Large toxic-exposure settlement in Brazil

March 2013

Peru

Peruvian prior-consultation law being put to test

A law requiring the government to consult indigenous communities about development projects and measures affecting their land is raising questions in Peru. Among these is ......

Brazil

Concern grows about dams upstream of Pantanal

The large number of dams that are planned, under construction and already in existence on rivers that feed the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest ......

Brazil

Large toxic-exposure settlement in Brazil

Brazilian environmental-health advocacy scored a win this month as Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell and German chemical giant BASF agreed to a R$700 million (US$357 million) ......

Region

With raids, Interpol targets illegal timber

Nearly 200 people were arrested and 2,000 truckloads of timber seized at the outset of a crackdown against illegal timber operations in Central and South ......

Peru

Peru moves to bolster wetland protection

A new multi-agency commission will design a conservation plan for Peru’s wetlands, which are increasingly threatened by mining, oil and gas drilling, urban expansion and ......

Around the Region

Latin nations play strong role in Cites shark vote

Swayed by strong support from Latin American nations, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) voted March 14 ......

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Guyana joins regional effort to save jaguar

Powerful and sleek in its rosette-spotted coat, the jaguar trips a motion sensor as it slinks across Guyana’s grasslands, its image captured in time by ......

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Expert assesses water management in South America

Víctor Pochat’s water-management experience spans Latin America. With a civil engineering degree from Argentina’s National University of Cuyo and a master’s in hydrology from the ......

Large toxic-exposure settlement in Brazil

Brazil

Brazilian environmental-health advocacy scored a win this month as Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell and German chemical giant BASF agreed to a R$700 million (US$357 million) settlement of a class-action suit former workers here filed over pesticide exposure. The agreement, announced March 11, marks one of the largest class-action settlements ever reached in Brazil and is expected by some to encourage more class-action suits over toxic exposures here. It calls for Shell and BASF to pay individual damages totaling R$200 million (US$102 million) to the 1,068 former workers of a pesticide production plant in the city of Paulínia in southeastern São Paulo state. The companies, which owned the plant at different times, also pledged to provide the... [Log in to read more]

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March 2013

Peru

Peruvian prior-consultation law being put to test

A law requiring the government to consult indigenous communities about development projects and measures affecting their land is raising questions in Peru. Among these is ......

Brazil

Concern grows about dams upstream of Pantanal

The large number of dams that are planned, under construction and already in existence on rivers that feed the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest ......

Brazil

Large toxic-exposure settlement in Brazil

Brazilian environmental-health advocacy scored a win this month as Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell and German chemical giant BASF agreed to a R$700 million (US$357 million) ......

Region

With raids, Interpol targets illegal timber

Nearly 200 people were arrested and 2,000 truckloads of timber seized at the outset of a crackdown against illegal timber operations in Central and South ......

Peru

Peru moves to bolster wetland protection

A new multi-agency commission will design a conservation plan for Peru’s wetlands, which are increasingly threatened by mining, oil and gas drilling, urban expansion and ......

Around the Region

Latin nations play strong role in Cites shark vote

Swayed by strong support from Latin American nations, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) voted March 14 ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Guyana joins regional effort to save jaguar

Powerful and sleek in its rosette-spotted coat, the jaguar trips a motion sensor as it slinks across Guyana’s grasslands, its image captured in time by ......

Q&A

Expert assesses water management in South America

Víctor Pochat’s water-management experience spans Latin America. With a civil engineering degree from Argentina’s National University of Cuyo and a master’s in hydrology from the ......