The Plants Can Grow on Marginal Land, But Will Marginal Land Be Used? By Dave Levitan, InsideClimate News Apr 13, 2010 In the world of biofuels, the pattern is familiar: Concerns grow over one crop’s impacts or overhyped potential, and another then appears to take its place with promises of planet-saving prowess. The latest savior [...]
DURBAN, South Africa – The Associated Press. The top UN climate official said Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions after their current commitments expire next year. Further commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an unshakable demand by poor countries, would avert a feared derailment of United Nations [...]
THIMPHU (IDN) – Keen to guard its ranking as Asia’s happiest country, Bhutan has hosted a climate summit and an international symposium accompanied by an exhibition in the Kingdom’s capital Thimphu – far away from the hustle and bustle of world’s metropolitan cities – in run-up to a landmark UN conference in Durban, South Africa, [...]
With oil prices fluctuating wildly and global warming a growing threat, eco-friendly wind turbines – once an unfamiliar sight in Central America – are suddenly popping up in valleys and plains from Panama to Guatemala. Between 2009 and 2010, the region’s amount of electricity generated by wind power grew 120%, according to a study by [...]
San José Costa Rica. The Experimental Station “Los Diamantes”, in Limon, will soon be declared to be the first Government owned farm to reach a net zero carbon footprint. Its main objective is to reproduce the model in other farmlands throughout the country. “Los Diamantes is the best experimental station owned by the agricultural public [...]
This has been the conclusion of the videoconference “Presentation of the Jatropha curcas L. network for investigation, development, and innovation in the production of biodiesel in Latin America and the Caribbean,” organized by the Hemispheric Program in Agroenergy and Biofuel of the Interamerican Cooperation Institute for Agriculture (IICA). Representatives of technology and investigation centers, ministries [...]
Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Latin America and the Caribbean are the world’s cleanest regions when it comes to energy sources. Renewable sources meet 30% of the demand for primary energy – transport, industry and commerce – in the region, well above the worldwide average of 13%, says Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho, a senior energy specialist [...]
San Jose, Costa Rica, October 21 (ECLAC/FAO/IICA). Despite the current context of volatility and high food prices, in the long term, the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will be able to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by having available land – albeit concentrated in a few countries- a relative abundance of [...]
Frankling Chang, Costa Rican astronaut, on climate change and Odyssey 2050 “Odissey 2050″, an animated film made in Costa Rica was released to the public last Friday. The movie was produced in collaboration with the British Embassy, and its purpose is to teach about climate change and the destructive actions of humans on Earth. “We [...]
Tourists have come to associate Costa Rica with breathtaking views of the likes of Arenal, Irazu, Poas and Turrialba; lush rainforests, beautiful, exotic beaches, great surfing, and a love of nature that is embodied in both the land and its people. The diverse collection of avians-both those that visit during their migrations north and south [...]
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