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June 10, 2010
Land Grabbing on the Rise in Latin America

In parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, particularly Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru, peasants and indigenous farmers are losing tens of millions of hectares of their fertile farmland to foreign states and private sector investors. These invaders, representing large banks and agribusiness corporations are grabbing the land from their rightful owners and using it to produce food and fuel, primarily for export, not with a concern for reducing worldwide poverty, but moreso to gain profit.

In parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, particularly Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru, peasants and indigenous farmers are losing tens of millions of hectares of their fertile farmland to foreign states and private sector investors. These invaders, representing large banks and agribusiness corporations are grabbing the land from their rightful owners and using it to produce food and fuel, primarily for export, not with a concern for reducing worldwide poverty, but moreso to gain profit.

May 15, 2010
Vital, Clean, Endangered, Scarce: World Water Day 2010

Water, the life-giving combination of oxygen and hydrogen that comprises 80 per cent of the human body, was celebrated and discussed, inspiring action around the world during World Water Day (WWD), officially designated as March 22 by the United Nations Environmental Program for the group UN-Water. The observances were held in conjunction with a host of other international organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), the UN sponsored World Health Organization (WHO), The International Water Association, and The World Water Council. 

February 21, 2010
Flaws in Climate Report Made “Transient and Manufactured Crisis,” According to One Author

“What the science community needs is a few huge donors to throw millions of dollars behind PR campaigns to counter the propaganda out there,” one author of the disputed three part UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report told the UK Guardian in defense of the panel’s chair, Rajendra Pachauri. “This is a transient and manufactured crisis and will likely go away with time,” the author said.

“What the science community needs is a few huge donors to throw millions of dollars behind PR campaigns to counter the propaganda out there,” one author of the disputed three part UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report told the UK Guardian in defense of the panel’s chair, Rajendra Pachauri. “This is a transient and manufactured crisis and will likely go away with time,” the author said.

January 10, 2010
Climate Summit Concludes with Intensive Negotiations, Lesser Results

The hope and anticipation stemmed by the prospect of  the adoption, by the most powerful nations of the world, of binding measures to replace the Kyoto Protocol of 2007, curtail global warming at less than 2 degrees Celsius and  prevent catastrophic climate change quickly evaporated under the heated debate of each day’s sessions.

(IP) –The historic 18th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark, the largest ever gathering of its kind,  was attended by approximately 15,000 delegates: official representatives from 192 nations, political leaders, members from hundreds of non-governmental organizations, and thousands of citizens of the world. All arrived with no delusions about the ideological, logistical, and strategic battle that would take place in the Belle Center in the Danish capital.

December 1, 2009
Ecuador’s Unique Idea: Pay Us Not To Drill Amazon Oil

President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has put forward a novel idea known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative. He proposed not to touch the estimated 900million barrel oil reserve under the Amazon Rain Forest if the international community will compensate Ecuador. The president is asking for $350 million annually- half the estimated revenue that crude oil from the remote Yasuni National Park would be expected to generate for the next 12 years. So far, Germany and Spain have expressed an interest in the plan. Mr.