China is fast overtaking and displacing both the United States and Europe in Latin American trade. Latin American business elites and governments on the left and the right, hungry for foreign investment
The advent of progressive governments in South America in the last decade gave environmentalists the hope that this would be the beginning of a truly sustainable economic development. But post-neoliberal “progresismo” has
Bolivian environmental organizations and indigenous groups that supported Evo Morales in his election to the presidency demand that his government stop exploiting oil resources in the Bolivian Amazon due to its serious
Costa Rican environmentalists decry war against biodiversity; in Brazil, the World Rainforest Movement calls Norway to task for its alleged double-dealing; in Chile, civil society is on the move against genetically modified
In this month’s biodiversity report: Goldman Prizes for Cuba and Costa Rica, Yasuní Reserve Declaration, Syngenta + CIMMYT = GM Wheat, “Responsible” Soy in trouble and The WWF and Tree Monoculture Plantations.
1. CHILE: Protests Against Alleged Privatization of the Sea Chilean civil society groups and artisanal fishers condemn a bill approved by the parliament in the month of March. This bill, which basically
1. COLOMBIA AND HONDURAS: The Violence of the Palm Oil Tree ufeffMonocultures of African, or oil palm, whose oil is used to produce a variety of products ranging from cosmetics to biodiesel,
1. ECUADOR: Extraordinary Biodiversity of the Yasuní National Park The Yasuní National Park in Ecuador is the most biodiverse zone of South America and one of the most biodiverse in the world,
Argentina: World Forestry Congress Mexico: Government Approves Genetically Modified Corn Cultivation Condemnation of “Sustainable” Palm Oil 1. Argentina: World Forestry Congress The 13th World Forestry Congress (WFC) took place in Buenos Aires
Argentina: Carbon Credits for Genetically Modified Soy Chile: In Defense of Seeds Paraguay: “Responsible” Soy Will Not Give Up The Struggle Against Tree Plantations Heats Up 1. Argentina: Carbon Credits for Genetically