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ENVIRONMENT-ASIA : Mekong Commission Fends Off Credibility Charges
Andrew Nette
PHNOM PENH, May 11 (IPS) The head of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has defended the regional body against charges that it faces a crisis of credibility arising from inability to guide hydropower development on the Mekong mainstream.

 
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BURMA : Junta Holds Referendum in Cyclone Aftermath
Moe Yu May
PATHEIN, May 10 (IPS) Shortly after sunrise on Saturday, a few men and women in this town on the banks of a river broke their morning routines to cast ballots -- an act unusual in the military-ruled country.

 
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CLIMATE CHANGE-CUBA : Prized Wetland in Danger
Patricia Grogg*
CIÉNAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, May 10 (Tierramérica) If the worst outcomes predicted for climate change in Cuba become reality, a large portion of the Ciénaga de Zapata, the largest and best preserved wetland in the islands of the Caribbean Sea, could disappear by the second half of this century.

 
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BRAZIL : Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol
Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 9 (IPS) Recent efforts by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to clearly mark the difference between Brazilian ethanol and the agrofuels produced by the United States are an admission that signing an agreement with Washington to promote a global bioethanol market was a serious political mistake, say analysts.

 
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PERU : Highlands Families Work to Save Their Birthright - the Potato
Milagros Salazar*
HUAMA, Cuzco, Peru, May 9 (Tierramérica) A plate of parboiled potatoes of various sizes, shapes and colours welcomes the visitor to Huama, a town in the southern Peruvian Andes, at an altitude of 4,500 metres.

 
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BIODIVERSITY-US : Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
Michael J. Carter
SEATTLE, May 9 (IPS) Some wounds heal slowly, and the wounds of the logging community on the U.S. northwest Pacific coast are still smarting nearly 20 years after measures to protect a threatened species devastated their industry.

 
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ICELAND : Road Threatens Heritage
Lowana Veal
REYKJAVIK, May 9 (IPS) Environmentalists are concerned that a proposed new road will threaten the ecology of Lake Thingvallavatn, Iceland's second largest lake.

 
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ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL : Controversy Over Indigenous Land and Biofuels
Mario Osava
BRASILIA, May 8 (IPS) The legal status of an indigenous territory in the far north of Brazil, and biofuels, are two hot potatoes at the Third National Conference on the Environment being held in the capital city, which is focusing on climate change.

 
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BURMA : Junta Gives Referendum Priority Over Cyclone Relief
Larry Jagan
BANGKOK, May 8 (IPS) Disregarding the disaster caused by Cyclone Nargis, Burma’s military rulers are bent on holding a constitutional referendum on Saturday, said to be designed to enhance the junta’s grip over the country.

 
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BURMA : Cyclone Nargis Exposes Junta's Anti-People Attitude
Larry Jagan
BANGKOK, May 7 (IPS) Cyclone Nargis -- Burma’s worst natural disaster in living memory -- has reinforced the image of the military in that country as a force interested solely in perpetuating its grip on power, regardless of costs to the people it claims to protect.

 
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DEVELOPMENT : NGOs Pressure AsDB to Strengthen Safeguards
Marwaan Macan-Markar
MADRID, May 6 (IPS) Behind-the-scenes lobbying by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) paid off by the end of the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (AsDB) concluding here Tuesday. Leading financial officials from a host of European countries came out in favour of the strong "safeguard policies" that activists are championing.

 

 

 

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