim they have never been consulted prior to the extraction projects, though Chilean authorities are obliged to do so according to international conventions ratified by the Chilean state<\/h4>\n<h4>Danwatch can reveal that companies such as Samsung, Panasonic, Apple, Tesla and BMW get batteries from companies that use Chilean lithium<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium extraction for the batteries in our computers, telephones and electric cars is using many of the scarce water resources that allow indigenous peoples and animals to inhabit the world\u2019s driest desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Devices draining the desert","description":"Lithium extraction for the batteries in our computers, telephones and electric cars is using many of the scarce water resources that allow indigenous peoples an"},"iawp_total_views":27,"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_branche":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_del-af-undersogelse":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_genre":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_land":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_serie-fokus":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_tema":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_virksomhed":0,"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"branche":[955,502,503],"del-af-undersogelse":[985],"genre":[66],"land":[996],"serie-fokus":[],"sorteres-som":[32],"styling-design":[],"tema":[556,650,651],"virksomhed":[976,977,793,978,979,980,941,981,2451,982],"ppma_author":[109],"class_list":["post-3401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","branche-chemical","branche-energy","branche-it-and-technology","del-af-undersogelse-devices-draining-the-desert","genre-investigation","land-chile-2","tema-climate-environment","tema-indigenous-peoples","tema-right-to-water","virksomhed-a123-systems","virksomhed-albemarle","virksomhed-apple","virksomhed-bmw","virksomhed-johnson-matthey-battery-systems","virksomhed-lg-chem","virksomhed-panasonic","virksomhed-sqm","virksomhed-tesla-en","virksomhed-umicore"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"Uncategorized"}],"branche":[{"value":955,"label":"Chemical"},{"value":502,"label":"Energy"},{"value":503,"label":"IT and technology"}],"del-af-undersogelse":[{"value":985,"label":"Devices draining the desert"}],"genre":[{"value":66,"label":"Investigation"}],"land":[{"value":996,"label":"Chile"}],"tema":[{"value":556,"label":"Climate &amp; 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