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BRASILIA 00000278 001.2 OF 016
¶1. The following is the one-hundred-seventh in a series of
newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub,
covering environment, science and technology, and health news in
South America. The information below was gathered from news sources
from across the region, and the views expressed do not necessarily
reflect those of the Hub office or our constituent posts.
Addressees who would like to receive a user-friendly email version
of this newsletter should contact Larissa Stoner at
stonerla@state.gov. The e-mail version also contains a calendar of
upcoming ESTH events in the region. NOTE: THE NEWSLETTER IS NOW
ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE BRASILIA INTRANET PAGE, BY CLICKING ON THE
'HUB' LINK.
¶2. Table of Contents
South America Environment, Science &Technology, and Health
Newsletter
Agriculture
--(3)Argentina: Danger in the Fields
--(4)Brazil Authorizes Genetically Modified Crops
Health
--(5)Paraguay: Yellow Fever Update
Industrial Wastewater Pollution
--(6)Argentine Potassium Plan Stirs Water Worry
--(7)Venezuela: Photocatalysis Fights Water Contamination
--(8)Argentina's New President Pushing Sugar-Mill Cleanup
Forests
--(9)Latin America: Deforestation Still Winning
--(10)Brazil: Pantanal Indians Threatened by Deforestation
--(11)Peru: "For Sale" Signs in Amazon Jungle
--(12)Colombian Court Throws Out Disputed Forestry Law
--(13)Peru: Logging Firm Accused of Using Workers' Identities for
Tax Fraud
Wildlife
--(14)Brazil Launches Extinction Initiative
Ecology
BRASILIA 00000278 002.2 OF 016
--(15)Overfishing May Hurt Brazilian Pantanal Trees
Antarctic Research
--(16)Venezuela Helped by Uruguay Plans Antarctic Base
--(17)Brazilian President Commits Support for Antarctic Research
Mercury
--(18)Peru: Scramble for Gold Scars Madre de Dios Region
Energy
--(19)Brazil, Argentina Launch Energy Cooperation, but Natural Gas
Negotiation Fails
--(20)Peru Plans Renewable Energy Investment
--(21)Brazil, French Guiana Cooperation includes Tackling Illegal
Mining, Biofuels
--(22)Colombia Ignores Pledge to Indians, Plans New Sin Dam
Special Report: Increase in Deforestation Rate in Brazilian Amazon
Sparks Government Action
--(24)Brazil to Boost Penalties to Pare Amazon Devastation
--(25)Brazil Mob Attacks Anti-Logging Agents in Amazon Region
--(26)Brazil Plans Fund to Help Finance Amazon Conservation
--(27)Brazil Police Resume Crackdown on Amazon Logging
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Agriculture
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¶3. Argentina: Danger in the Fields
FEB. 18, 2008 - The agriculture industry in Argentina is enjoying
the boom in demand for soybeans and other commodities and the
subsequent high prices, which are also fattening the state coffers.
But the question of the unsafe handling of pesticides, herbicides
and fertilizers has basically been ignored amidst the collective
euphoria. According to the Secretariat of Agriculture, the latest
harvest set a new record of nearly 95 million tons of grains, half
of which were soybeans. Private consultants estimate that 3.6 tons
of fertilizers were used in 2007, 20 percent more than in 2006. And
the growing demand has drawn major investments in fertilizer
production plants run by local and international companies, which
indicates that output will continue to rise. A similar boom is seen
BRASILIA 00000278 003.2 OF 016
in herbicide use, with glyphosate as the leading product, used to
control weeds in the country's vast soybean fields. Experts
recommend campaigns to inform people about the correct handling of
such products and the risks they pose, as well as training, both for
farmers and workers who use them and health professionals who must
properly diagnose the symptoms of exposure to toxic agrochemicals.
