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Forests and Crops Make Friendly Neighbors in Costa Rica

By Diego Arguedas Ortiz
While Latin America keeps expanding its agricultural frontier by converting large areas of forest, one country, Costa Rica, has taken a different path and is now a role model for a peaceful coexistence between food production and sustainable forestry.

Fears Grow for Indigenous People in Path of Massive Ethiopian Dam

By Chalachew Tadesse
A United Nations mission is due to take place this month to assess the impact of Ethiopia’s massive Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which feeds Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake, lying mostly in northwest Kenya with its northern tip extending into Ethiopia.


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