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South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 98 — by Stoner, Larissa A — last modified 2007-08-21 21:40

Health: Abbott Laboratories and Brazil Reach Agreement on Cost of AIDS Drug. Forests: Uruguay Attracts Expanding Chilean Forestry Companies; Small Communities Key To Preserving World's Remaining Forests, Report Says; Guyana Considering Modern Sawmill Proposal. Fishing & Marine Conservation: Brazil Fishermen Caught Killing Dolphins. Protected Areas: Oil Plan Casts Shadow on Bolivia Park. Science & Technology: Colombia: New Center of Excellence in Genomics. Pollution: Mercury Threat from Mining Seen In Guyana; Argentine Ombudsman Joins Oilfield Lawsuit. Climate Change: Guyana Gets Climate Change Grant; Lake Disappearance in Chile Linked to Global Warming Guyana: Climate Change Affecting Sea Turtle Nesting Habits. Energy: Chile: Matte Creates Fund for Renewable Energy; Brazil to Revive Nuclear Project; Chile Focuses on Long-Term Energy Strategy; Colombia: President Inaugurates First Biodiesel Plant; Issues 20 Percent Blending Mandate; Brazil Gives Preliminary OK to Amazon Dams Criticized by Environmentalists; Ecuador: Biofuel Efforts Attract Organized Opposition; Brazil to Certify Sustainable Production of Ethanol; Brazil To Ban Sugarcane Crops In The Amazon. General: Green Safeguards Bolstered in Three Trade Deals; Nazca Lines Affected by ‘Informal’ Gold Mining; Colombia, Ecuador launch Regional Fundacion Natura. Update on Avian Influenza: SOUTHCOM Preparedness Workshop for Central and South America

USAID: Debt for Nature Agreement to Conserve Costa Rica's Forests — by USAID — last modified 2007-10-21 18:46

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2007 www.usaid.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. - An agreement to reduce Costa Rica's debt by nearly $26 million over the next 16 years was reached by the governments of the United States and Costa Rica, the Central Bank of Costa Rica as well as U.S.-based Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy. In return, the Central Bank of Costa Rica has committed to pay these funds to support grants to non-governmental organizations and other groups that protect and restore the country's tropical forests. ...

Metafore Newsletter: In Focus, December 3, 2006 — by webadmin — last modified 2007-02-11 17:01

Xerox turns to re-usable printer paper; SC Johnson joins European Charter in support of sustainability; Nike Ends Orders from Pakistani Company; UN meeting tackles toxic waste; UN meeting tackles toxic waste; Forest fragmentation hurts Amazon biodiversity; Biofuel markets hinge on biomass progress; Seattle’s recycling policy plays hardball with city’s refuseniks; Bioplastics Demand experiencing boom in Europe; Tax on packaging proposal slammed by industry body; European Eco-label awarded to UPM; Williams-Sonoma Achieves Significant Environmental Goal

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 78 — by Stoner, Larissa A(Brasilia) — last modified 2007-02-11 18:24

Agriculture: Brazil Will Share Expertise in Agriculture with Africa; Health: Study on Infants in Peru Sparks Ethics Inquiry; AIDS Treatment Advances in Brazil; Argentina, Paraguay Sign Health Cooperation Agreement; Argentina Launches Latin America’s First Biosecurity Lab; Water Issues:Brazil Adopts Freshwater Ecoregions in First National Freshwater Management Plan Wildlife; Albatross Colony Observed In Southern Chile; Peru, Brazil Join Forces Against Biopiracy in the Amazon; Fishing & Marine Conservation: First U.S. Marine National Monument Established in Hawaii; Venezuela: Seeking Adoptive Parents for Turtles; Protected Areas:Guyana: Kaieteur National Park Faces Funding Hurdles; Ecuador Increases Monitoring of Yasuni National Park; Parks and People, Not Parks vs. People; Science & Technology: US$3 Billion Bid To Boost Biotech in Brazil; Chile, Argentina, Caribbean Lead in Access to New Technologies; South American Countries Agree on S&T Cooperation; Pollution & Industrialization: Court Rules Pulp Mills Construction Can Continue; Judicial Ruling Requires Clean-Up of Argentina's Matanza-Riachuelo Basin; Chile: Paper Mill Fined; Codelco Spill Contaminates 17km of Marshland Near Santiago; Energy:Chile Announces “Energy Autonomy” in Next Two Years; General: IBD Releases US$ 1.9 Million For The Amazon; Leaky Pipes, Stingy Aid Slow Peru Gas Project; Chile: Environmentalist Sells 4,000 Argentine Hectares to Business Group; Brazil: Environmentalists Threatened

