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Urban expansion into the Amazon.
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Report
The Amazon Is Not Eternal
By Stephen Leahy
T
he Amazonian apocalypse is just around the corner, according to scientists gathered at the conference launching the International Year of Biodiversity.
The Canadian hemlock, one of the tree species planted in an experimental forest in Germany.
Credit: Scott Detwiler
Accents
Planting the Future Forest
By Julio Godoy
T
he urgent need to reforest its national territory has led German officials to search around the world - including the Bolivian Andes - for tree species that are resistant to climate change.
Eco-Briefs
CHILE: Solar Field in the Desert
More than 130,000 solar panels will make up the first photovoltaic plant in the middle of Chile's Atacama Desert. Construction is to begin in the coming months.
VENEZUELA: Protests Against Landfill
Mayor Rosiris Orozco and residents of La Concepción, a municipality near Maracaibo, 500 km west of Caracas, have asked Venezuela's Environment Ministry to shut down La Ciénaga sanitary landfill, which receives 100 trucks filled with garbage each day.
CUBA: More Trees in Havana
The Cuban capital benefited in 2009 from the planting of more than 33,000 trees. But government officials and ecologists point to the low survival rate of the new trees.
BRAZIL: New Photovoltaic Technology
Researchers at the Pontificate Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul have developed a technique - which until now Brazil had to import - for transforming solar energy into electricity.
Notable Writings
Latin America’s Green Path Forward
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Laura Tuck
December 12 Was a Tipping Point
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Saleemul Huq
Chevron and Cultural Genocide in Ecuador
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Kerry Kennedy
The Global Food Crisis and the Latin American Paradox
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Pamela Cox
News from COP15
“We’re Not Finished Yet,” Civil Society Warns
No se hizo historia en Copenhague
History Was Not Made in Copenhagen
BANGLADESH: Community-Based Climate Strategies Are Key
“No hemos terminado”, advierte la sociedad civil
Video from COP15
Climate meeting COP15
Ramesh Jaura speaks with Pamela Cox - World Bank's Vice-President, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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INDIA:
Lay-offs from Recession-hit Gulf Lead to New Lives at Home
DEVELOPMENT:
Crisis Could Open Doors for Change, Says UNCTAD
BIODIVERSITY:
Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse
Q&A:
''There's a Limit to Fish Harvesting''
POLITICS:
Rural Thailand Simmers with Anti-gov?t Rage
SRI LANKA:
The Post-Election Road Ahead for President Rajapaksa
PAKISTAN:
Community Midwives Gain Recognition But Concerns Remain
PERU:
Women Combine Invention, Tradition to Improve Rural Diets
YEMEN:
Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
ETHIOPIA:
Dam Critics Won't Go Away
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UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
Climate Change
Planting the Future Forest
Solar Field in the Desert
Protests Against Landfill
Clean energy
Solar Field in the Desert
New Photovoltaic Technology
Biodiesel Beats Goal by Three Years
Water
Coral in Danger
Water a Matter of National Security in Chile
Swan Death Investigation Extended
Amazon
The Amazon Is Not Eternal
In Pursuit of Illegal Cattle in the Amazon
A Living Museum in the Middle of the Amazon
Species
The Amazon Is Not Eternal
Planting the Future Forest
More Trees in Havana
Science
Solar Field in the Desert
New Diploma in Geology
Latin America's Perpetual Fever
Zarina Geloo interviews Jeroen van der Veer, CEO of Shell
Alejandro Kirk interviews Holly Dublin, IUCN Species Commission.
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