Source - IPS News
¶4. Brazil Authorizes Genetically Modified Crops
FEB. 12, 2008 - Brazil's National Biosecurity Council has authorized
the planting and sale of two types of genetically modified corn,
angering some rural groups which consider these varieties
environmentally risky. Science and Technology Minister Sergio
Rezende said the decision by the 11 cabinet ministers making up the
council "is the first approval for genetically modified corn in
Brazil," according to the state news agency Agencia Brasil. One of
the varieties authorized was a pest-resistant crop called MON 810 by
its maker, the US biotech company Monsanto, and marketed under the
names Guardian and YieldGard. Brazil has previously approved the
use of two other genetically modified crops engineered by Monsanto.
In 2005, an insect-resistant cotton called Bollgard Evento 531 was
authorized, along with a herbicide-tolerant soybean known as RR.
Source - Yahoo
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Health
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¶5. Paraguay: Yellow Fever Update
FEB. 15, 2008 - As of February 15, there are 46 presumed cases of
yellow fever in Paraguay. Twenty-six are live cases; only five
cases have been confirmed to date. The first case of yellow fever
surfaced January 15 in San Estanislao, San Pedro Department. A team
of experts dispatched to the region found five more cases between
January 17 and 30. A second team of experts from the Central
Laboratory was dispatched to the region January 23 and found five
more suspected cases. While the investigation is ongoing,
preliminary indications are that the disease was spread by monkeys
BRASILIA 00000278 004.2 OF 016
from Brazil into Paraguay. Health authorities confirmed five cases
of yellow fever February 4. Since then, the virus spread to the
suburbs of Asuncion and the number of suspected cases has doubled.
The first urban case was reported in San Lorenzo, a suburb of
Asuncion. Public fears of an epidemic are surging. Health Minister
Oscar Martinez declared a national epidemiological alert February 8.
Two days later, the Health Ministry announced that it had run out of
vaccines. The shortage has created chaos in some communities and
complicated the GOP's ability to manage the outbreak. On February
5, the day after the Health Ministry confirmed the presence of
yellow fever, thousands of Paraguayans flooded health centers across
the country for vaccines. Following 13,000 vaccinations, the Health
Minister announced February 6 that its supply was almost depleted
and that the remaining vaccines would be used in San Pedro.
According to February 13 press reports, thousands of people residing
in areas with confirmed cases of yellow fever were turned away from
clinics when supplies were exhausted. Approximately 4,000 residents
of San Lorenzo protested the lack of vaccines by blocking a major
highway February 13.
Source - US Embassy Asuncion, ASUNCION 00000103;
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Industrial Wastewater Pollution
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¶6. Argentine Potassium Mining Plan Stirs Water Worry
FEB. 2008 - Scientists and some government officials are questioning
plans for a massive potassium-chloride mine in Argentina's Mendoza
province, arguing salt waste from the operation would harm water
resources. The US$900 million mine planned by the Anglo-Australian
company Rio Tinto would be developed in the south of Mendoza near
the Colorado River, which flows 600 miles (1,000 kms) through five
provinces from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Rio Tinto says it
will extract potassium chloride, which is used mainly for
fertilizer, by means of a chemical-free method called solution
extraction. A prime question about the potassium plan has to do with
waste. The company says that for every ton of potassium extracted,
1.21 tons of salt will be produced. The salt will not be sold on
account of its scant economic value; instead, it will be deposited
in piles three miles (5 kms) from the Colorado River. Experts worry
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that over time, the salt piles could represent a significant threat
to downstream drinking water supplies.
Source - EcoAmericas (please contact Larissa Stoner for complete
article)
¶7. Venezuela: Photocatalysis Fights Water Contamination
FEB. 18, 2007 - Venezuela hopes to have ready this year the
prototype of a lake decontamination system that uses solar rays to
destroy the toxic substances in the water -- heterogeneous
photocatalysis. "Water contaminants degrade with the increase in
the speed of the chemical reaction between the compounds involved.