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 102 — by Stoner, Larissa A — last modified 2007-12-26 22:21

Agriculture: Paraguay: The Dark Side of the Soy Boom; ‘Roundtable on Responsible Soy’ Members Meet in Mato Grosso, Brazil; Health: Colombia: Malaria Winning the Battle in Chocó; Peru: Malaria Moves In Behind the Loggers; New Web Portal Connects Tropical Disease Research; Forests: International Tropical Timber Council Commits US$4 Million for Tropical Forest Law Enforcement; Wildlife: Brazil: Scientist Claims to Find New Pig Species; Science & Technology: Chile: Pressure from Researchers May Lead to Increase in Budget; Infrastructure Development: Plans for Highway Linking Chile, Brazil and Landlocked Bolivia; Brazil-Bolivia: Challenge Blocks Amazon Dams; South American Gas Pipeline Will Connect Caribbean with Pacific Ocean; Revolt in the Andes: A Vote of Sorts against Big Mines; Pollution: Life in Peru's Most Polluted Town; Chile: Authorities Outraged Over New Leak at Los Pelambres Mine; Energy: Brazil: Greenpeace Pledges Legal Action to Block Construction of Nuclear Plant; Colombia, Uruguay: Study Names Top Would-Be Biodiesel Producers; Q&A With Corporate Social Responsibility Expert on Chile’s Proposed Aysen Dams; Climate Change: The Carbon Calculus; Brazil Considers Targets For Amazon Deforestation Reduction; General Brazil: Amazon Fire Wars Exacerbate Climate Change; Environment-Latin America: Same Old Problems, Says UNEP Report

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 97 — by Stoner, Larissa A — last modified 2007-07-20 19:04

Agriculture: Argentina to Harvest 100 Million tons of Grains in 2008, Social Problems Follow Forests: Guyana Timber Company Harvesting Legally Outside Its Concession; Rapid Deforestation Poses Warming Threat; Rainforest Politics Strides onto the Boardwalk; Civil Resistance Aimed at Saving Colombian Jungle Wildlife; Leading Amazon Biologist Imprisoned In Brazil Fishing & Marine Conservation: South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization; Fishing Venture in Ecuador Wins UN Prize; Aquaculture Company to Phase Out Chile Lake Farms Protected Areas: Galapagos Put on UN Danger List Science & Technology: Scientific Cooperation between Peru and Paraguay; US$ 19 Million for Innovation Projects in Chile Pollution & Waste Management: Air Pollution in Lima Worsening; Argentina: Pulp Mill Waste Used for Roads; Brazil: Floating House Made of Garbage; Complaints in Argentina about Fuel-Oil Use Climate Change: Clean Development Inequities, a Perspective from Guyana; Climate Change a Concern for Andean Presidents Energy: Chile: Biofuel Plant Proposed for Desert Cultivation; Work to Resume On Brazil Reactor; Developing Nations Embrace Renewable Energy; Japanese Biofuel Project in Brazil Creates 50,000 Direct Jobs; Chile Launches Energy-Efficiency Campaign General: Congressmen Seek Pascua Lama Review Because Of Glacier Damage; Brazil: Industrialists Ask for Reform of Environmental Laws; Lake Disappears Suddenly In Chile; Argentina: US$ 6.6 Million for Sustainable Development; Update on Avian Influenza; Chilean TV Documentary Highlights U.S. AI Preparedness, International Cooperation

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 83 — by webadmin — last modified 2007-02-11 18:40

