Tierramérica

Issue of January, 03, 2005



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Accents
French Plan Contradicts Europe's Anti-Nuclear Trend
By Julio Godoy
France is to invest 150 billion dollars in nuclear reactors, a move that distances the country from the renewable energy goals of its neighbors.

Report
Reviving the Guaraní Route
By Alejandro Sciscioli
Tourists soon will be able to follow the network of paths in Paraguay and Brazil that Guaraní Indians followed centuries ago in search of the ''Land Without Evil''.

Eco-Briefs

CHILE: Experts to Investigate Swan Die-Off
International experts will visit Chile in February or March to investigate the recent massive deaths of black-necked swans (Cygnus melancoryphus) in the Río Cruces nature sanctuary, 790 km south of the capital. Environmentalists claim it was caused by waste from a cellulose factory

CUBA: Coastline Plagued by Erosion
Around 90 percent of Cuba's coastline suffers some degree of erosion as a result of rising sea level, pollution and extraction of sand, warns an official report.

GUATEMALA-MEXICO: Protecting the Usumacinta Watershed
Environmental groups from Guatemala and Mexico will strengthen a strategic alliance in 2005 to protect the two countries' shared watershed of the Usumacinta River.

VENEZUELA: Environmentalists Worry Over Land Intervention
Venezuelan environmentalists expressed their concern about a decree in the central state of Cojedes that ordered ''intervention'' of all fallow lands that could be used in agriculture, including extensive cattle ranching accompanied by private forest and water reserves, that are now home to hundreds of species.

HONDURAS: Shrimper's Environmental Permit Cancelled
The Honduran Environmental Prosecutor revoked the environmental permit of El Faro, a shrimping operation that fishes in the Gulf of Fonseca, on the Pacific Ocean. The firm is accused of causing severe damage to wetlands and mangroves in the area, which is shared by Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

BRAZIL: First Hydrogen Bus
Brazil will have its first electrical engine, hydrogen-fuelled bus in 2006, according to the graduate engineering program at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

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