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Monday, May 11th, 2009There’s an interesting article today in IPS exploring why Argentina has yet to ratify the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) even though it signed the agreement and the federal executive has repeatedly asked the Senate for the ratification. In a nutshell, Senators from seven tobacco-growing provinces (Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, […]
Making Argentine Mining Sustainable
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Argentina’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’s mining sector has taken a pounding. Recently the provinces of […]
Inequities in Water and Sanitation Services in Argentina
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Not too long ago an Argentine think tank, the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimento – CIPPEC), released a report* analyzing the provision of potable water and sanitation services within Argentina. The CIPPEC analysis demonstrates, to my mind, […]
The Distribution of Cancer in Argentina
Monday, August 13th, 2007When you read my post last week about colon cancer rates rising in Buenos Aires Province (PBA), did you wonder what the rates are for other types of cancer in the rest of Argentina? I did (but then, I am curious like that). So I went hunting for the information. It appears that most Argentine […]
The Basics II, Foundations: Is a Constitutional Provision on the Environment Necessary?
Thursday, June 28th, 2007I had in the backlog queue a “Basics” piece on the importance of setting a solid environmental governance foundation through adoption of properly crafted and targeted laws, but held off publishing it for Temas administrative reasons I will not go into here. In the meantime, however, the Dominican Republic (DR) has come forward with ideas […]
World No-Tobacco Day in LAC: Argentina Targets Homes and Cars
Friday, June 1st, 2007Synopsis in English: How did Argentina celebrate World No-Tobacco Day? Besides events emphasizing kids (including the release of balloons in the national colors in a busy downtown Buenos Aires intersection – see picture), Health Minister Ginés González García announced the official launch of a new component to the National Tobacco Control Strategy entitled “Homes and […]
World No-Tobacco Day in LAC: PAHO Honors Those Making a Difference
Thursday, May 31st, 2007From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): PAHO Honors Eight on World No Tobacco Day Individuals and institutions recognized for their contributions to tobacco control The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) marked World No Tobacco Day, May 31, by recognizing three individuals, four government agencies, and a nongovernmental organization for their contributions to smoke-free environments […]
Another Poll Suggests LAC Takes Climate Change Seriously
Thursday, March 15th, 2007The recent ACNielsen poll suggested that Latin American nations may take the global climate change issue more seriously than most. A new poll just published on the WorldPublicOpinion.org website appears to confirm it. The 17-nation* poll was organized by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (formerly the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations). The countries picked […]
IDB “Infrastructure” Funds with an Environmental Twist / Financiamento del BID para “Infrastructura” con Dimensiones Ambientales
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently has approved several projects that it labels as involving infrastructure, but to my mind, have a pronounced environmental slant. IDB officials will of course claim that most of its loans in the last 10-15 years have had an environmental dimension, especially those involving infrastructure. Most Bank critics will retort […]