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The Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon. / Photo credit: Photo Stock
By Mario Osava

A Plan to Privatize the Amazon?
The Brazilian government is considering giving private parties the right to limited forestry exploitation in the Amazon. The parliamentary debate on the issue promises to be a hot one. It is not a matter of privatization, but rather one of ''consolidating national sovereignty'' over the Brazilian Amazon, the Environment Ministry's head of forests and biodiversity told Tierramérica.


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Maize. / Photo credit: Claudio Contreras
By Julio Godoy

Hesitant Vindication of Transgenic Crops

French scientists point to the benefits of genetically modified crops, but admit that their findings are not conclusive. ''GM crops pose potential benefits in theory, but it has not been definitively proven,'' Maxime Schwartz, head of a transgenics research team, acknowledged in a conversation with Tierramérica.

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