The toxic organic molecules oxidize and generate ultra-pure water,"
Juan Matos, a chemist with the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific
Research and leader of the project that also involves Cuba, told
Tierramrica. While the Venezuelan experts will focus on the toxic
chemicals, the Cubans will take on the microbiological angle --
bacteria and viruses. Small reactors would operate on energy from
solar collectors, a technology that Matos hopes to apply in
Maracaibo Lake (polluted by industrial development).
Source - Tierramerica
¶8. Argentina's New President Pushing Sugar-Mill Cleanup
FEB. 2008 - After a post-inaugural summer vacation, Argentine
President Cristina Kirchner used her first official appearance of
2008 to propose a cleanup of the Sal-Dulce basin, one of
Argentina's most important watersheds. Kirchner announced the
initiative last month with the governors of the five provinces that
share the 22,000-square-mile (57,000-sq-km) watershed-Catamarca,
Csrdoba, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumn. The objective is
to reduce pollution from Tucumn sugar mills and other plants blamed
for harming water quality in Santiago del Estero's Ro Hondo
reservoir. It calls for a watershed commission and incentives to
induce plants to install pollution-control equipment.
Source - EcoAmericas (please contact Larissa Stoner for complete
article)
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¶9. Latin America: Deforestation Still Winning
FEB. 16, 2007 - Never before have Latin America and the Caribbean
fought so hard against deforestation, say experts and government
officials, but logging in the region has increased to the point that
it has the highest rate in the world. Of every 100 hectares of
forest lost worldwide between the years 2000 and 2005, nearly 65
were in Latin America and the Caribbean. In that period, the
average annual rate was 4.7 million hectares lost -- 249,000
hectares more than the entire decade of the 1990s. Deforestation
remains difficult to deal with because there are many economic
interests in play, according to Ricardo Snchez, director for Latin
America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP). The "Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for
Sustainable Development - 5 Years After Its Adoption" (ILAC) Report,
prepared by UNEP, indicates that although forestry activity has
maintained a positive performance in terms of improving productivity
and advances in sustainable management and other practices, such as
certification of sustainably harvested lumber, it has not prevented
the loss of forests. According to the study, in some countries the
shrinking of forested areas continues to be associated with an
increase in livestock-raising and the classic model of expanding
pasture area by cutting down forests.
Source - IPS News
¶10. Brazil: Pantanal Indians Threatened by Deforestation
FEB. 09, 2008 - The indigenous peoples of the central-western
Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul must deal with a lack of land
to grow crops and the destruction of the environment. The few
communities lucky enough to have remaining forest land, face the
threat of losing it. That is the case of those who live in the Mato
Grosso Pantanal, a vast wetland ecosystem whose preservation is
among Brazil's foremost environmental concerns. Forests in the
settlement area of the Kadiweu are logged to feed the growing demand
of the steel mill in Corumb, in the heart of the Pantanal, said
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Alessandro Menezes, head of Ecology and Action, a local
non-governmental organization, in an interview with Tierramrica.
The MMX Company, which since 2007 has been producing steel and pig
iron in Corumb, has already faced threat of a forced closure for
its use of illegal plant-based charcoal, but it continues to operate
under a temporary judicial order. The needs of the Corumb iron and
steel complex, made up of four large Brazilian or multi-national
companies, far outstrip the available plant-based charcoal that can
be produced by nearby plantation forestry initiatives, says Sonia
Hess, professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. As
a result, nearly 3,500 tons of native trees are turned into charcoal
each day. Let's discuss this one
Source - IPS News
¶11. Peru: "For Sale" Signs in Amazon Jungle
FEB. 5, 2008 - The Peruvian Congress is debating a draft law pushed
by the government that would authorize the sale of vast tracts of
deforested, uncultivated land in the Amazon jungle to private
companies that invest in "reforestation" efforts. But critics say
there is no land registry showing which natural areas could be sold
off without hurting the region's rich biodiversity or affecting
local residents who do not hold formal title to their land. Under
the current law, areas authorized for reforestation are granted in
concession. But President Alan Garca argues that if the land were
sold to them instead, companies would enjoy greater security and
more jobs would be created. The government's interest in selling off
land in the Amazon jungle had already been announced by Garca in an
op-ed piece in the local daily El Comercio. Experts argue that the
president is focusing on profit and investment without taking into
account the Amazon's great natural wealth or the local inhabitants
of these areas, many of whom are indigenous people. Currently,
oversight of reforestation initiatives and plantation forestry is
carried out by the government agency Proinversisn, as if it were
just another economic activity, instead of by a specialized body
that could study the environmental, social and cultural aspects that
should be taken into account when selling land in an area like the
Amazon jungle. "The problem is that the draft law that the
government has introduced does not clearly define what kind of land
we are really talking about, because there is no land registry,"
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Luis Capella, the head of the non-governmental Peruvian Society on
Environmental Law's forestry programme.
