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Caura River Basin Remains Out of Harm's Way

By Humberto Márquez and - -
Venezuela authorities assured Tierramérica that there are no grand plans to build a hydroelectric dam on the Caura River. But ecologists are keeping a close eye on this pristine, natural treasure.

Ecobreves – PERU: Rules Against Noise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The national standards for environmental quality that the Peruvian congress is preparing include rules against noise pollution.

Sustainable Development an Uphill Climb

By IPS Correspondents and - -
For the first time since the Johannesburg Summit, also known as Rio+10, the environment ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting this month for five days in Panama to evaluate the region's progress in sustainable development.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Protest Against Private Lumber Port

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental and workers' groups in Uruguay will launch further protests against the activities of the National Cellulose Enterprise of Spain (ENCE), which on Nov. 10 inaugurated the private port of M'Bopicuá, on the Uruguay River for the processing and export of lumber.

Free Trade Area of the Americas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the middle of a tug-of-war between the United States and Brazil, the co-chairs of the negotiations, the 8th ministerial meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) will take place Nov. 20-21 in the U.S. city of Miami.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA:: Small Enterprise Needs Green Credits

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Small and medium businesses face great difficulties in obtaining financing for "clean" production processes, although these companies provide 60 percent of the jobs in the country, according to organizers of a seminar on sustainable development for small enterprise.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: To the Rescue of the Magdalena

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Colombian environmental authorities have launched a plan for the reforestation of the Magdalena River Basin, which crosses the country, flowing south to north. The conservation plan also aims to reactivate river transportation.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: Environmental Initiatives Expo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Entrepreneurs and authorities from throughout the Americas will learn about successful ecological initiatives in Costa Rica when they visit the Environmental Solutions Fair, to take place here Dec. 3-5.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Coffee-Growers Reject U.S. Proposal

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The National Coffee Association of Guatemala (Anacafe) rejected the U.S. proposal to define rules of origin for cafe based on soluble coffee and processed beverages, instead of based on where the coffee was grown.

China's Space Program Intrigues the West

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Following the successful flight of Shenzhou V, U.S. aerospace experts are wondering: What comes next for China? Asia specialist Dean Cheng told Tierramérica he thinks China is capable of carrying out a moon mission in the next decade.

'Natural gas is our hope, our future'

By Diego Cevallos and - -
"We are not looking for a coup. We are defending our fossil fuels," Evo Morales, a lawmaker and indigenous and peasant leader, said in dialogue with Tierramérica about the recent unrest in Bolivia.

Ecobreves – MEXICO:: Commission to Assess Environmental Accord

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation is irrelevant, said a Mexican non-governmental organization as a public process began last week to evaluate the 10 years the treaty signed by Canada, Mexico and the United States has been in force.

Mining Allowed in Venezuelan Nature Reserve

By Humberto Márquez and - -
The Venezuelan government is about to decree new laws for the Imataca forest reserve, in the east of the country. Conservationists are opposed.
Lucas Benítez - Slave Radio.

'It's inhuman that borders are only open to capital'

By Diego Cevallos and - -
The North American Free Trade Agreement has encouraged illegal migration, says Mexican peasant Lucas Benítez, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, in a conversation with Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Aymaras Grow Food for Vicuñas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty indigenous ranchers in Chile's extreme north will be the first beneficiaries of a project for growing forage plants to feed vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna), a member of the South American Andes llama family.

Transnational Oil Companies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty thousand Indians from the Ecuadorian Amazon were able to put the U.S.-based petroleum giant ChevronTexaco in court on charges of environmental destruction.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Coffee Grown with Its Own Waste

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Coffee growers in eastern Cuba have significantly increased production with the application of fertilizer made from the waste material produced in processing the coffee for consumption.

Ecobreves – UNITED STATES: Fires Threaten Wildlife

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts warn that it will take months or years for condor, deer, bear and other species to recover from the destruction of their habitat that occurred in the forest fires of late October in the U.S. state of California.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: Bio-Pesticides on the Rise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The use of biological pesticides in Latin America could represent nine percent of the global total by 2008, with a value of 100 million dollars, said experts taking party in a symposium hosted by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), in Costa Rica.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Zoo's Residents in Danger

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 78 species of Nicaraguan fauna at the National Zoo lack the appropriate habitat for development and reproduction, the zoo's director, Marina Sacasa, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Mayan Sites Protected

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Congress has declared the Guatemalan Mayan archeological sites of Yaxhá, Nakum and Naranjo protected areas. Located in the northern department of El Petén, bordering Mexico, they are frequent targets for looters and vandals.
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