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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
News and Views from the Global South
Sanitation a Reality on Paper Only
An enormous sanitation project, with the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre at its epicenter, so far has seen 12 years pass, an investment of 220 million dollars, and no results.
Lightning in the Sky Fed by Underground Methane
The lightning of the Catatumbo, in the north of the South American continent, is one of the biggest natural regenerators of the atmospheric ozone that protects life on Earth from the Sun's harmful rays.
A Blind Eye to Environment – O Canada!
In the past 15 years, all of Canada's environmental indicators have suffered, say experts who distribute the blame among local and national governments, businesses and the public.
The Fight to Put Forestry Law in Action
Who will draw up the standards for the recently passed Honduran forestry law and how it will be done are key questions for the fate of the country's forests, say environmentalists.
Ambitious Inventory of Marine Life
In less than five years, an international scientific project will complete an analysis of the state of conservation of 20,000 marine species.
Forests Join the Carbon Market
How to include forest protection in the mechanisms for curbing climate change is reaching the fore of scientific and political debate.
Algae Against Climate Change?
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.
Amazon Logging Means Short-Lived Prosperity
Life in the Amazon is marked by waves of ephemeral bonanza followed by depression, says a study of economic, environmental and social indicators from the last three decades.
Small Improvements in Hurricane Preparedness
The aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 marked the beginning of some protection efforts in Honduras, but there is not yet a national policy for reducing the country's vulnerability to hurricanes.
Brazilian Ethanol Divides Agro-Industry
The "green tsunami" must be stopped, say leaders in Brazil's agribusiness sector, worried by the advance of sugarcane plantations to feed the demand for fuel alcohol.
Careful with the Toys
The scandal of toxic China-made toys has cast doubt over the health safety of products for children around the world, and in Latin America in particular.
Argentina Aims to Expand Its Maritime Frontier
The sea floor of the South American continental platform holds vast energy, mineral and genetic wealth. Argentina wants to claim its share.
A Crack in Safety of Argentina's Dams
Argentina may face a human and environmental disaster if it doesn't pass a law on dam safety that takes into account the appropriate risk factors, warn experts.
Unknown State of Caribbean's Whales and Dolphins
Accidents involving fishing nets, which kill 300,000 cetaceans -- whales, dolphins and porpoises -- each year, are difficult to estimate in the Caribbean, where artisanal fishing is the norm.
Civil Resistance Aimed at Saving Colombian Jungle
In the Darién Mountains, near Colombia's border with Panama, some 3,000 Afro-Colombians are working to restore their crops and recover their land, from which they were forcibly expelled 10 years ago.
Chile's Biggest Freshwater Reserve Left Unprotected
Mining is the main threat to Chilean glaciers, followed by global warming.
Emigration a Blessing for Biosphere Reserve
Mexico's Sierra Gorda Reserve embodies the paradox of the emigration of the poor: nature benefits from a smaller human population, while remittances from family members abroad are the main source of income for those who remain.
Tapping Hydroelectric Dams for Methane Gas
The greenhouse gases held in hydroelectric reservoirs can be captured to generate more energy, preventing them from turning into climate-changing emissions, according to Brazilian scientists.
Boston Residents Face to Face with Bio-War
The lab being built in Boston is one of 10 that are slated for construction by the end of the decade in the United States to research bioterrorism and biological weapons.
Limiting the Junk Food Banquet
Latin America is waging its first wars against uncontrolled advertising and consumption of junk food.
The Amazon Jungle as Vast Savanna
Global warming will broaden the effects of deforestation, which could turn 60 percent of the Amazon forest into grassland in this century, say scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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