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By Anthony Stoppard

Johannesburg Strives for Greenness

The Rio+10 Summit gets under way Aug 26 in Africa's largest industrial city, where inequalities and contamination are rampant. More than 100 heads of state and some 45,000 delegates are expected to attend.

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By Gustavo González

Many Visions for Peace

Sustainable development is not viable at the same time as increased militarism, agreed pop star Ricky Martin, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón and former Costa Rican president Oscar Arias, who joined 30 other panelists in Puerto Rico Aug 12-14 for the "Peace in Peacetime".

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Conference for Peace Launched in Puerto Rico

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By Néfer Muñoz

Rescuing Coral 'Jewels'

Fisherfolk, ecologists and government officials are working to protect the world's second largest coral reef, off the Caribbean coast of southern Mexico and Central America, which is threatened by pollution, tourism and over-fishing.

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Source: NASA

Source: NASA

Environmental Conferences

Thirty years ago the United Nations convened the first world conference on the environment and development. In 2002, on the eve of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, to take place in South Africa, the challenge is to create a consensus-based action plan to save the planet.

Brazilian farmers have higher cancer rates... Studying hybrid coral in Venezuela... Cuba promotes bee-keeping... Strange plague triggers emergency in Guatemala... Most snake species in Panama are harmless... Costa Rica to speak on behalf of Central America at Rio+10 Summit.

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