Tierramérica

Issue of January, 30, 2006



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A boy in the Brazilian Amazon
Credit: Photo Stock.

Report
New Scuffles Over Water
By Diego Cevallos
Groups that favor and groups that oppose the privatisation of water will return to the ring in March, during the 4th World Water Forum, in Mexico.

Marcos Pontes.
Credit: NASA.

Accents
An Astronaut Opens a Door to Space
By Mario Osava
Children at 39 municipal schools in Brazil will conduct science experiments in space, thanks to their country's first astronoaut, Marcos Pontes.

Accents
The Power of Informal Garbage Collectors
By Maricel Drazer
Buenos Aires is confident that by 2020 the "cartoneros" will ensure that not a single recyclable waste item ends up in landfills.

Eco-Briefs

Fragata.
Credit: Claudio Contreras.

BRAZIL: Sights Set on Biodiversity
Brazil's Ministry of Environment is distributing a guide to promote participation in the eighth conference of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mar. 20-31 in the southern city of Curitiba.

COLOMBIA: UN Oversees Manual Eradication of Coca Crops
The United Nations will send 11 people to observe the manual eradication of 4,600 hectares of coca fields in La Macarena nature reserve, located in the central Colombian department of Meta.

GUATEMALA: The Year of the Jaguar
Guatemala's environmental officials have declared 2006 the Year of the Jaguar as part of a campaign to raise a million dollars to protect the big cat species from extinction.

Sonora Desert, Mexico.
Credit: Claudio Contreras.

MEXICO: Peasants Step Up Opposition to Dam
Mexican peasant farmers who oppose construction of La Parota dam in the southwestern state of Guerrero pledge to step up actions to halt the million-dollar project, following a court ruling in their favor.

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