Bolivian food initiative triggers a land-use debate

February 2015

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Bolivian food initiative triggers a land-use debate

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Bolivian food initiative triggers a land-use debate

Bolivia

Stretching more than 300,000 square kilometers (116,000 sq miles) from the Andes to the border with Brazil, the Department of Santa Cruz is a giant in Bolivia’s national life. It encompasses the tropical Andes, the Amazonian lowlands and the Chiquitano dry forests, supporting a vast array of cattle ranches and soy, sunflower and sugarcane plantations as far as the eye can see. Simultaneously a source of natural and agricultural bounty, it holds some of the world’s greatest biodiversity and produces 70% of Bolivia’s food. Given the department’s large land area, few were surprised here when, on Aug. 14, 2014, Bolivian Vice-President Álvaro García chose the department’s capital, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, to call on leaders of Bolivia’s most powerful agricultural sectors to more... [Log in to read more]

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February 2015

Bolivia

Bolivian food initiative triggers a land-use debate

Stretching more than 300,000 square kilometers (116,000 sq miles) from the Andes to the border with Brazil, the Department of Santa Cruz is a giant ......

Brazil (Free Read)

Hurdles facing Brazil's first shale-gas concessions

In Brazil, court injunctions that cite environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have temporarily barred domestic and foreign companies from tapping shale gas in ......

Mexico

Pushback in Mexico on Monterrey aqueduct

Plans for a 372 kilometer-long (231-mile) aqueduct to bring water to Monterrey, Mexico, have drawn fierce opposition from environmental and citizen groups who reject official ......

Panama

Work on controversial Panama dam halted

In their long-shot campaign, they've protested by the thousands, clashed with police and blocked the Pan-American Highway. But after years of fierce opposition, the Ngöbe ......

Costa Rica

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