"In Peru, A Hunt For Chocolate Like You've Never Tasted It"
Researchers are discovering previously unknown species of the cacao bean in the rainforests of Peru.
Source: NPR, 10/11/2011
South America
Access to Environmental Info Will Be an Issue at Rio+20
In June 2012, the nations of the world will convene in Rio de Janiero for the 20th anniversary of the landmark 1992 Rio Conference on Environment and Development that set the stage for a number of important treaties, including the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Brazil Police Arrest Suspects in Amazon Murders of Environmentalists
"Police in the Brazilian Amazon say they have arrested two men in connection with the murders of two rainforest activists who were gunned down in May."
Source: Guardian, 09/20/2011
Brazil Moves To Prevent 'Massacre' of Amazon Tribe by Drug Gangs
"Brazilian indigenous protection officers to make emergency visit to isolated community facing threat from heavily armed gangs."
Source: Guardian, 08/10/2011
Environmental Health Perspectives
EHP is a world-renowned, peer-reviewed research journal with a news section. It's published monthly by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, with select translations for subscribers in China, Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
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"Chile Volcano Erupts, Spews Towering Ash Column"
"A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching an ash cloud more than 6 miles high that blew over the Andes and carpeted a popular ski resort in neighboring Argentina."
Source: Reuters, 06/06/2011
"Brazil Approves Massive Amazon Dam For Construction"
"Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval on Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial $17 billion project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists."
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2011
"Third Environmental Activist Murdered This Week in Brazil"
In Brazil, the third activist leader in a week opposing destruction of the Amazon rain forest was murdered.
Source: Huffington Post, 05/30/2011
"Amazon Rainforest Activist Shot Dead"
"José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection."
Source: Guardian, 05/25/2011
"Amazon Rainforest Brown After Severe 2010 Drought"
"Last year's record-breaking drought across the Amazon Basin has turned nearly a million square miles of green rainforest to brown, finds a new mapping study based on NASA satellite data."
Source: ENS, 04/01/2011
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