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Urban expansion into the Amazon.
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Report
The Amazon Is Not Eternal
By Stephen Leahy
The 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
The 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.

Latin America’s Green Path Forward - Laura Tuck
December 12 Was a Tipping Point - Saleemul Huq
Chevron and Cultural Genocide in Ecuador - Kerry Kennedy
The Global Food Crisis and the Latin American Paradox - Pamela Cox

“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

Latin America dn the irreversible Effects of a Warmer Planet -- First Regional Report on Climate Change

Ramesh Jaura speaks with Pamela Cox - World Bank's Vice-President, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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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Planting the Future Forest

Solar Field in the Desert

Protests Against Landfill

Solar Field in the Desert

New Photovoltaic Technology

Biodiesel Beats Goal by Three Years

Coral in Danger

Water a Matter of National Security in Chile

Swan Death Investigation Extended

The Amazon Is Not Eternal

In Pursuit of Illegal Cattle in the Amazon

A Living Museum in the Middle of the Amazon

The Amazon Is Not Eternal

Planting the Future Forest

More Trees in Havana

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.