Tierramérica


	Home Page

	Current Issue

	Report

	Analysis

	Accents

	Eco-briefs

	Books

	People of Tierramérica

	Notable Writings

	Dialogues



	About us


	Inter Press Service The world's leading provider of information on global issues

	UNDP United Nations Development Programme

	UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

Percy Schmeiser, hero of the anti-transgenics movement.

By Stephen Leahy

A Farmer Prepares for Final Battle Against Monsanto

The resolution of the case of Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser against the agribusiness-biotech giant Monsanto could have global repercussions for patent rights. The Canadian Supreme Court will hear the case in January 2004.

From our files:

Brazil May Open Its Doors to Transgenic Crops

A thoroughfare in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most highly industrialized state. Credit: Photo Stock.

A thoroughfare in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most highly industrialized state. / Photo credit: Photo Stock.

By Mario Osava

Dual Fuel Cars Revive Brazil's Alcohol Industry

The new "bi-fuel" vehicles could expand the use of renewable energy, which had been on the decline in the late 1990s. This technological innovation is a feat of Brazilian industry, although it involves transnational corporations.

From our files:

Energy in a Castor Bean

By Patricia Grogg

Sugarcane a Culprit in Cuban Soil Depletion

In less than 200 years, Cuba lost eight million hectares of forests. Eleven of the island's 14 provinces today suffer soil degradation due to erosion, salinity and lack of organic materials.

Half of the Honduran Olanchanos forests have been destroyed. / Photo credit: Mauricio Ramos.

By Thelma Mejía

Eco-Guerrilla 'Poisons' Local Environmental Movement

According to environmentalists in the Honduran department of Olancho, there is a campaign underway to undermine their efforts and to frighten the population. "Powerful groups are behind this, and we are going to find out who they are and denounce them," says Catholic priest and environmentalist Andrés Tamayo.

From our files:

Klaus Toepfer, director ejecutivo del PNUMA. Crédito: PNUMA.

Klaus Toepfer, UNEP executive director.

'Poverty Is the Most Toxic Element'

International trade and the environment are closely related, evidenced by rich countries' high subsidies for agriculture, says Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, in an exclusive dialogue with Tierramérica.

Colombia's coal shipping ports to be relocated... IFAW proposes sanction against Iceland...Lead found in Argentine children's blood...Honduran lawmaker accused of lighting forest fire...Farm irrigation plan promoted in Guatemala...El Salvador pneumonia deaths investigated

	Exclusive Columns
	US-IRAQ: The post war dilemma - Boutros Boutros-Ghali The prospects for peace today - Deepak Chopra Bechtel and blood for water in Iraq - Vandana Shiva

parte de abajo del sol

TSUNAMI IMPACT: The Long Russian Winter May Help

LATIN AMERICA: Enterprising Women Reach Beyond Borders

DEVELOPMENT: No End to Subsidies in Sight

DEVELOPMENT: South Summit Launches Fund for Poorer Nations

Questions and Answers with La Ley, Café Tacuba, Deepak Chopra, José Saramago and Isabel Allende