Salmon industry revamp debated in Chile

August 2009

Colombia

Another climate-change worry for coffee growers

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International stakeholders ranging from agribusiness executives to green advocates have drafted standards that they claim will ensure global soybean farming is economically viable, socially equitable ......

Colombia

Panama dam-in-progress draws heavy fire

The last few months have not been easy for Panama’s government and its efforts to build a hydroelectric station on the edge of the 988,000-acre ......

Chile

Salmon industry revamp debated in Chile

As Chilean salmon farms struggle with disease, debt and reports of over-dependence on chemicals, congressional legislation aimed at reforming and reviving the sector has unleashed ......

Brazil

Brazilian government pressed to back Redd

For years, Brazil has appeared reluctant to join global efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions through forest conservation. Specifically, it has balked at embracing Reducing Emissions ......

Around the Region

Mapuches turn up heat in drive for traditional lands

The Mapuche Indians in southern Chile stepped up protests against timber companies last month, occupying several logging sites in the 9th Region, burning vehicles and ......

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Cement plan galvanizes Dominican greens

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Center for Food Safety’s Freese critiques GM-soy model

Bill Freese is science policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that promotes sustainable agriculture and stricter ......

Salmon industry revamp debated in Chile

Chile

As Chilean salmon farms struggle with disease, debt and reports of over-dependence on chemicals, congressional legislation aimed at reforming and reviving the sector has unleashed intense debate between the industry’s critics and supporters. Since Norwegian-owned Marine Harvest announced in July 2007 that the virus known as Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) had infected fish at one of its salmon farms here, Chile’s second-largest export sector has been on a downward spiral. About half of the country’s salmon farms stand vacant, and the industry is estimated to be US$1.8 billion in debt. Last year, the government convened an emergency Salmon Task Force led by Felipe Sandoval, a former head of Chile’s national fisheries service (Sernapesca). The committee of government officials consulted industry, banks... [Log in to read more]

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August 2009

Colombia

Another climate-change worry for coffee growers

For coffee growers, climate change forecasts already are worrisome enough, calling as they do for severe droughts and higher-intensity hurricanes. But a new study suggests ......

Brazil

Soy farming standards feed sustainability debate

Colombia

Panama dam-in-progress draws heavy fire

The last few months have not been easy for Panama’s government and its efforts to build a hydroelectric station on the edge of the 988,000-acre ......

Chile

Salmon industry revamp debated in Chile

As Chilean salmon farms struggle with disease, debt and reports of over-dependence on chemicals, congressional legislation aimed at reforming and reviving the sector has unleashed ......

Brazil

Brazilian government pressed to back Redd

For years, Brazil has appeared reluctant to join global efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions through forest conservation. Specifically, it has balked at embracing Reducing Emissions ......

Around the Region

Mapuches turn up heat in drive for traditional lands

The Mapuche Indians in southern Chile stepped up protests against timber companies last month, occupying several logging sites in the 9th Region, burning vehicles and ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Cement plan galvanizes Dominican greens

Sometimes a single development project can prove catalytic for a country’s environmental movement. Such might now be the case in the Dominican Republic, where a ......

Q&A

Center for Food Safety’s Freese critiques GM-soy model

Bill Freese is science policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that promotes sustainable agriculture and stricter ......