Conflict question raised after GM-sugarcane vote

July 2017

Brazil

Conflict question raised after GM-sugarcane vote

One month after a Brazilian regulatory body issued the world’s first approval for commercial use of genetically modified sugarcane, the president of that body has ......

Argentina

Lithium plans stir hope—and concern—in Argentina

Executives representing large international producers and consumers of lithium have been visiting Argentina this year in hopes of tapping extensive reserves of the mineral, a ......

Uruguay

Mine investors target Uruguay in arbitration case

Investors in a Uruguayan subsidiary of Zamin Ferrous, a mining company founded by Indian-born metals magnate Pramod Agarwal, are initiating an arbitration case against Uruguay ......

In 2004, Paraguayan politicians and civil-society groups agreed on legislation to prohibit land clearing in the country’s Eastern Region, the 160,000-square-kilometer (61,800-sq-mile) portion of Paraguay ......

Brazil

Temer signs another conservation-rollback bill

Brazilian President Michel Temer this month signed legislation authorizing the sale of publicly owned rural lands occupied by private individuals or businesses—a measure critics say ......

Around the Region

Logging ring in Peru said to include forestry official

The arrest this month of 17 members of an alleged illegal logging ring—including a government forestry official—underscores persistent problems with enforcement of Peru’s forestry laws. The ......

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Pressure builds on Brazil protected areas

The audio, circulated July 7 to a WhatsApp message group, might at first be mistaken for military reconnaissance. But in reality, the activity being described ......

Q&A

Argentine scientist develops cleaner, faster lithium extraction

Ernesto Calvo directs the University of Buenos Aires Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Environment and Energy (Inquimae) and is a member of Argentina’s National ......

Conflict question raised after GM-sugarcane vote

Brazil

One month after a Brazilian regulatory body issued the world’s first approval for commercial use of genetically modified sugarcane, the president of that body has come under investigation for a possible conflict of interest. Brazil’s National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) voted 15-3 on June 6 to allow the Sugarcane Technological Center (CTC), a private Brazilian research company, to sell a type of sugarcane that has been bioengineered to produce its own pesticide. Among those voting in favor was CTNBio President Edivaldo Domingues Velini, a professor of agro-sciences at São Paulo State University. Domingues Velini has been a shareholder in Agro-Analítica, a Brazilian agribusiness consultancy that in March organized an event, TecnoCana, to promote transgenic sugarcane, says Marco Antônio Delfino, a prosecutor who... [Log in to read more]

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July 2017

Brazil

Conflict question raised after GM-sugarcane vote

One month after a Brazilian regulatory body issued the world’s first approval for commercial use of genetically modified sugarcane, the president of that body has ......

Argentina

Lithium plans stir hope—and concern—in Argentina

Executives representing large international producers and consumers of lithium have been visiting Argentina this year in hopes of tapping extensive reserves of the mineral, a ......

Uruguay

Mine investors target Uruguay in arbitration case

Investors in a Uruguayan subsidiary of Zamin Ferrous, a mining company founded by Indian-born metals magnate Pramod Agarwal, are initiating an arbitration case against Uruguay ......

Paraguay

Paraguay policies boost Gran Chaco deforestation

Brazil

Temer signs another conservation-rollback bill

Brazilian President Michel Temer this month signed legislation authorizing the sale of publicly owned rural lands occupied by private individuals or businesses—a measure critics say ......

Around the Region

Logging ring in Peru said to include forestry official

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Pressure builds on Brazil protected areas

The audio, circulated July 7 to a WhatsApp message group, might at first be mistaken for military reconnaissance. But in reality, the activity being described ......

Q&A

Argentine scientist develops cleaner, faster lithium extraction

Ernesto Calvo directs the University of Buenos Aires Institute of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Environment and Energy (Inquimae) and is a member of Argentina’s National ......