Agriculture: Uruguay: A Push for Biotech; Brazil: Cultivating 'Clean' Tomatoes; Chile: Keep Chiloé Free of Transgenics, Say Activists; IDB Signs Historic Pact with Guyana; Family Farms in Latin America: Durable but Fragile; Health: Venezuela: Veto Continues Against DDT to Fight Malaria; Brazil: Hair Stylists Most Exposed to Cancer-Causing Agents; Health Ministers Approve Rubella Elimination, Increased Vaccination Coverage; Forests: Brazil Seeks Deforestation Plan Support; Brazil Tells Foreigners Amazon "Not For Sale"; Chile: Santiago Loses Thousands of Native Trees; Colombia Forest Controversy Simmers On; Fishing & Marine Conservation: Some Cause for Hope in Sea-Turtle Battle; Protected Areas: Protected Area in Brazil's Amazon Rain Forest Has Nearly Doubled; Chile: 'No' to Road through Pumalín Park; Science & Technology: Chile: S&T Budget to Increase by More Than 20%; Bacteria Could Double Chilean Copper Production; Pollution: Venezuela: New Alert on Toxic Sludge; Decades of Amazon Oil Pollution at Issue in Peru; Energy: Uruguay: Observatory for Renewable Energy Proposed; In Reversal, Chile to Weigh Nuclear Power; Bolivia's Challenge Blocks Dams in the Amazon; US$100 Million Fund for Clean Energy; Latin America: Nuclear Energy Reborn; General: Brazilian Indians Fight Back; UN Leading Bid To Help Four Colombian Tribes; Bolivia’s Wants Public Input in Green Policies;

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 100 — by Stoner, Larissa A — last modified 2007-10-21 19:30

Agriculture: Scientists Are Making Brazil’s Savannah Bloom; U.S., Brazil and Argentina Form International Soybean Growers Alliance. Health: Dengue Fever Surges in Latin America. Water Issues: Chile: Defending Water against Mining Company. Forests: Brazilian NGOs Propose Plan to Zero out Deforestation; EU and UNDP Finance Sustainable Development Project in Guyana Shields; Forests Produce More Intact than Cleared for Farming, Says Study; Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Receives International Support; Paraguay Declares Fire Emergency. Wildlife: Southern Cone Countries Sign MOU to Preserve Migratory Birds; Venezuela: Aquatic Species Discovered; Venezuela: A Plan to Save the Amphibians; Brazil: Renowned Primatologist Faces 15 Years in Jail. Fishing & Marine Conservation: Chile: Giant Squid Invasion Threatens Hake; Brazil: Video of Dolphin Haul Hastens Gillnet Rules; Ecuador: Shark Measure Costs Correa Green Support; Salmon Farms Also Harming Chilean Lakes, WWF Warns. Protected Areas: Indigenous Group in Guyana Declares Amazon Homeland a Conservation Area; Colombia's Newest Park Protects Rare Wildlife, Indigenous Peoples. Science & Technology: Venezuela: Ministry of S&T US$ 4.3 million for Small Businesses; Colombia Discards Plan to Create Ministry of Science; Uruguay: New Entity and More Funds for Science. Climate Change: Sao Paulo holds Kyoto Protocol “Carbon Market” Auction; Climate Change Reaches Andes and Amazon; Andean Community at Climate Forum. Energy: Chile: CORFO Approves Financing for 53 New Renewable Energy Initiatives; Biofuel Helping to Power Argentine Fishing Vessel. General: Amazon at Risk from Development Plans; Peruvians Don’t Understand the use of Biodiversity, says Study; Scores Ill in Peru 'Meteor Crash'; Brazil Petrobras to Push Production Deeper Into Amazon.

