Berger’s dam plans face difficult test

September 2004

Peru

Occidental project in Peru raises wetland worries

Under the jungle sun, the stillness of Lake Rimachi, the largest lake in the Peruvian Amazon, is broken only by a Candoshi indigenous boy silently ......

Brazil

Future is brightening for world’s biggest macaw

Visitors on a recent tour of the Refúgio EcológicoCaiman,a respected ecolodgeand 148,000-acre (60,000-ha) nature reserve inSouth America’s Pantanal wetland, had just spotted a savanna hawk ......

Chile (Free Read)

Hungry for energy, Chile eyes renewables

With the start-up last month of the Ralco dam on central Chile’s Bío-Bío River, you’d think the pressure for more electricity here might have eased. It ......

Brazil

Change due for Brazil’s climate-change bill

Since Brazil’s first-ever climate-change bill was filed in the national Congress in July, momentum is gathering to make the legislation’s mandatory provisions voluntary. An industry backlash? ......

Chile

Lauca water-extraction project suspended

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos has suspended a controversial plan to extract water from aquifers beneath Lauca National Park, located on the Bolivian border in northern ......

Around the Region

Nafta invoked in U.S.-Mexican water dispute

Frustrated with diplomatic efforts to resolve a water dispute, Texas farmers are seeking monetary compensation from Mexico under Chapter 11 of the North American Free ......

Centerpiece

Berger’s dam plans face difficult test

Río Hondo sits on the edge of Central America’s driest valley, and at the foot of the lush mountains of the Sierra de las Minas ......

Q&A

Entrepreneur assesses alternative-energy prospects

Nelson Stevens is the founder and general manager of Wireless Energy, a small, 20-employee business begun in 1996 that offers services and products for renewable-power ......

Centerpiece

Berger’s dam plans face difficult test

Guatemala

Río Hondo sits on the edge of Central America’s driest valley, and at the foot of the lush mountains of the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve. The sun is strong. Rain is scarce. Yet the water still arrives, delivered by rivers that tumble down from the reserve’s cloud forests. Many local residents, led by Río Hondo’s mayor, warn that these rivers are now in danger. Prompting the concern are three small hydropower projects in Río Hondo—one that has been operating since 2000 and two more that are on the drawing board. Controversy over the projects has pitted townsfolk against private companies; the local government against the central government; and even environmentalists against environmentalists. Project supporters say the plants will bring more industry and... [Log in to read more]

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September 2004

Peru

Occidental project in Peru raises wetland worries

Under the jungle sun, the stillness of Lake Rimachi, the largest lake in the Peruvian Amazon, is broken only by a Candoshi indigenous boy silently ......

Brazil

Future is brightening for world’s biggest macaw

Visitors on a recent tour of the Refúgio EcológicoCaiman,a respected ecolodgeand 148,000-acre (60,000-ha) nature reserve inSouth America’s Pantanal wetland, had just spotted a savanna hawk ......

Chile (Free Read)

Hungry for energy, Chile eyes renewables

With the start-up last month of the Ralco dam on central Chile’s Bío-Bío River, you’d think the pressure for more electricity here might have eased. It ......

Brazil

Change due for Brazil’s climate-change bill

Chile

Lauca water-extraction project suspended

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos has suspended a controversial plan to extract water from aquifers beneath Lauca National Park, located on the Bolivian border in northern ......

Around the Region

Nafta invoked in U.S.-Mexican water dispute

Frustrated with diplomatic efforts to resolve a water dispute, Texas farmers are seeking monetary compensation from Mexico under Chapter 11 of the North American Free ......

Centerpiece

Berger’s dam plans face difficult test

Río Hondo sits on the edge of Central America’s driest valley, and at the foot of the lush mountains of the Sierra de las Minas ......

Q&A

Entrepreneur assesses alternative-energy prospects

Nelson Stevens is the founder and general manager of Wireless Energy, a small, 20-employee business begun in 1996 that offers services and products for renewable-power ......