Tierramérica

Issue of April, 08, 2001



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Report
Mercosur: Integration, Environment and Pragmatism
By Marcela Valente
The four countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) have concluded a long debate with an agreement on the environmental issue, an accord inspired on political and economic practicality.

Accents
The Thawing of the Peaks
By María Isabel García
The glaciers of Colombia's Andean peaks are melting and the water reservoirs they feed could dry up within the century.

Accents
Knowledge Networks Seek Out Sustainable Development
By Marcelo Jelen
Towns and cities in Latin America are building direct links with resource supplies. The result is the decentralization of international cooperation.

Connect Yourself
A Prodigious Crop
By
Corn is planted and harvested in nearly all the Earth's farmland that is suitable for agriculture. But it was not always so. Until 500 years ago, its use was limited to what we now know as the Americas, from Chile to Canada.

Eco-Briefs

COLOMBIA : Botanical Protection
Colombia-s Autonomous University of the Occident won approval from environmental authorities to create a botanical garden in the city of Cali, where academics will protect endangered plant species and teach courses in botany.

ARGENTINA: Pines vs. Diversity
The planting of exotic trees is more harmful to the biodiversity of Argentina's Patagonia region than the presence of livestock or even the damage caused by forest fires, warns Estela Raffaele, of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research.

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