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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Biotechnology</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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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>Brazil Creates 22 New National Research Institutes</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/brazil-creates-22-new-national-research-institutes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/brazil-creates-22-new-national-research-institutes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=2843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brazil&#8217;s National Council for the Development of Science and Technology (CNPq) just announced the creation of 22 new National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCTs), bringing the number of such national institutes to 123, with total financial resources for R&#38;D of R$581 million.  Nine of the new INCTs will go to São Paulo (SP), four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¿Un Perú Libre de Transgénicos?</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/industry-sectors/biotechnology/%c2%bfun-peru-libre-de-trasngenicos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/industry-sectors/biotechnology/%c2%bfun-peru-libre-de-trasngenicos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desde el Ministerio de Ambiente (Minam):
&#8220;SE DEBE EVALUAR QUE EL PERÚ SEA UN PAÍS LIBRE DE TRANSGÉNICOS&#8221;
El Ministro de Ambiente, Antonio Brack Egg recomendó evaluar objetivamente la posibilidad de declarar al Perú como un país libre de transgénicos, a fin de garantizar la conservación de los recursos genéticos nativos y la mayor competitividad que se [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biodegradable Containers Made from Sugarcane Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/biodegradable-containers-made-from-sugarcane-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/biodegradable-containers-made-from-sugarcane-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Synopsis in English: Three biotech enterprises and a university from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (MG) have developed a biodegradable material made from sugarcane waste (bagasse) which they believe will be shortly be available for the manufacture of packaging and containers.  The three firms (Viveiro Flora Brasil, Lótus Soluções Ambientais, Floema Nutrição Vegetal) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Can&#8217;t Find It Here, You May Not Find It</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/if-you-cant-find-it-here-you-may-not-find-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/consumer-protection/if-you-cant-find-it-here-you-may-not-find-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few Temas Blog readers noticed the absence of new posts for several weeks.  I was fully occupied with work day-and-night on the final stages of the total revamp and re-launch of my main site, temasactuales.com  Although work continues on the Spanish and Portuguese versions (coming soon!), the burden has lightened enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call for a Reality Check on Biofuel</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/climate-change/a-call-for-a-reality-check-on-biofuel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listen to their proponents, biofuels are the answer to many environmental, energy and economic ills and can do no wrong.&#160; They are destined to unseat OPEC and free us all from hydrocarbon dependence.
If you listen to their detractors, biofuels are a sham that may bring environmental disaster and servitude to multinational corporations, increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Temas Reading List</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/air-quality/announcing-the-temas-reading-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/air-quality/announcing-the-temas-reading-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 02:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreword
From time to time here on The Temas Blog, I have referred to books, studies, etc. having been added to the Temas Recommended Reading List.  Perhaps a few of you even sought out the link for this list in the &#8220;Temas Tools&#8221; section on the righthand column, or even went looking on the main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WTO Biotech Case, Revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/economics-the-environment/the-wto-biotech-case-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/economics-the-environment/the-wto-biotech-case-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FAO]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I discussed here the significance of the biotechnology dispute case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Well, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) just released as part of its Legal Papers Online series an analysis of that case and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sustainable Biofuels Policy for Chile?</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/a-sustainable-biofuels-policy-for-chile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/a-sustainable-biofuels-policy-for-chile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I scribbled some notes on this story when the report was first released in late January.  But when I could not get back to finishing and publishing it right away, I thought about just dropping it because I half-expected President Bachelet to act on it quickly.  Instead she appears to be holding off, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Significance of the WTO Biotech Ruling for LAC</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/environmental-protection/the-significance-of-the-wto-biotech-ruling-for-lac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel on biotech products involving Argentina, Canada, and the US vs. the European Union (EU) released its report at the end of September, I sat down to start this entry with an outline and list of possible  points, thoughts, items to check on, etc. &#8212; my usual [...]]]></description>
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