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TECHNOLOGY: Rare Metals Could Trigger Next Trade War
By Emilio Godoy*
MEXICO CITY - Used in electric car motors and wind turbines, neodymium, a "rare earth metal," is at the epicentre of the race between wealthy and emerging nations to create green technologies, while poorer countries appear to be relegated to spectator status.
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ENVIRONMENT-MALAWI: Elephants Out of Harm's Way
By Charles Mkoka*
LILONGWE - A South African capture team has almost completed the translocation of a herd of elephants from the Phirilongwe forest reserve located in a communal management area in southern Malawi.
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ENVIRONMENT: Earth Can Generate Summer out of Winter
By Lowana Veal*
REYKJAVIK - Iceland manages to produce tomatoes, paprika and cucumbers all year round by harnessing geothermal energy locally, even though the growing season is short.
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ENVIRONMENT-TANZANIA: Protecting the World's Most Expensive Tree
By Denis Gathanju*
Moshi, TANZANIA - With the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro providing a backdrop under simmering tropical sunshine, a group of women in Mijongweni village break into song.
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MEXICO: Scientists and Communities Forge Eco-Alliances
By Verónica Díaz Favela*
MEXICO CITY - Graciela González answers phone calls, organises meetings and gives interviews as part of her work to save a river from ecological disaster. Thousands of kilometres away, farmer Gonzalo Rodríguez helps take air samples in a region polluted by petrochemicals.
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ARGENTINA: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Engine
By Marcela Valente*
BUENOS AIRES - A town in Argentina has launched a programme that requires restaurants and other food producers to hand over their used vegetable oils to be distilled into biodiesel, which will be used to run the city's vehicles and public transportation.
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ROMANIA: Volunteers Promote Green Living
By Claudia Ciobanu*
BUCHAREST - A network of volunteers from Romania has managed to plant more than 100,000 trees and collect 70 tonnes of trash in just one year, filling in gaps in the working of state institutions, and showing that there is potential for civic engagement among Romanian youth.
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BRAZIL: Nature Paths Instead of Wall for Rio Slum
By Fabiana Frayssinet*
RIO DE JANEIRO - Representatives of the Rocinha slum and the Rio de Janeiro government have agreed to replace a high wall, intended to prevent this densely populated hillside neighbourhood from spilling into the forest, with ecological paths, parks and low walls.
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COLOMBIA: The Farmers Who Abandoned Coca for Cocoa
By Constanza Vieira*
FLORENCIA, Colombia - Chocaguán Amazónico, a small peasant-run alternative crop company that emerged in the midst of Colombia's cocaine boom and civil war, will celebrate its 15th birthday in September.
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DEVELOPMENT: Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness
By Matthew Cardinale*
ATLANTA, Georgia - In the face of an economic system which seems to be premised on environmental harm and profit-driven growth, a handful of communities across the U.S. and the globe have begun experimenting with alternative forms of local currency as a pathway to sustainability.
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CUBA: Exotic Fish Has Bad Reputation but High Yields
By Patricia Grogg*
HAVANA - Known for eating everything in its path, and even for stinging people, the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is feeding debates in Cuba while at the same time it is filling family dinner plates.
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PHILIPPINES: Fish Farming to Reduce Protein Deficiency in Uplands
By Joel D. Adriano *
MANILA - Like most upland dwellers in the Philippines, the Higaonon indigenous people in the southern town of Sumilao are living in extreme poverty. There are no jobs available and members of the tribe barely scrap by on subsistence farming, mainly root crops.
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ENVIRONMENT: When Conservation Bumps Up Against Conflict
By Enrique Gili*
BAJA - Driving through Tijuana and long stretches of northern Baja, conservationist Zach Plopper loves his job but hates the commute.
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