Source - IPS News
¶12. Colombian Court Throws Out Disputed Forestry Law
FEB. 2008 - Ruling in one of its most important environmental cases
in years, Colombia's highest court has overturned a forestry law
that critics said would open vast tracts of primary forests to
commercial logging. The Jan. 23 decision by Colombia's
Constitutional Court to throw out the 2006 General Law of Forestry
marked a huge victory for a national coalition of Indian,
Afro-Colombian and environmental organizations. The coalition had
challenged the law, arguing it would endanger the country's 158
million acres (64 million has) of primary forest-nearly half of
which belongs to Afro-Colombian and Indian groups. Ruling on
largely procedural grounds, the court found that the government had
violated Colombia's constitution by failing to consult with the
affected communities about the forestry legislation. Green
organizations, as well as Indian and Afro-Colombian advocacy groups,
hailed the decision.
Source - EcoAmericas (please contact Larissa Stoner for complete
article)
¶13. Peru: Logging Firm Accused of Using Workers' Identities for Tax
Fraud
JAN. 30, 2008 - Impoverished local residents of the Amazon jungle
town of Orellana in Peru have filed a complaint against a logging
company for using their identity documents to commit tax fraud in
illegal timber sales worth more than 200,000 dollars. The affected
workers say they took no part in the swindle and never saw any of
the money, and accuse the Consorcio Maderero Company of hatching the
entire scheme. The company holds one of the 240 logging concessions
granted by the National Institute of National Resources' office on
forestry and wildlife (Intendencia Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre) in
a region which concentrates nearly half of all of the concessions
awarded in the country. The Pacaya Samiria Nature Reserve, the most
extensive area of flooded forest in Peru and one of the country's
richest areas in flora and fauna, makes up six percent of the region
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of Loreto and 1.5 percent of the national territory. The chief
economic activity in the region is logging, both legal and illegal.
Source - Tierramerica
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Wildlife
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¶14. Brazil Launches Extinction Initiative
FEB. 20, 2008 - In a pioneering effort to halt species extinction in
the Brazilian Amazon, the state of Para is launching the Zero
Extinction Program, the first of its kind in Brazil. The program,
part of a decree signed February 20 in Belem by Para Governor Ana
Julia Carepa identifies threatened species, key sites where they
live and measures to protect and conserve these threatened habitats
and species. A key element of the Par Zero Extinction Program is
the compilation of a "red list" or list of threatened species, which
includes 91 vertebrates, 37 invertebrates and 53 plant species. The
initiative also calls for the creation of a formal structure for
coordinating the Zero Extinction Program, composed of a management
committee, a technical committee, the state's red list, and recovery
plans for endangered species. It also recognizes Key Biodiversity
Areas where listed species are found as priority regions for
conservation and recovery efforts. "These innovative measures rank
Para's legislation on endangered species as one of the most
progressive and complete in the world," said Adrian Antonio Garda,
director of the Amazon Program at Conservation International, one of
the partners who created the Zero Extinction Program.
