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HAITI NEEDS OUR HELP

By Caroline Saunders, the director of Jubilee Action, a Christian charity (THE GUARDIAN, 13/01/10): An earthquake of magnitude seven would be devastating for any country. In the wake of such force, death and destruction is tragically inevitable. However, the repercussions for Haiti , this small ill-fated Caribbean country, will be worse than almost anywhere else in the world, because of the long-term political, economic and cultural context that surrounds today’s natural disaster. There is a story often told among Haitians that when the Spanish came to Hispaniola (the small island shared between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) they surrendered Haiti to the devil in order to dedicate the Dominican Republic to God. When you consider their relative situations it is not hard to see why this myth is so commonly believed. Even before today’s tragic events Haiti was the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Nearly 80% of its population live on less than US$2 a day . Only 62% of its adu...
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ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN PERU

German Vera Paper presented for the University of Joensuu-UNEP Course on International Environmental Law/Making and Diplomacy 2009 Content 1. Introduction 2. History 3. Environmental governance in Peru 4. Political approaches to environmental problems in Peru: Climate Change and Biodiversity 5. Conclusions 1. Introduction [1] This document has been prepared to discuss environmental governance in Peru. The paper will study the current situation of the environmental management in Peru (during 2008 and 2009) and relate it to the actual trends in international environmental law. 2. History Peru is a medium size country in South America. It has now around 29 million inhabitants. Peru is composed by three natural regions: the coast, the highlands and the tropical forest. Peru share borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. Regionally Peru belongs to the “Andean Community” also with Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador. It is also member of the Organization of American States (OAS)....
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MINISTERIO DEL AMBIENTE: LOS DESAFIOS INTERNACIONALES

Ensayo que apareció en la más reciente edición de la Revista Testimonio. Sin duda alguna la creación del Ministerio del Ambiente ha sido una decisión acertada del Gobierno. Igualmente, el nombramiento del Dr. Antonio Brack como Ministro del Ambiente es una señal evidente que el tema tendrá a un experto y académico de primer orden para enfrentar los difíciles problemas ambientales que tiene nuestro país. Es indiscutible que este nuevo Ministerio enfrentará grandes desafíos. Estos retos serán internos y externos. En el plano interno, baste señalar que los temas álgidos estarán en el manejo del tema minero y en la mitigación de los pasivos ambientales mineros. Igualmente, un tema especialmente complicado será el manejo del agua, pues casi todas las empresas ligadas al proceso productivo tienen relación directa o indirecta con el uso del agua (empresas pesqueras, madereras, mineras, industriales, entre otras). En nuestra opinión, este manejo debería darse con un criterio técnico, realista ...
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