Tierramérica

Issue of December, 23, 2006



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The gray whale, in the waters of Baja California Sur state, Mexico.
Credit: Photo Stock

Report
Hungry Whaling Ships Set Sail
By Stephen Leahy
Japanese hunters in the Southern Ocean, around Antarctica, will kill nearly a thousand whales, some in danger of extinction. Activists will try to stop the whaling ships, by sea and by air.

Beatriz Flores

Dialogues
Mazahuas Choose Jail Over Going Without Water
By Diego Cevallos
Indigenous women are at the forefront of a protest in Mexico demanding water. "We won't give up until they give us water," says Beatriz Flores, one of the movement's leaders.

Eco-Briefs

VENEZUELA: Birds Blamed for Arrival of West Nile Virus
The West Nile virus has been reported in Venezuela, north of the Orinoco River, likely carried into the country by migratory birds, researcher Juan Carlos Navarro, of Venezuela's Central University, told Tierramérica

BRAZIL: Second Atlas of the Mata Atlantica
Less than seven percent of the Brazilian coastal forest ecosystem, the Mata Atlantica, remains intact, compared to its area in 1500, according to a study by the SOS Mata Atlantica Foundation and the National Institute of Space Research.

CHILE : Too Much Lead in Portezuelo
More than 3,200 milligrams of lead per kilogram of soil has been found in the area around the northern Chilean town of Portezuelo, 14 km southeast of Antofagasta, where there is a lead storage site.

CUBA: Farmers on Alert for El Niño
Cuban farmers are worried about excessive rains, blamed on the climate phenomenon known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that continued to fall across this island nation in December.

ARGENTINA: A Study to Help Stop Rural Evictions
Students and professors from the National University of La Pampa, in central Argentina, are beginning a census this month of peasant farming families threatened with eviction in five departments of La Pampa province.

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