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LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

Collected by: University of New Mexico

Archived since: May, 2010

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This archive is part of a University of New Mexico project that uses innovative technological solutions to build an easy to use knowledge base on energy policy and dialogue in Latin America for educational and policy-oriented research interests in the United States, Latin America, and the world.

Subject:   Government Science & Health Computers & Technology

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Title: No More Chernobyls or Fukushimas: No to Nuclear Power Around the World!

URL: http://opsur.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/no-mas-chernobil-y-ni-fukushima-%c2%a1no-a-la-ernergia-nuclear-en-todo-el-mundo/

Description: This article includes a statement released by a coalition of non-governmental organizations opposing the promotion of nuclear power as a safe, sustainable, affordable, and environmentally friendly source of alternative energy. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Power Nuclear NGO Environment Policy,  Climate Change ,  Radioactive Waste Natural Disaster Japan Russia Chernobyl Fukushima

Title: Climate Crisis and Scheduled Destruction of Forests

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/crisis-clim-tica-y-destrucci-n-programada-de-bosques---silvia-ribeiro-etc

Description: This article critiques multilateral policy programs - such as the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and the Clean Development Mechanism - that focus on using market incentives, such as carbon offsets, as the means to address deforestation and carbon emission issues linked to the climate change crisis. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Oil Fossil Fuel Environment Carbon Emissions Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD),  Climate Change ,  Deforestation Development Model Policy Clean Development Mechanism Kyoto Protocol

Title: Fighting for Life: The Rebellion en Bagua, Peru

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/luchando-por-la-vida--la-rebelion-en-bagua--peru

Description: This article discusses the ecological threats - including oil extraction, deforestation, and mining - facing the Peruvian Amazon and its indigenous peoples. Article in Spanish. 10 pages.

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Subject:   Capital Indigenous Oil Mines Ecology NGO Mineral Amazon Environment Mining Peru Bagua,  Climate Change ,  Worldview Conservation Biodiversity Traditional Knowledge Transnational Multinational Deforestation Corporation Company Land Rights Movement

Title: Indigenous Peoples Forum on Mining, Climate Change, and Good Living

URL: http://www.biodiversidadla.org/Principal/Contenido/Documentos/Foro_de_los_Pueblos_Indigenas_mineria_cambio_climatico_y_buen_vivir

Description: This article includes a statement made by the Indigenous Peoples Forum on Mining, Climate Change, and Good Living that was held in Lima, Peru from November 18-20, 2010. The statement includes a section explicitly focusing on mining issues, in which forum participants assert their right to consultation concerning all mining projects that affect their communities and a demand for the annulment of all mining concessions in which indigenous communities were not consulted. The statement also includes a section dedicated to climate change, in which forum participants explicitly reject the development of a carbon market and assert that the development of the biofuel industry threatens food security. The statement is signed by a multitude of non-governmental indigenous organizations from various parts of the world. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous Mines Ecology Climate NGO Mineral Environment Mining Consultation Food Security Food Sovereignty,  Climate Change ,  Biodiversity

Title: Agroenergy: Does It Serve Life or Capital?

URL: http://www.biodiversidadla.org/Principal/Contenido/Noticias/La_agroenergia_sirve_a_la_vida_o_al_capital

Description: This article discusses the development of biofuels and energy sustainability within the context of a capitalist development model. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Biomass Renewable Biofuel Fossil Fuel Sustainable Environment,  Climate Change ,  Economic Development

Title: Yasuni National Park: Free from Oil Extraction

URL: http://www.energias-renovables.com/america/ContenidoseccionesAm.asp?ID=14&Cod=1658&Tipo=&Nombre=Noticias

Description: This article discusses the ITT-Yasuni initiative that will prevent the extraction of 846 million barrels of oil from the subsoil of Yasuni National Park, located in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In exchange for conservation, the Ecuadorian government will receive economic support from the international community through the UNDP. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous Oil Amazon River Region Carbon Emissions Ecuador Yasuni National Park Nature Reserve UNDP ITT-Yasuni Conservation,  Climate Change

Title: Argentine Biofuels Begin

URL: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=esp&idnews=3539&olt=462

Description: This article discusses the implementation of government policy in Argentina concerning biofuels - through the blending of gasoline with ethanol and diesel fuel with biodiesel - in pursuit of lower carbon emissions. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas Biomass Oil Alternative Argentina Biofuel Biodiesel Carbon Emissions Soybean Gasoline Fuel Petroleum,  Climate Change ,  Carbon Dioxide Sugar Cane Corn Cassava Yuca Consumption Export Import Domestic Market Green Fuel

Title: The Forests are Not to Absorb Carbon

URL: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=esp&idnews=3608&olt=472

Description: This article discusses the issues surrounding the decision to establish a carbon market to offset carbon emissions through the Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism. Reporting on some of the discussions that took place at the World Conference of the People Against Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia in April 2010, the article presents the concerns of social activists and environmentalist concerning this initiative. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Bolivia Fossil Fuel Colombia Brazil Carbon Emissions Greenhouse Gases Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Carbon Market Forest Preservation Venezuela,  Climate Change

Title: Colombian Forest Project Loans and Critical Harvest

URL: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=esp&idnews=3614&olt=473

Description: This article discusses the Procuenca Initiative, which is a tree plantation program that has been established in the watershed basin of Chinchiná, in western Colombia. The Procuenca Initiative, which has been certified as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), may become one of the world's first sales of carbon credits for forest and biodiversity conservation. There remain many issues to consider surrounding this initiative however. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Andes Region Fossil Fuel Colombia Carbon Emissions Andean Region Coffee Biodiversity Carbon Market Greenhouse Gases Clean Development Mechanism Water,  Climate Change ,  Carbon Credits Preservation Tree Plantations

Title: The Population that Watches Its Amazon

URL: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=esp&idnews=3841

Description: This article discusses the efforts of the Amazonian Association for the Amazon (AMPA) in Peru to obtain land concessions from the Peruvian government in order to conserve biodiversity and prevent deforestation. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Oil Mines NGO Mineral Amazon Mining Peru Deforestation Water,  Climate Change ,  Biodiversity Sustainability Conservation Development Protected Area Ecotourism Watershed The Amazonian Association for the Amazon (AMPA)

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