Tierramérica

Issue of September, 22, 2007



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Some substances both damage the ozone layer and contribute to the greenhouse effect.
Credit: PiccoloNamek

Report
Ozone Treaty Cools Down Global Warming
By Stephen Leahy, Special to Tierramérica
The United States was the protagonist in talks for moving faster to eliminate gases that damage the atmospheric ozone layer and aggravate climate change.

Algae carry out photosynthesis and absorb carbon dioxide
Credit: Photo Stock

Accents
Algae Against Climate Change?
By Julio Godoy* - IPS/IFEJ
Scientists are testing the capacity of algae to absorb carbon dioxide and to produce from their own biomass a fuel that is less polluting than gasoline.

Eco-Briefs

Cuban girls cleaning up a beach.
Credit: Julio Haedo

CUBA: Kids and Adults in Nature Clean-Up
Hundreds of people in Cuba took part in the campaign "To Clean the World", sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program, reforesting and cleaning up coastal areas.

CHILE: Mapuches Denounce Government at the UN
The Chilean government should turn in the report about the denunciation presented by ecologists and Mapuche Indians of the central region of Araucanía "if it wants to hold a post in 2008 on the UN Human Rights Council."

VENEZUELA: A Plan to Save the Amphibians
Scientific and environmental institutions drafted a plan to protect the 320 species of toads, frogs and salamanders (five percent of the world's total) that live in Venezuela.

Lessons From a Unique Decade - José Graziano da Silva *
Rio+20 and Beyond: Together for a Sustainable Future - José Graziano da Silva *
Why Inclusive Green Growth Can Sustain Recent Gains in Latin America - Hasan Tuluy*
The Global Food Crisis and the Latin American Paradox - Pamela Cox