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Report

By Haider Rizvi

Weapons Also Pollute

While the United States continues its global crusade against terrorism, civil society groups warn about the environmental impacts of armamentism, which is costing the world around 900 billion dollars a year.

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Rigoberta Menchú. Credit: Sergio Dorantes

Rigoberta Menchú. Credit: Sergio Dorantes

By María Laura Mazza

Rigoberta Menchú: "We will demand an explanation from the UN"

We will demand that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan account for the exclusion of indigenous peoples from the agenda of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú told Tierramérica.

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By María Isabel García

Palm Hearts Replace Coca Bush

Colombian peasant farmers abandon their illegal drug crops and instead plant a legal and lucrative alternative, the "chontadura" palm, on 350 hectares in the southern department of Putumayo.

Source: US NARA

Source: US NARA

Disarmament campaigns are almost always identified with the objective of peace. But there is another argument for working to reduce weapons worldwide: the nearly 900 billion dollars spent every year on weapons and arms research mean fewer resources are available for sustainable development, and thus threaten the environment.

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