Environment
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 00:00
The Committee in Defence of Life and Against Mining in San Rafael Las Flores, CODIDENA, the Parlamento Xinca, CALA and the MadreSelva Environmental Collective. These groups denounce the repression of the nonviolent protest by the community of Santa Rosa.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 00:00
The rejected articles reduced the area that farmers are required to preserve.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 00:00
Managua niega envio de aletas de tiburon a San Jose.
Friday, September 7, 2012 - 00:00
Bolivia, which is vast but has barely 10 million inhabitants, has among the highest per capita deforestation rates in the world.
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 00:00
So far this year, the Belo Monte 11,300 megawatt power station smack dab in the heart of Indian country in the Amazon rainforest has been shut down four times.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 00:00
The United States and Costa Rica today launched a three-year higher education partnership aimed at promoting sustainable manufacturing and economic growth in Latin America.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 00:00
"Pronto vamos a crear el primer regimiento ecologico para que tenga la obligacion de cuidar los parques nacionales junto a los movimientos sociales", integrados especialmente por productores de coca.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 00:00
A la crisis de inseguridad que padece Sinaloa se suma la bomba de tiempo contra la ciudadania que representan los narcolaboratorios y las sustancias quimicas usadas para elaborar drogas sinteticas.
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 00:00
Data from satellite images shows a 23% reduction in deforestation from August 2011 to July 2012 against the previous year.
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 00:00
The shift to local control is one of many changes implemented under Rousseff's administration that, taken together, constitute an all-out retreat from nearly two decades of progressive federal environmental policy.