Brazilian Resistance to Beer in PET Bottles
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Brazilian brewers wanting to market their beers in PET bottles are not having a good year. First a court ruling that such bottles pose a significant risk to the environment, and therefore require environmental impact studies and licensing. Then a state ban on pigmented PET, and now a looming state ban on PET bottles for […]
Creating Employment in Protected Areas of Peru / Creando empleo en las áreas naturales protegidas del Perú
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB fund approves US$1 million for production chains in protected natural areas in Perú Grant will benefit approximately 1,000 small-scale producers The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced the approval of a US$1 million grant to implement a replicable sustainable production-chain model for […]