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 89 — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-02-15 22:52

Agriculture: Mercosur Helps Bolivia Combat FMD Outbreaks; Brazil Maps Out Agricultural Sprawl in the Amazon; Brazil: Unlocking a Bacterial Genome; Health: Dengue Alert Issued In South America; Water Issues: Pantanal in South America declared “Threatened Lake of the Year 2007”; Clean Water - Hold the Salt - in Brazil's Northeast; Judge Rejects Legal Challenges to Huge Brazilian Water Project; Forests: Guyana: Major Deficiencies Uncovered In Barama Forest Management; Chile: Native Forest Law to Be Replaced In Congress; Wildlife: Peru: Andes Field Trip Reveals New Species of Climbing Rodent; Dolphin/Whale Tourism and Conservation Conference February 27-28 in Lima; Bogotá Airport Expansion Causes Wetland Concerns; Wildlife Sanctuary in Chile Said To Remain Damaged By Mill; Protected Areas: Bogotá Plans Vast Park for Andean Slopes; Science & Technology: Latin America 'Ripe For Regional Collaboration'; Waste Management & Pollution: Venezuela: CFC Production Falls; Chile’s Best Surfing Waves to Be Trashed by Waste-Water Sludge, Claim Protesters; Brazil: Recycled Debris for Public Works; Argentina: Renewed Campaign against Garbage Burning; Authority Created to Lead Riachuelo Cleanup; Energy: Chile’s Biofuel Committee Announces Recommendations; Brazilian Company Signs Contract with Boeing, NASA to Develop Alternative Aircraft Fuel; IDB Fund Creates Clean Energy Markets Cluster; Comment Period Begins for Planned Chilean Dam; Madeira Dams Now Top Brazilian Hydro Priority; Biofuels Truck Makes Splash in Peru; General: Colombia, Ecuador Try to Close Rift Over Spraying; NGOs Support Amazon Invasion, Brazilian Daily Reports; Brazil: Government Officials Expect Rapid Approval of Environmental Bill; Peru: Informal Mining in Madre de Dios Circulates US$ 800 to 900 Million; Update on Avian Influenza; Latin American Preparedness for Avian & Pandemic Influenza; Peru and Regional Efforts; Barring Bird Flu in Brazil, Chicken Companies Eye Record Trade;

South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health Newsletter Edition 103 — by Stoner, Larissa A — last modified 2008-02-03 19:30

Agriculture: Biodiesel, Feed Revive Brazil Soy Crush Investment; Brazil: Agriculture's New Frontier; Palm Spreads its Wings in Brazil, Plantings Rise. Health: U.S. Department of Defense Course Enhances Latin American Epidemiology. Water & Sanitation Issues: Brazil: Sanitation a Reality on Paper Only. Forests: Guyana's Extraordinary Offer to Britain; Argentina: Ban on Logging Approved; Brazil: Dutch Bank to Unveil Carbon Credits for Amazon. Farm Prices, Amazon Deforestation on Rise Wildlife: Latin American Botanists to Get Plant Database. Fishing & Marine Conservation: Chile's Flourishing Fish Farms Prompt Fears for Ecosystem; Chile Steps Up Whale Protection; Brazil: Fish Farm Concessions for Government Dams. Science & Technology: Brazil to Invest US$23.5 Billion in Technology; Argentina to Create New Science Ministry. Infrastructure Development: Brazil, Colombia and Peru Agree to Look for Oil in Peru's Amazon; Integration and Sustainable Development in the Tri-Border Region, South America; Argentina Mounts Strict Environmental Monitoring Of Uruguay Pulp Mill; Audit Says Peru’s Camisea Gas-Pipeline System Flawed; Proposed Road in Chile’s Patagonia Sparks Heated Debate; Protecting the Peruvian Amazon and its People from the Risks of Oil and Gas Development. Mining & Other Extractive Industries: Colombia: Quarries in Slums Seen as Health Risk; Peru: A (Toxic) River Runs Through It; Argentina Restarts One of Its Uranium Mines; UN Targeting Mercury Use among Small-Scale Miners. Energy: Chile in Search of Its Energy Treasure; In Chile, New Book Published to Bolster Anti-Dam Campaign. Climate Change: Latin America Draws Praise for Reducing Emissions of Ozone Depleting Chemicals; Ecuador Backs Indonesia Bid for Forest Compensation; City of Rio de Janeiro Prepares for Climate Change. General: Ecuador Creating Travel Card to Slow Galápagos Migration.