Environment, indigenous rights addressed in draft Constitution

November 1999

Argentina

Argentine greenhouse plan draws praise—and fire

Straddling a north-south divide at global climate-change negotiations here, Argentina has become the first developing nation to set limits on its emissions of greenhouse gases. Under ......

U.S.-Mexico

Binational treatment plant: model or muddle?

Cross-border cooperation is proving easier said than done when it comes to treating sewage in the fast-growing San Diego-Tijuana region. A dispute between the U.S. Environmental ......

Peru

Environmental management gaining in Peru

As in much of Latin America, corporate environmental efforts here rarely transcend waste treatment and other “end-of-the-pipe” strategies. Small wonder, then, that many Peruvian companies ......

Trade

Governments, nonprofits tangle over WTO

The environmental stakes for Latin America loom large as world trade officials convene in Seattle, Washington, this month to consider launching a “Millennium Round” of ......

Amazon (Free Read)

Amazon groups prevail in U.S. patent battle

His patent suspended by the U.S. government, a California businessman says he is giving up his rights to a rainforest plant that Amazon Indians have ......

Centerpiece

In Chile, the desert comes to you...

Every five to 10 years, depending on the cycle of the El Niño ocean current, torrential rains reach seeds buried in Chile’s northern desert. Briefly, ......

Q&A

Mexican official discusses key enforcement problems

Antonio Azuela, a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) and the University of Warwick (U.K.), has enforced Mexico’s environmental laws as Federal Attorney General ......

Environment, indigenous rights addressed in draft Constitution

New articles approved by Venezuela’s National Constitutional Assembly this month offer unprecedented recognition of indigenous and environmental rights. Ratification of the new Constitution, drafted at the behest of President Hugo Chávez, is expected in a public referendum next month. Proposed articles 122 through 129 of the indigenous-rights chapter require consultation with Indian communities over use of their natural resources and give them the right to set priorities for development of their recognized ancestral lands. Proposed articles 130 through 132 of the environmental-rights chapter provide for the security and health of all citizens, promising state protection of the environment. The articles also authorize territorial zoning based on the principles of sustainable development and require toxic waste be prevented from entering the country. Much debate... [Log in to read more]

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November 1999

Argentina

Argentine greenhouse plan draws praise—and fire

Straddling a north-south divide at global climate-change negotiations here, Argentina has become the first developing nation to set limits on its emissions of greenhouse gases. Under ......

U.S.-Mexico

Binational treatment plant: model or muddle?

Cross-border cooperation is proving easier said than done when it comes to treating sewage in the fast-growing San Diego-Tijuana region. A dispute between the U.S. Environmental ......

Peru

Environmental management gaining in Peru

As in much of Latin America, corporate environmental efforts here rarely transcend waste treatment and other “end-of-the-pipe” strategies. Small wonder, then, that many Peruvian companies ......

Trade

Governments, nonprofits tangle over WTO

The environmental stakes for Latin America loom large as world trade officials convene in Seattle, Washington, this month to consider launching a “Millennium Round” of ......

Amazon (Free Read)

Amazon groups prevail in U.S. patent battle

His patent suspended by the U.S. government, a California businessman says he is giving up his rights to a rainforest plant that Amazon Indians have ......

Around the Region

Environment, indigenous rights addressed in draft Constitution

Centerpiece

In Chile, the desert comes to you...

Every five to 10 years, depending on the cycle of the El Niño ocean current, torrential rains reach seeds buried in Chile’s northern desert. Briefly, ......

Q&A

Mexican official discusses key enforcement problems

Antonio Azuela, a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) and the University of Warwick (U.K.), has enforced Mexico’s environmental laws as Federal Attorney General ......