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A Kuwaiti oil well ablaze during the 1991 Gulf War. Photo credit: Photo Stock.

A Kuwaiti oil well ablaze during the 1991 Gulf War. Photo credit: Photo Stock.

Report

By Haider Rizvi

The Environment as Military Target

Officials and activists are demanding an end to war practices that harm the environment, such as the burning of oil wells, bombing of factories, placing of landmines and the use of depleted uranium in weapons.

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Accents

By Dalia Acosta

Crocodiles Are Better Off than Ever

The populations of two endangered species of this reptile are expanding in Cuba thanks to crocodile farms, conservation policies and the control of exports, although poaching continues, motivated by domestic demand.

Accents

By Blanca Abarca

Central American-Caribbean Games Shun the Environment

The organizers of the regional sports competition will not take responsibility for gathering the tons of garbage that will be left behind by 6,500 athletes and 20,000 spectators.

From our files:

Clean Competition at Salt Lake Olympics

Dissostichus eleginoides. Fuente: FIGIS, Fao.org

Dissostichus eleginoides. Source: FIGIS, Fao.org

Cod Caught on a Snag

The Antarctic cod, or icefish, is victim of its own popularity. The high demand for this fish in kitchens and restaurants around the world maintains intense fishing activity that could threaten the species very survival. But this argument has not been enough to win greater international legal protections for the cod.

Experts gather in Mexico to study border water conflicts... CITES meeting in Chile orders protection for some species, others left out... Peru cleans up high-saline soils... Weevil plague attacks Honduran pines... El Salvador conducts forest inventory... Nicaragua embarks on genetic improvement of livestock.

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