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Ecobreves – VENEZUELA:: Shortage of Environmental Rangers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The 40 agents of the national corps of "animal rangers" in Venezuela are not enough to protect the nation's endangered species, warns the director of the Environment Ministry's Fauna Division, Mirna Quero.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Gas Stations Under Scrutiny

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Superintendent of Electricity and Fuels in Chile has begun a detailed audit of the country's gas stations in an effort to ensure that quality is in keeping with the standards set by anti-pollution laws.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Repopulating Species Harmed by Hurricane

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuban experts are awaiting help from foreign institutions to save more than a dozen species that were thrashed by Hurricane Michelle last Nov 4 at the Cienfuegos Botanical Garden, 336 km from Havana
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Cotton Added to List of Argentina's Transgenic Crops

By Marcela Valente and - -
A cottonseed that is resistant to the controversial glyphosate herbicide is fueling ''transgenic fever'' in Argentina.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Environment the Focus of Film Fest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 110,000 dollars in prizes will be awarded at the third International Festival of Environmental Film and Video, June 13-17, in the central Brazilian city of Goiás Velho.
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The World Wide Web of Life

By Dalia Acosta and - -
Havana, Cuba, and Turin, Italy, are the headquarters for World Environment Day celebrations this year. Cuba is wrapping up its preparations for the festivities, which include awareness campaigns running from one extreme of the island to the other.

Ecobreves – PERU: No Cable Cars

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Peruvian government has revoked a permit granted last year to an international company to build and operate a cable car system in the archeological sanctuary of Machu Picchu, due to the environmental impact implied by an increased flow of tourists.
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Giants of the Sea

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Whales have captured the imagination of humans since time immemorial. Their size - truly colossal - leaves no room for doubt: whales are a wonder of nature.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Identification for Transgenic Foods

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Officials in San Carlos de Bariloche, a city in southern Argentina, decreed this month that foods produced with genetically modified material must be identified as such.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Concern for Indigenous Peoples

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Venezuelan government is to study the impact of a power line construction project extending from Venezuela into northern Brazil on the customs and lifestyles of the indigenous communities of the southeastern Great Savannah.
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No Water South of the Río Bravo

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Mexico will have to spend approximately 1.5 billion dollars over the next five years to maintain the water supplies of cities and farmland bordering the United States.
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Santiago Seeks Clean Air

By Gustavo González and - -
1.6 million automobiles are responsible for 53 percent of the Chilean capital's air pollution.
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Strengthening the Shared Eco-Agenda

By Patricia Grogg and - -
It is crucial to fortify the common agenda of Latin America and the Caribbean with sights on the Rio+10 Summit in South Africa next year, stresses Cuba's Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Rosa Elena Simeón.
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Savage Beauty

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Orchids boast a profound beauty - which seems to originate at the beginning of time. In fact, according to data circulating on the always-well-informed Internet, orchids have been around for at least 120 million years.

Smog-Related Illnesses

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Smog, a term derived from the words ‘’smoke’’ and ‘’fog’’, consists of a mixture of pollutants in the Earth’s lower atmosphere. Two of the primary contaminants found in smog are ground-level ozone and air-borne particulate matter.

Saving Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Water is one of humanity’s most valuable natural resources. But despite the fact that most of our planet is covered by water, 97 percent is salt water, and most of the rest is frozen at the poles – which means we should not allow fresh water to be wasted.

Ecobreves – PERU: The Desert Advances

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The desert is spreading in Lambayeque department, on Peru's northern coast, due to the irrigation of rice paddies, a practice that is increasing the salinity of the soils and transforming them into sand dunes like those that already encircle the valleys in the region.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Nature Reserve Draws Tourists, Criticism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
United States citizen Douglas Tompkins, a millionaire who founded the Pumalín Park, in southern Chile, hopes the government will declare the 300,000-hectare site a natural sanctuary in order to foment tourism and to preserve native forests and watersheds.
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Forecast Bright for 'Clean' Agriculture

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Global trade in organically produced goods is predicted to be worth 100 billion dollars by 2006.

Livestock in the Time of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

By IPS Correspondents and - -
''It was agony. To go out to the pastures and not see even one animal… it was dreadful, it was as if a hurricane had struck,'' said a rancher in Uruguay, a nation at war against a disease that is threatening one of its crucial economic resources.
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The Year of Indigenous Venezuelans

By IPS Correspondents and - -
New laws and development projects that take effect this year are target 28 native communities in an attempt to protect their rights and cultures.
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