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Saying that it comes up short, particularly as regards the social impact it will have, opponents of the plan by Swiss mining company Xstrata to build a large hydroelectric dam on Chile's Cuervo River voiced their opinions this week to the National Environmental Commission (CONAMA).
Chile News Digest CHILE’S DAM OPPONENTS FILE OBJECTIONS WITH CONAMA (The Santiago Times)
Posted: 03/22/07 12:50 by Giovanni
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Protecting the Inca TrailTopics: • environmental •
A few years ago the Peruvian government began enforcing strict limits on the number of people allowed on the famous Inca Trail. Right now, only 500 people a day may enter — about 200 tourists and 300 guides and porters.
Peru News Digest Taking the Back Roads to Machu Picchu (New York Times)
Posted: 03/21/07 18:24 by Giovanni
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Paraguay's rainforestsTopics: • environmental •
The Atlantic Rainforest extends the length of the Brazilian east coast and into Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, but it has undergone severe deforestation – it now covers a mere fraction of its former range. In Paraguay, the Atlantic Rainforest is reduced to one large tract – San Rafael.
Paraguay News Digest Paraguay: Visiting the Atlantic Rainforest (Worldlandtrust.org)
Posted: 03/21/07 18:10 by Giovanni
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Large areas of Paraguayan wetland savedTopics: • environmental •
A British charity organisation, the World Land Trust, is working in partnership with Guyra, a Paraguayan bird life charity, to save thousand of acres of wetlands, potentially slated for destruction.
Paraguay News Digest Acres of Paraguayan wetland saved (BBC news)
Posted: 03/20/07 07:15 by Giovanni
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Wild life conservation in ParaguayTopics: • environmental •
A reserve has been set up and funded by the World Land Trust to safeguard Paraguay's savanna grassland and to protect rare mammals and raise awareness of the diversity of wildlife and the threats to the habitat.
Paraguay News Digest Saving the Paraguayan Chaco-Pantanal (Worldlandtrust.org)
Posted: 03/20/07 07:12 by Giovanni
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