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By Gustavo González

Water Not for Everyone

Nearly 30 percent of the people in Latin America do not have access to potable water and sanitation, in spite of a wave of reforms and privatizations in that arena. Services are expensive, and some specialists say it is indispensable to assign them economic value.

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By Mario Osava

Rescuing the Johannesburg Summit

A campaign is under way to save the Rio+10 Summit, an effort to reconcile North-South relations. The host country, South Africa, has offered to seek a formula to jump-start negotiations for hammering out a difficult consensus on development.

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Jorge Cabrera. Credit: Néfer Muñoz

Jorge Cabrera. Credit: Néfer Muñoz

By Néfer Muñoz

Jorge Cabrera - 'Selfishness is a form of environmental terrorism'

Within a decade we will see serious and irreversible effects of environmental deterioration, says this Costa Rican expert in environmental law and author of legislation to protect biodiversity.

Source: USFWS

Source: USFWS

Mermaids

The manatee and the dugong are strange-looking sea mammals belonging to the same natural order: sirenids. They have existed on Earth for millions of years, but their future is quite gloomy.

An appeal to create sustainable cities... Bicycle use on the rise in Argentina... Mexico seeks ways to combat red tide... Trees help Peru study climate in the past.

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