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Sustainable goat farming has been developed for Brazil's impoverished Northeast.
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Report
Top-Rated Agro-Science Has Achilles Heel
By Mario Osava*
B
razil achieved excellence in agricultural technology as the result of a state network of research centers that played a key role in the country's farming boom.
Colombian children.
Credit: Jesús Abad Colorado/IPS
Accents
Food Price Inflation Threatens Children
By Daniela Estrada*
B
reast feeding, enriched foods and monitoring of children's growth are among the basic weapons for fighting a potential new wave of childhood malnutrition in Latin America, say experts.
Eco-briefs
CHILE: Citizens Halt Dams in Capital
The withdrawal of a project to build to hydroelectric dams on Chile's Maipo River, planned by the AES Gener company, is a "citizen triumph", according to the Maipo River Citizen Organization.
BRAZIL: Native Plants to Clean Up Contaminated Soil
Brazil could recuperate and decontaminate soil poisoned with mercury, lead, nickel and other metals that are dangerous to human health, using native plants. The technique is known as "phytoextraction" and was developed at the University of Sao Paulo.
HONDURAS: Funds to Preserve Environmental \"Lungs\"
Honduras is asking for 50 million dollars in international cooperation to preserve the Plátano River Biosphere Reserve and generate sustainable production projects for the local communities, according to official sources.
VENEZUELA: Ávila National Park Has New Friends
Biologists, anthropologists, environmentalists, palm gatherers and volunteers last week adopted the "Caracas Manifesto for the Warairarepano", the indigenous name for the Ávila National Park.
CUBA: Crocs in Danger
Experts are monitoring the potential effects of climate change on the reproductive process of the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier), concentrated in the Ciénaga de Zapata, a wetland in the south of the western province of Matanzas.
Notable Writings
Playing for Our Lives
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Achim Steiner and Yvo de Boer
Environmentalism Arrives at the Factory
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Klaus Toepfer
Global Crusade Against Toxic Chemicals
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Klaus Toepfer
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PERU:
Women - The Guardians of Potato Biodiversity
ECONOMY-ARGENTINA:
Manufactured Crisis?
PAKISTAN:
Agitations Planned to Get Top Judiciary Reinstated
TRADE-MALAWI:
Aid Will Not Be Conditional Upon Signing of EPAs
CHINA:
Quake Helps Mend Image After Tibet Crackdown
PERU:
Summit Discusses Climate Change as Glaciers Melt
CULTURE-CHILE:
Free Book Selections for 400,000 Families
PORTUGAL:
Cuban Cataract Ops Prick Medical Conscience
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Clean energy
Citizens Halt Dams in Capital
Environmentalists Repudiate Electricity Project
Nuts for Biodiesel
Water
Citizens Halt Dams in Capital
Environmentalists Repudiate Electricity Project
New Life for Former Garbage Dumps
Amazon
Amazon Ghost Highway Revived
Banks Join Defense of Amazon
International Tribunal for the Amazon
Species
Native Plants to Clean Up Contaminated Soil
Ávila National Park Has New Friends
Crocs in Danger
Science
New Malaria Medication
Recycled Plastic for Food Containers
Nuts for Biodiesel
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