Tierramérica

Issue of December, 09, 2006



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Report
Rainwater Tanks a Weapon Against Drought
By Mario Osava
The construction of a million rainwater collection tanks in the Brazilian Northeast is underway. The region is considered one of the most vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

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Accents
Buenos Aires Residents Rebel Against Apartment Towers
By Marcela Valente
Residents fear that the Caballito neighborhood's utilities could collapse from the unregulated proliferation of apartment towers. By 2008 an estimated 40,000 more people will live in the district.

Aleida Guevara
Credit: PL/Américo Morrillo

Interview
"Children Know How to Love"
By Francesca Colombo
Cuban pediatrician Aleida Guevara, daughter of the legendary "Che", is traveling the world promoting children's rights to health. Tierramérica spoke with her in Italy.

Eco-Briefs

CHILE: Activists Want Ban on Lindane
Environmental groups and other civil society organizations, led by the Pesticide Action Network (RAP-Chile), launched a campaign calling for a ban on the use of lindane in the treatment of lice and scabies, due to its toxic effects on health and the environment.

GUATEMALA:: Return of the Harpy Eagle
A harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), raised in captivity in Panama and released in Belize two years ago, was sighted early this month in the jungles of the northern Guatemalan department of El Petén.

VENEZUELA:: A Push for Energy-Saving Lightbulbs
In the coming months the government's "Mission Energy Revolution" will provide four million Venezuelan households with some 52 million energy-saving lightbulbs, made in China and purchased via Cuba.

BRAZIL: Three Forestry Victories
The government of the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará on Dec. 4 created seven conservation zones covering 15 million hectares. Together, they form a vast ecological corridor north of the Amazon River, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Colombian border.

CUBA: Fruitful Recycling Effort
An experimental project for recycling domestic waste, implemented this year in 810 households in Havana's San Isidro neighborhood, has produced organic material for use as fertilizer and income from the sale of solid waste materials.

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