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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Biodiversity</title>
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		<title>Peru Proposes Bill on Environmental Services</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/peru-proposes-bill-on-environmental-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 02:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Brack Egg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belleza escénica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[combustibles fósiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservación del suelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuencas hidrográficas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dióxido de carbono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efluentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitigación del cambio climático]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patrimonio natural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plantaciones forestales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protección de especies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recuperación del suelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[servicios ambientales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill on payment for environmental services has been presented by Peru&#8217;s Environment Ministry (Minam) to  the Congress that Minister Antonio Brack argues is &#8220;innovative.&#8221;
The three short paragraphs of the General Environment Law&#8217;s Article 94 says that the State will &#8220;establish mechanisms for valuing, paying for and maintaining the provisions of such services&#8221; and defines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caymans to Get Environment Clause in the Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/environmental-governance/caymans-to-get-environment-clause-in-the-constitution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cayman Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ilhas Caymans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islas Caimán]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly two years back I did a post, since updated and made into a standalone page, on environmental provisions in the constitutions of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations.  At the time I noted that, curiously, with the notable exception of Guyana, the English-speaking Caribbean did not have environment provisions in their constitutions.
Well, next month Guyana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peru Opens Public Consultations on Draft National Environment Policy / Peru pone en consulta pública borrador de política nacional del ambiente</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/peru-opens-public-consultations-on-draft-national-environment-policy-peru-pone-en-consulta-publica-borrador-de-politica-nacional-del-ambiente/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricultura orgánica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biocombustibles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biosafety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioseguridad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biotecnologia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BioTrade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calidad ambiental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caña de azúcar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon sink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ciudadanía ambiental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code of conduct]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energía eólica]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energía renovable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[metano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minería]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[organic farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[químicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reciclaje]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recursos naturales]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[salud ambiental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[solid wastes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sumidero de carbono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[used goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vehicle fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peru&#8217;s Environment Ministry (Minam) is circulating for public comment its proposal for a National Environment Policy. Interested parties can submit comments and suggestions through a web-based form. Minam will also be holding consultative workshops on the draft Policy in Lima and four regions.
The draft Policy is clear and concise, with a set of overarching objectives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minas Seeks to Lead in Environmental Policy / Minas Pretende Ser Lider na Política Ambiental</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/minas-seeks-to-lead-in-environmental-policy-minas-pretende-ser-lider-na-politica-ambiental/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste & Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[águas subterrâneas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[águas superficiais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aquecimento global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aquifers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aqüífero Guarani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cambio climático]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cemig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerrado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desmatamento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energía eólica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energia renovável]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estradas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florestas nativas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest fires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gases de efeito estufa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groundwater quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incêndios florestais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mata Atlântica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minas Gerais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mudanças climáticas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Previncêndio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residuos sólidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Doce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Grande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Jaguari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Piracicaba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serra do Espinhaço]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SISEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugarcane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surface water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unidades de conservação]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minas Gerais is seeking to take the lead among Brazilian states in environmental protection, and they want everyone to know it!   [Look out, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo!]  At year-end the state environment secretary José Carlos Carvalho released a report card on mineiro environment policy achievements and plans for 2009.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aid for Biodiversity in Espírito Santo / Doação para Biodiversidade no Espírito Santo</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/economics-the-environment/aid-for-biodiversity-in-espirito-santo-doacao-para-biodiversidade-no-espirito-santo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[açoreamento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banco Mundial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CESAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erosão do solo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Espírito Santo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jucu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mata Atlântica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mata ciliar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pagamento por serviços ambientais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parque Estadual da Pedra Azul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poluição da agua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Maria da Vitória]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watershed management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zoneamento econômico-ecológico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the World Bank:
Brazil: Global Environment Facility Approves US$ 4 Million Grant for Biodiversity in Espírito Santo
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a US$ 4 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Government of the State of Espírito Santo for the Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation and Restoration Project, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Caribbean Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/the-caribbean-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/the-caribbean-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine/Coastal Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alemania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigua and Barbuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrecifes coralinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosistemas costeros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLISPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manglares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mangroves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine protection areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[República Dominicana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Kitts and Nevis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Lucia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Vincent and the Grenadines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TNC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know, this announcement was made publicly at the end of May.   I held off talking about here, in part to work first on older backlog from The Temas Blog queue, and in part to see if, as hinted, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and St. Lucia would quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change May Hit Andean Nations Hard</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/climate-change-may-hit-andean-nations-hard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/climate-change-may-hit-andean-nations-hard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy & the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AECI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agua potable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alto Magdalena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aludes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aluviones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arroz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biocombustibles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calidad ambiental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cambio climático]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Amat y León]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early May the Andean Community (CAN) released its report on the probable impact of global climate change on its four member states (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).
One of the key conclusions of El Carmbio Climático no tiene fronteras (&#8220;Climate Change Does Not Have Borders&#8221;) is that by 2025 the impacts of global climate change will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico Takes Stock of its Wetlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mangroves matter.
Why?  Among other reasons:

Their dense root systems keep sediment from rivers and off the land from going out to sea.  This helps stabilize the coastline and provides some protection from hurricanes and tropical storms.  [Studies have shown storm damage is usually greater in coastal areas where mangroves have been cleared.]  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GEF Funds Binational Ecosystem Management Project / Donación del GEF para la gestión de un ecosistema binacional</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB announces $3.5 million grant for binational ecosystem management on border between Costa Rica and Panama
Resources from the Global Environmental Facility for project in the Sixaola river basin
A $3.5 million grant from the Global Environmental Facility will help finance a project to improve environmental management in the Sixaola river basin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Changing Face of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With much fanfare a collection of Brazil&#8217;s Ministers &#8212; Environment (MMA), Agrarian Development (MDA), Agriculture (MAPA) &#8212; and the chief of President Lula&#8217;s Civil Cabinet held a joint press conference a few weeks ago to announce the latest deforestation data and projections for the Brazilian Amazon (&#8220;Amazônia Legal&#8221; as Brazil calls it, comprises 9 states [...]]]></description>
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