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By Mario Osava

Latin America Proposes Renewable Energy Quota

On behalf of the region, Brazil will head to the Rio+10 Summit in Johannesburg this August with a concrete and quantifiable proposal for the obligatory use of a minimum 10 percent "clean" energy sources by 2010.

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Credit: Fabricio Van Den Broeck

Credit: Fabricio Van Den Broeck

By Anuradha Mittal

Plowed Under: WTO and the Small Farmer

The Agreement on Agriculture signed under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks has not produced the predicted results, but rather is the first step in making food production into a business monopolized by a few and driving small farmers off the land.

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By María Isabel García y Yadira Ferrer

An Environmental Ethics Manifesto

Latin America and the Caribbean will present a call for a new environmental ethic at the Rio+10 Summit in August. The manifesto highlights the importance of education and urges a new moral, ecological and cultural economy.

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Credit: Smithsonian Institution / Eaton M.E

Credit: Smithsonian Institution / Eaton M.E

The image conjured by the cactus is a plant covered in thorns that grows in the desert. And it is true; cactus species are adapted to survive in situations of extreme dryness, though this trait is not enough to ensure they will survive in the modern world.

Chile protects Indians' access to water sources... Region's mountainous systems the subject of Havana conference... Special chamber permits observation of Costa Rican hummingbirds via Internet... Experts discover invasive frog species in Venezuela.

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