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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Extractive Sectors</title>
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		<title>IDB Backs Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative / BID respalda Iniciativa para la Transparencia en las Industrias Extractivas / BID endossa Iniciativa pela Transparência nas Indústrias Extrativistas</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/idb-backs-extractive-industries-transparency-initiative-bid-respalda-iniciativa-para-la-transparencia-en-las-industrias-extractivas-bid-endossa-iniciativa-pela-transparencia-nas-industrias-extrati/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EITI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extractive industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industria gasífera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industria petrolera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITIE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mineração]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minería]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reino Unido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sector extractivo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=5622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB Backs Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The Inter-American Development Bank has endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which encourages governments and companies to disclose revenues and payments generated by oil, gas, and mining industries.
The endorsement was approved today by the IDB’s Board of Executive Directors.
EITI is a global initiative to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Illustration of the Mining Dilemma in Colombia</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/an-illustration-of-the-mining-dilemma-in-colombia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AngloGold Ashanti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[áreas protegidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cajamarca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cordillera Central]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minería]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protected areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserva Forestal Central]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Coello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[servicios ecosistémicos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tierramérica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolima]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=5493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read a good article in Tierramérica that illustrates well, I think, the current split in Colombia over mining, particularly mining that affects protected areas.  They examine the controversy over AngloGold Ashanti&#8217;s gold exploration activities in the municipality of Cajamarca, in Tolima Department*, in the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) and the Central Forest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAC Projects Receive 2009 SEED Award</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/lac-projects-receive-2009-seed-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/lac-projects-receive-2009-seed-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 10:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agua potável]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alemania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artisan mines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camarones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cisterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comercio justo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservación]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[España]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golfo de Morrosquillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IUCN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johannesburg Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDGs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minería]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noruega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ornamental fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oro Verde]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[potable water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainwater collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Negro]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEED awards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seeds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[technology transfer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s recipients of the SEED Awards were announced yesterday by the SEED Initiative at a reception linked to this year&#8217;s session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), and several of the recipients were from Latin America.
What is the SEED Award and who is the SEED Initiative? you ask.  The Initiative was founded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Andean High Plateaus from Mining</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/protecting-andean-high-plateaus-from-mining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/protecting-andean-high-plateaus-from-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andean high plateaus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Brack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bogotá]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bucaramanga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cajamarca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comunidad Andina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CONDESAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuenca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loja]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medellín]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minería]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunja]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=4141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should mining be banned from, or severely restricted in, the Andean high plateaus?
Most national environment agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), scientists and academic experts in the Andean Community (CAN) nations (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) seem to think so.  They argue that without strong restrictions and supervision, mining in the highlands may seriously harm the role the plateaus play in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia: Mining, Yes, But Not in National Parks</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/colombia-mining-yes-but-not-in-national-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antioquia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[áreas protegidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolívar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caldas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[departamentos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ingeominas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Lozano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[licencias mineras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAVDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medio ambiente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minería]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining licenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parques nacionales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protected areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recursos naturales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mining in Colombia, yes, but not in national parks,&#8221; insists Colombia&#8217;s Environment Minister Juan Lozano Ramírez.  &#8220;Mining in Colombia, yes, but environmentally responsible.  Mining in Colombia, yes, but not that they rob everything of value and leave us with deserts and zones of erosion.&#8221;
He announced a total prohibition on all granting of mining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, a Chance for a Global Mercury Accord / Por fin, un chance para un acuerdo global sobre el mercurio</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/finally-chance-for-a-global-mercury-accord/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/finally-chance-for-a-global-mercury-accord/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronic/Electrical Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazardous Substances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artisanal mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[button batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosméticos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental amalgam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fluorescent lamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guyana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lámparas fluorescentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manometers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manómetros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercurio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metales pesados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilas botón]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilhas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaguicidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PNUMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[termómetros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thermometers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacunas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the UN Environment Programme&#8217;s (UNEP) Governing Council (GC) considered and agreed on the draft decision on chemicals management, including mercury, this past Thursday, I was in the room. It&#8217;s difficult to say which emotion filled the conference room more &#8212; joy or excitement. There was plenty of both.
This decision had been many years in [...]]]></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[methane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></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>Debating the Costs/Benefits of Mining in Central America</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/extractive-sectors-environmental-protection/debating-the-costsbenefits-of-mining-in-central-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acid mine drainage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[América Central]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oxfam has released a report, Metals Mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of Benefits and Costs, that looks at the current debate surrounding mining in Central America and the need for informed public discussion over its potential costs and benefits.  Despite its title, the report only covers mining projects in El Salvador, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Argentine Mining Sustainable</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/corporate-social-responsibility/making-argentine-mining-sustainable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extractive Sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ácido sulfúrico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Córdoba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaciers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homero Bibiloni]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Argentina&#8217;s Secretary of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development (SAyDS), Homero Bibiloni, recently met with the Mining Secretary, Jorge Mayoral, to discuss joint efforts to make mining in that country more environmentally sustainable.
As well they should: in recent months the environmental reputation of the nation&#8217;s mining sector has taken a pounding.  Recently the provinces of Chubut, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closer US-Brazilian Energy Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/climate-change/closer-us-brazilian-energy-cooperation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month the US Secretary of Energy and Brazil&#8217;s Energy Minister met and agreed to intensify cooperation between the two nations on energy-related technology and policy issues.  I haven&#8217;t seen much about this in the regular press, so I thought I&#8217;d briefly flag it here.
The two parties agreed &#8220;to focus on key areas of mutual [...]]]></description>
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