Source - OneWorld
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¶15. Overfishing May Hurt Brazilian Pantanal Trees
FEB. 5, 2008 - Overfishing is reducing the effectiveness of seed
dispersal by fish in the Brazilian Pantanal, reports Nature. The
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research suggests that fishing practices can affect forest health.
In the Pantanal many fish species feed on fallen fruit during the
flood season. As waters recede and fish return to their low water
habitats, seeds are dispersed over a large area. While scientists
have long known that fish disperse seeds in the Amazon, the new
research examined the importance of seed dispersal by pacu
(Piaractus mesopotamicus), a common freshwater fish, for the tucum
palm. The study, led by Mauro Galetti of Sao Paulo State University
in Brazil, found that the tucum palm relies almost entirely on pacu
services for seed dispersal. The findings hold ecological
significance because populations of large paca are declining in the
Pantanal due to a fisheries policy that protects pacu under 40
centimeters, but allows fishing of larger individuals.
Source - Mongabay
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Antarctic Research
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¶16. Venezuela Helped by Uruguay Plans Antarctic Base
FEB. 17, 2008 - Venezuelan scientists and military officers set out
February 15 on their country's first expedition to Antarctica,
leaving from Uruguay's capital Montevideo aboard the Uruguayan naval
research ship "Oyarbide". The 45-day expedition, funded by
Venezuela, became a controversial issue in Uruguay because the main
opposition party claimed it was a step towards a military alliance
with the government of President Hugo Chavez. Members of the
opposition also objected to the presence of Venezuelan naval
officers in a Uruguayan navy vessel and the alleged flying of the
Venezuelan flag in Uruguay's Antarctic base once the mission
arrives. However, Uruguay's congress, dominated by the ruling
coalition, approved the mission and Uruguayan president Tabare
Vazquez aides described the trip as a gesture of friendship.
Venezuelan scientists will join their Uruguayan counterparts to
study a range of subjects including sea bed topography, marine
species and the effects of climate change in Antarctica. Uruguay,
is a member of the Antarctic Treaty since 1980. Venezuela aspires
to become a consultative member and hopes to establish a research
station on the continent.
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HUB NOTE: Please refer to MONTEVIDEO 82 for a detailed report on
this topic.
Source - MercoPress
¶17. Brazilian President Commits Support for Antarctic Research
FEB. 18, 2008 - Brazilian president Lula da Silva, overcome by
emotion during his brief visit to the country's base in Antarctica,
promised more resources for scientific research, according to the
Brazilian press. According to the Brazilian news agency Globo Lula
da Silva said it was "most important that more resources should be
made available so as to have more possibilities of advancing
research" such as those currently undertaken by Brazilian scientific
and military staff. "We definitively need a larger lab than what we
have now so our scientists can work more and in better conditions".
The Brazilian government "has the resources, the money and the
political will to do so", he emphasized to the Brazilian media.
Source - MercoPress
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¶18. Peru: Scramble for Gold Scars Madre de Dios Region
FEB. 2008 - As prices of traded metals rise, small-scale "artisanal"
mining, much of it unregulated, has grown in Peru. In 2006,
according to official figures, artisanal miners produced 24 metric
tons of gold worth US$390 million. About 15 tons came from the
Madre de Dios region, where some 35,000 people mine and only 2,000
possess formal title to claims. The rest of the miners are
"informal," meaning they pay no taxes, have no set wages, receive no
benefits and are not subject to oversight. Miners use mercury to
process the gold, one-fourth of which is shared by the laborers and
the rest of which goes to the claim holder. Based on the official
annual gold production figure for the region-15 metric tons-and the
3-to-1 ratio of mercury to gold in the amalgamation process, miners
use at least 45 tons of mercury annually in Madre de Dios. Carlos
Villachica, director of Consulcont, an environmental and
metallurgical consulting firm in Lima, calculates 30% of the mercury
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is lost by dumping in streams or on the ground during the first
stage of the amalgamation. Miners recover some mercury, but unless
the amalgam is heated in a retort, the rest-some 30%-enters the
atmosphere, where miners breathe it or where it precipitates out
onto trees, soil and crops. Heating the gold in retorts could
recover most mercury, but many miners shun retorts, saying they
discolor the gold. Villachica says this could be solved by using
stainless steel retorts, but even if every miner used a retort that
collected 80% of the mercury, three tons of the metal would still be
vaporized every year. Villachica, once an artisanal miner, is
developing a low-cost system that uses magnets to recover the gold
and could allow the gold to be certified mercury-free.
