Tierramérica

Issue of May, 12, 2008



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Sustainable goat farming has been developed for Brazil's impoverished Northeast.
Credit: Photo Stock

Report
Top-Rated Agro-Science Has Achilles Heel
By Mario Osava*
Brazil achieved excellence in agricultural technology as the result of a state network of research centers that played a key role in the country's farming boom.

Colombian children.
Credit: Jesús Abad Colorado/IPS

Accents
Food Price Inflation Threatens Children
By Daniela Estrada*
Breast feeding, enriched foods and monitoring of children's growth are among the basic weapons for fighting a potential new wave of childhood malnutrition in Latin America, say experts.

Eco-Briefs

CHILE: Citizens Halt Dams in Capital
The withdrawal of a project to build to hydroelectric dams on Chile's Maipo River, planned by the AES Gener company, is a "citizen triumph", according to the Maipo River Citizen Organization.

BRAZIL: Native Plants to Clean Up Contaminated Soil
Brazil could recuperate and decontaminate soil poisoned with mercury, lead, nickel and other metals that are dangerous to human health, using native plants. The technique is known as "phytoextraction" and was developed at the University of Sao Paulo.

HONDURAS: Funds to Preserve Environmental \"Lungs\"
Honduras is asking for 50 million dollars in international cooperation to preserve the Plátano River Biosphere Reserve and generate sustainable production projects for the local communities, according to official sources.

VENEZUELA: Ávila National Park Has New Friends
Biologists, anthropologists, environmentalists, palm gatherers and volunteers last week adopted the "Caracas Manifesto for the Warairarepano", the indigenous name for the Ávila National Park.

CUBA: Crocs in Danger
Experts are monitoring the potential effects of climate change on the reproductive process of the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier), concentrated in the Ciénaga de Zapata, a wetland in the south of the western province of Matanzas.

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