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Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Environment Minister on Trial

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations are demanding the resignation of Guatemala's environment minister, Carlos Cáceres Ruiz, in the wake of his appearance before the nation's Congress.
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Brazil in the Joburg Summit Spotlight

By Marwaan Macan-Markar and - -
Latin American governments and environmental organizations applaud the Brazilian initiative for clean energy announced at the Johannesburg Summit. But enthusiasm is not enough, and the proposal has little chance of winning global consensus.
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Johannesburg – Notes & Quotes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The most expensive summit… Logistical nightmare… The least expensive city… All nations of the world, except for five… 2,000 accredited journalists… And words heard during the Johannesburg Summit
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Deforestation Fuels Hunger in Honduras

By Thelma Mejía and - -
The depletion of natural resources is one reason that drought and hunger has such a great impact on 150,000 families today in Honduras, a country that loses some 80,000 hectares of forest each year.

What the Indigenous People could Teach the Summit

By Marcos Terena and - -
Once again, ten years after the 1992 Rio Summit, the peoples and governments of the world are coming together under the auspices of the United Nations to discuss progress that has been made on the environment and the quality of life.
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Environmental Accords and Commitments

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Global conferences on environmental topics bring together governments - and often their top leaders - to hammer out agreements that entail a commitment to sustainable development. This is the aim of the Johannesburg Summit, but it was also a key issue at previous meetings.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: FAO Funds Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that it will donate 195,000 dollars to shore up Costa Rica's National Forest Development project

Out of Synch as Sustainable Development Summit Opens

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Global Forum of NGOs at the Rio+10 Summit is a Tower of Babel in which thousands of activists seek a common voice for their demands to fight poverty and preserve the environment.

Central America Wants End to War on Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
One of the Earth's most fragile regions but with great biological wealth will ask at the Rio+10 Summit that humanity declare peace with nature

Apuntes de Johannesburgo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
La mayor conferencia celebrada en Africa... Una reunión que libera 300.000 toneladas de dióxido de carbono... Restos prehistóricos cerca de la Cumbre... Una ciudad lejos del agua... Producción de basura revela contrastes de Johannesburgo...
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“Que el petróleo pague por el saneamiento”

By Mario Osava and - -
Lo propondrá Brasil en Johannesburgo: un dólar por barril de petróleo para crear un fondo mundial que suministre saneamiento a la población pobre del mundo. No financiaría promesas sino resultados, asegura el ministro del Ambiente de ese país.

Keeping Tabs on Rio+10 Summit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The World Summit on Sustainable Development taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 26-Sep 4, is the scenario of debates of planet-wide importance. And those who do not have the chance to attend in person can use the Internet to keep informed about the event.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Wind Park Premieres

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Public Enterprises of the Colombian city of Medellín have opened bidding to build the country's first wind energy park in La Guajira, near the Caribbean coast.

Ecobreves – MERCOSUR: Municipalities Make Voice Heard

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The local governments of Mercosur (Southern Common Market), Bolivia and Chile are at the Rio+10 Summit in Johannesburg voicing demands for the renegotiation of foreign debt of poor countries, the elimination of tax havens and a tax on international financial flows in order to create a global anti-poverty fund.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Organized Garbage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of the Argentine capital will change is garbage collection system to facilitate the work of informal paper and cardboard gatherers who make their living selling the material.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Removing Anti-Personnel Mines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Nicaraguan Army will begin deactivating the anti-personnel mines along the banks of the Coco River, which runs along the Honduran border, and were planted with the devices during the civil war of the 1980s.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Coral Hybrids Considered

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts at the Ecology Center of the Venezuelan Scientific Research Institute are studying the creation of hybrids of different coral types in order to apply the technique in environmental management and preservation of the species.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Go Bees!

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The medicinal preparations based on bee honey could replace up to 70 percent of the conventional medicine in Cuba, where bee-keeping has been the target of development for 20 years.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Emergency Declared Due to Strange Plague

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan government declared the area surrounding Izabal Lake, the country's largest, a "public catastrophe zone" as a result of the massive spread of a strange plant that is affecting fishing and water navigation.

Johannesburg Strives for Greenness

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Rio+10 Summit gets under way Aug 26 in Africa's largest industrial city, where inequalities and contamination are rampant.

Many Visions for Peace

By Gustavo González and - -
Sustainable development is not viable at the same time as increased militarism, agreed pop star Ricky Martin, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón and former Costa Rican president Oscar Arias, who joined 30 other panelists in Puerto Rico Aug 12-14.
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