Source - EcoAmericas (please contact Larissa Stoner for complete
article)
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¶19. Brazil, Argentina Launch Energy Cooperation, but Natural Gas
Negotiation Fails
FEB. 25, 2008 - President's Lula and Cristina Kirchner signed
important agreements in the energy sector, including the
construction of a binational hydroelectric power plant on the
Uruguay River, the expansion of the electric transmission grid
between the two countries, and the development of joint uranium
enrichment and nuclear power generation technologies, reports
correspondent Janes Rocha from Buenos Aires. Story also notes that a
short-term problem overshadowed the important long term agreements:
Argentina's need for more natural gas for next year's winter
season.
Source - Public Affairs US Embassy Brasilia, original source Valor
Economico
¶20. Peru Plans Renewable Energy Investment
FEB. 20, 2008 - The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced February
7 that it will present a portfolio of 35 projects in March during
the meeting of the Energy Work Group of the Asia Pacific Economic
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Cooperation Forum (APEC), in Iquitos. The projects would require the
investment US$35 billion over 15 years. Most are still in the
planning stage, to be developed in partnership with governments and
private enterprises. Deputy Minister of Energy, Pedro Gamio, stated
that the goal is to reduce the commercial use of petroleum in Peru
to 25 per cent of 2004 levels by 2011. Thus far the country has
decreased petroleum use from 70 to 55 per cent of 2004 levels,
mainly by increasing the use of gas. Fifteen of the projects are
for hydropower. One, located in the Amazon, could generate as much
as 7,550 megawatts, says Gamio, even though Peru requires just 350
megawatts a year. Other projects include wind, geothermic, solar
and tidal power, as well as the development of a national solar map.
A law on renewable energy - aiming to provide funding for research
and encourage public and private companies to invest in development
- was proposed to congress on 1 February and Gamio hopes it will be
passed before the end of the month.
Source - SciDev
¶21. Brazil, French Guiana Cooperation includes Tackling Illegal
Mining, Biofuels
FEB. 12, 2008 - Forging a military alliance between France and
Brazil and curbing illegal activity over the Brazil-French Guiana
border was the focus of talks between their two leaders. Presidents
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Nicolas Sarkozy of France
also inaugurated the construction of a bridge linking Brazil with
French Guiana -- a key project in developing the wild jungle area.
The bridge between Brazil's Oiapoque town and Saint-Georges will be
the first land border crossing for French Guiana and should be ready
by 2010. The two leaders also discussed how to combat illegal gold
mining and trafficking in the border region. Brazilian wild cat
miners, often heavily armed, smuggle gold back over the border to
Brazil and their mining operations inflict environmental damage in
French Guiana. Biofuels, civilian nuclear cooperation as well as
global trade talks were also on the agenda.
Source: Reuters
¶22. Colombia Ignores Pledge to Indians, Plans New Sin Dam
FEB. 2008 - For years, the Ember-Kato Indians fought plans by the
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Colombian government to build a 350-megawatt hydroelectric dam along
the Sin River that would supply much-needed energy to the national
grid, prevent winter flooding of the Sin Valley-and permanently
inundate large expanses of farm and pastureland. When the
2,500-member tribe lost its battle in 1999 and the government built
the US$750 million Urr dam on the Sin, displacing hundreds of
Ember and killing off 80% of their fishing resources, the Ember
tried to find comfort in a promise: The government pledged in
writing not to build a larger dam being planned, the 860-megawatt
Urr II. Now the government seemingly has gone back on its word. It
says it wants to proceed with Urr II, arguing dams not only will
supply energy needed for the national grid, but also control winter
rises of more than 24 feet in the Sin and flooding in the northern
department of Csrdoba.
