Tierramérica

Issue of July, 28, 2003



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Prestige: The Most Costly Maritime Accident in History
By Tito Drago
The environmental damage caused by the oil tanker Prestige persists eight months after it sank. Clean-up could cost 10 billion euros.

Accents
No Poor Wanted in Peñalolén Eco-Community
By Gustavo González
An exclusive ecological community in Chile is protesting the relocation of poor residents to a nearby area. The matter is to be resolved in August.

Accents
A Setback for Food Research and Security
By Jorge A. Grochembake
An estimated 345,000 hectares in Central American are planted with varieties or hybrids created by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, which recently closed its regional office.

Connect Yourself
The Telescope
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Since Galileo Galilei developed the telescope in 1610, ongoing efforts to perfect this technological tool have been key to advancing knowledge of the Solar System and of the cosmos. For many, the giant steps modern science has made as a result feed the fantasy of conquering outer space.

Eco-Briefs

ARGENTINA: Chopping Down Las Yungas
The Argentine government has given a company permission to log 1,000 hectares of the northwestern Las Yungas jungle, an area that UNESCO declared a biosphere reserve in 2002.

PERU: Cocaine Contaminates the Amazon
The Peruvian Amazon is suffering major environmental deterioration as a result of the production and trafficking of cocaine, said experts gathered for a seminar in the central-west city of Pucallpa, in the heart of the illegal drug production area.

URUGUAY: Revitalizing Industrial Zones
Public and private entities in Uruguay are working to revitalize abandoned industrial areas of the capital, building housing for low-income families and encouraging economic activity.

CHILE: Aluminum Factory Rejected
Organizations from Canada, United States and Australia have called on Chilean President Ricardo Lagos to halt the Alumysa-Noranda project, which plans to build an aluminum processing plant in the country's southern Patagonia region.

HONDURAS: Rewards for Environmental Care
- The Honduran parliament is studying a bill that would reward municipalities that promote care of the local environment.

COSTA RICA: Citizen Environmental Guarantees
An initiative aimed at including an "environmental guarantees" chapter to the Costa Rican constitution, establishing the state's obligation to preserve the environment, could be approved by the legislature now in session, say activists.

GUATEMALA: Green Literacy Campaign
A literacy campaign geared towards environmental conservation, with a primer titled "Madre Tierra" (Mother Earth), will get underway next year, says Francisco Moscoso, director of the National Literacy Committee (CONALFA).

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