There is a good work force that we can train that we think will be very interested in working on our operations. Bartels says the project will respect Chile's strict environmental laws. It's surprising how many similarities, in fact, there are between Chilean environmental regulations and ones that we're familiar with in the US and in North America. I think that the Chileans can really be proud of the fact that they do have very stringent requirements for emission control and protection of water. But laws are one thing.
Enforcement is another.
And Chile has a rather spotty record on that score. Carmen Cortes believes that both the plant and the port will pollute the bay so badly that cultivating shellfish or salmon will become impossible. And she also has powerful moral reasons for opposing Boise's plans. These rainforests are the planet's last remaining green lungs. We have to protect them as part of humanity's heritage.