Source - EcoAmericas (for complete article please contact Larissa
Stoner)
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Special Report: Increase in Deforestation Rate in Brazilian Amazon
Sparks Government Action:
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¶23. A report released January 23rd by the Brazilian Environmental
Ministry pointed to an increase in Amazon deforestation during the
last five months of 2007, following a declining trend observed over
the past four years. Preliminary figures showed that destruction
between August and December may have reached as many as 7,000 square
kilometers, or the equivalent of 60 percent of the deforestation in
the 12 months through July 2007. The following articles report on
this disquieting news:
¶24. Brazil to Boost Penalties to Pare Amazon Devastation
FEB. 11, 2008 - Brazil's government plans to curb financing for
illegal loggers and farmers and boost penalties to curtail
deforestation of the Amazon, Environment Minister Marina Silva told
reporters in Brasilia. Devastation in the Brazilian portion of the
Amazon basin accelerated in the last five months of 2007, the
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ministry said last month. "There's no intention, at this point, to
either give amnesty to deforestation offenders or to make the
reserve limits more flexible,'' Silva said at the ministry's
headquarters in Brasilia. "What is needed is better enforcement, not
an easing in the current policies to protect the Amazon."
Source - Bloomberg
¶25. Brazil Mob Attacks Anti-Logging Agents in Amazon Region
FEB. 21, 2008 - A mob of 2,000 people burned tires, blocked roads
and attacked federal agents who sought to crack down on illegal
Amazon logging, but officials vowed Wednesday that riots would not
halt law enforcement. Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency
abandoned efforts to audit logging companies and sawmills suspected
of illegal logging after mobs surrounded its workers and tried to
invade a sawmill in a "public revolt" in the Amazonian town of
Tailandia, the agency said on its Web site. The crackdown began
February 14, when 130 environmental workers (from the Brazilian
Federal Police and Brazil's environmental protection agency) began
inspecting Tailandia's estimated 140 sawmills. Of 10 mills audited,
five were fined for stocking lumber of unknown origin and for
selling lumber without authorization, the environmental agency said.
The agency seized 13,000 cubic meters (17,003 cubic yards) of
illegal lumber, including top Brazilian hardwoods, enough to fill
640 trucks.
Source - IHT
¶26. Brazil Plans Fund to Help Finance Amazon Conservation
FEB 22, 2008 - Brazil's government plans to set up a donation-based
fund to help finance conservation of the Amazon after illegal
logging increased last year. The government is seeking to raise
$200 million from Norway* and corporate sources in the first year,
said Tasso Azevedo, director of the country's forestry services. The
fund, to be established in May, will seek to raise as much as $1
billion annually to help slow deforestation of the Amazon.
"Everybody says they want to help maintain the Amazon, but nobody
has reached into their pockets until now,'' Azevedo told reporters
in Brasilia. The fund creates an opportunity to help preserve an
area that represents about half the world's remaining rainforest.
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*HUB Note: In a special address in the COP High-Level Meeting in
Bali (December 2007), Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg
announced more than US$500 million annually to support efforts to
reduce deforestation in developing countries.
Source - Bloomberg
¶27. Brazil Police Resume Crackdown on Amazon Logging
FEB. 24, 2008 - Heavily armed federal police swarmed the Amazonian
town of Tailandia on Saturday February 23, seizing more than 500
truckloads of illegally cut hardwood that were previously
confiscated but abandoned when rioting residents and loggers drove
out environmental authorities. About 450 officers retook the town
of Tailandia, patrolling on horseback and in pickup trucks and
standing guard outside sawmills. (Refer to previous article "Mob
Attacks Anti-Logging Agents").
Source - IHT
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