Future of Food: Journal on Food

Caimanes and the Water – Infinite Legal Struggles about a Finite Good

Florian Lehne
Department of Public Law, University of Salzburg, Austria

This report is intended to shed more light on the ongoing water struggle in Caimanes, a small
urban area in the central northern area of Chile, neighbouring Latin America’s biggest tailings
dam. Undoubtedly, the water in Caimanes is running out and the conflict between the opponents
of the dam and its owner, a multinational copper enterprise, is getting more and more
attention by the national and also international media. In the discussion a judgment of the Chilean
Supreme Court from last October plays a central role, because it is said to have granted the
people from Caimanes their right to water. After a short introduction with some details about
Camaines and the tailings from the dam El Mauro, the key points of this judgment shall be outlined.
The final part of the report is dedicated to various institutional problems of the Chilean
resources law and policy that can become virulent for the water supply and the environmental
well-being of many other urban areas in the industrialized north of Chile.

Keywords : Water ,mining ,agriculture ,urbanization ,law ,Chile .

Myanmar High School Students’ Perceptions of College and International Readiness in Western Society

Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
International students are more likely to experience mental health issues and increased stress. Mental health is often surrounded by negative societal stigmas that act as barriers to seeking support and tend to lead to greater mental health concerns. International students tend to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers rather than seeking out counseling services. However, this study shows that LGBTQIA+ international students were less likely to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers due to fear of their sexual orientation being discovered and their families finding out about their identity. This study examines how LGBTQIA+ international students talk about their experiences on and off campus in relations to their socioemotional well-being. Specifically, this study sought to better understand the complexities of LGBTQIA+ students’ identities, and the challenges they faced in terms of their socioemotional well-being. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Keywords : international students, socioemotional well-being, mental health, identity development, intersectionality, LGBTQIA