Tierramérica

Issue of January, 06, 2003



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Washington Novaes

Dialogues
Johannesburg Summit: Journalism's Bad Example
By Mario Osava
Journalists are not covering the crisis of the world's model of civilization and seem to be more concerned with spectacle, warns Washington Novaes. "The world is in a big mess," the renowned Brazilian reporter said in a conversation with Tierramérica.

Credit: Fabricio Van Den Broeck

Report
Nacen nuevos líderes
By Mario Osava
La flamante ministra de medio ambiente de Brasil simboliza un nuevo tipo de liderazgo en América Latina, surgido de un activismo ambiental que promueve cambios profundos. A algunos ecologistas, les ha costado la vida.

Credit: Ch.Errath/FAO.org

Connect Yourself
Rice
By
Grains of rice have been feeding human beings since the dawn of civilization. Today this cereal originating in the wetland regions of Asia is the basic food of more than half the world's population.

Eco-Briefs

CHILE: Planting in the Desert
Former miners and retired workers in the town of Canto de Agua, 700 km north of the Chilean capital, are growing organic oregano in the middle of the desert, joining the ranks of the expanding mode of farming that is free of toxic chemical substances.

BRAZIL: Recyclers Demand Wages
The informal recyclable waste collectors of Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, are demanding that the city pay for the public service they perform in gathering 360 tons of garbage a day.

NORTH AMERICA: NAFTA 'Pollutes Little'
The launch of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 worsened pollution in the border areas of Mexico and the United States and among some specific industries, but did not produce the environmental disaster that some critics had predicted.

Lessons From a Unique Decade - José Graziano da Silva *
Rio+20 and Beyond: Together for a Sustainable Future - José Graziano da Silva *
Why Inclusive Green Growth Can Sustain Recent Gains in Latin America - Hasan Tuluy*
The Global Food Crisis and the Latin American Paradox - Pamela Cox