Tierramérica

Issue of November, 30, 2009



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A digital rendering of algae-ethanol production pools.
Credit: BioFields

Report
Mexico Has Big Plans for Ethanol from Algae
By Verónica Díaz Favela - IPS/IFEJ
A biological process in which blue-green algae produces ethanol will be the basis for fuel production by a Mexican company beginning next year.

World Bank economist John Nash
Credit: Patricia da Cámara, courtesy of the World Bank.

Dialogues
Risk Insurance and Climate Change
Cristina Canoura interviews World Bank economist JOHN NASH
Latin America's agricultural losses could be severe over the long term as a result of climate change.

Eco-Briefs

CHILE: Alarm Sounds on GM Crop Expansion
The area in Chile planted with genetically modified crops - mostly maize, soy and canola - expanded from 24,921 hectares in 2007 to 30,101 hectares in 2008-2009, "without sufficient regulations to protect traditional seeds and the sites of origin."

BRAZIL: Eco-Plastic Made from Quinoa
Quinoa, a pseudo-cereal that is a complete protein source native to the Andes, is also the raw material for a biodegradable plastic developed by Brazil's University of Campinas.

VENEZUELA: Organizing Against Climate Change
People in the farming town of Panaquire, population 7,000, founded three centuries ago on a flood-vulnerable plain southeast of Caracas, have organized in order to predict the effects of climate change through a community-based early warning weather system.

HONDURAS: Farming Stands Up to El Niño
Food security is guaranteed for Honduras next year because the cyclical weather phenomenon known as El Niño did not hurt the production of basic grains, official and private sources told Tierramérica.

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