Environment
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 00:00
Ecuador's judicial system is being used by the authorities to clamp down on indigenous and campesino leaders in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to prevent them from protesting against projects that will affect their environment and lands.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 00:00
The management of the consortium building the giant Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon initiated talks Monday with the indigenous people who have been occupying the work site since June 21.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
Indigenous smallholder farmers are being violently evicted as companies move in to satisfy Europe's hunger for biofuels.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 00:00
El presidente peruano, Ollanta Humala, advirtio este lunes de que quienes se opongan a la ejecucion del proyecto aurifero Conga, de la estadounidense Newmont, tendran que asumir las consecuencias, mientras una huelga parcial en contra del proyecto cumplio
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 00:00
The Military Mobile Attention Centers will help serve more patients during a winter of poor air quality that has caused an increase in respiratory illnesses.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 00:00
Ecuadorean plaintiffs have filed a second lawsuit outside the Andean country, this time in Brazil, in a bid to enforce an $18 billion court ruling against U.S. oil company Chevron for polluting the Amazon.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 00:00
Mediante un ejercicio participativo en el marco del Proyecto Estrategico Territorial Pet 2, denominado Sujetos Constructores de Politica Publica y Fortalecimiento Institucional, del que hace parte la Union Europea.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 00:00
We have coalesced around an outcome document that marks a real advance for sustainable development. We know this is one of the most pressing matters of our time, because how we grow together over the long term isn't a question for only some countries. It
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 00:00
We are all here in Rio because we understand that sustainable development holds the key to our shared future to both our economic success and our environmental security.
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 00:00
"Thanks to partners like China, we managed to reach an ambitious document, which preserved the main concerns of developing countries," Andre Correa do Lago, Brazil's chief negotiator to the conference.