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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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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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EL PERU, EL CAMBIO CLIMATICO Y LA CUMBRE DE COPENHAGUE

Ensayo de mi autoría sobre este tema. El próximo mes de diciembre se llevará a cabo en Copenhague una reunión decisiva para resolver los problemas que genera el Cambio Climático en el planeta. Sobre el tema, el senador John Kerry, ex candidato presidencial estadounidense ha señalado recientemente en una conferencia en la Universidad George Washington que, en la actualidad, la mayor amenaza a la seguridad planetaria es la del Cambio Climático. Del mismo modo, los científicos del Panel Intergubernamental de Cambio Climático han señalado que si no se adopta un acuerdo sobre este asunto en diez años veremos las más serías consecuencias de este fenómeno. De hecho, nuestro país sería uno de los más afectados por el Cambio Climático junto con Honduras y Bangladesh como lo ha señalado el prestigioso think-tank londinense Tyndall Centre. En ese escenario el tema fundamental del debate internacional es quien o quienes aportarán financieramente en mayor medida para pagar la “factura ambiental” ne...
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