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El café es muy sensible a temperaturas extremas. Credit: Claudio Contreras
Coffee bushes are highly sensitive to extreme temperatures. Photo credit: Claudio Contreras.
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By Mario Osava

Brazil Works on Creating Weather-Resistant Coffee Bushes
A fines de 2002, los biotecnólogos esperan tener listo el mapa de 200 mil genes de la planta, información valiosa que permitirá en el futuro hacerla menos vulnerable al calentamiento de la Tierra.
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By Andrés Cañizález

“Contact Zoo” for Special Needs Children in Caracas
A two-hectare area on the outskirts of the Venezuela capital holds the first contact zoo in Latin America set up especially for mentally disabled children like those with Down’s syndrome.
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Credit: Photo Stock
By Dionne Jackson Miller

NGOs Say “Look Towards the Future”
Environmentalists and representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from over 40 countries called for the coming Rio + 10 conference not only to assess past progress, but to agree on an agenda for the future, and to promote the inclusion of environmental issues in all global trade agreements.

 
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Air in Motion
The wind blows continuously in every corner of the globe, showing its different faces: from barely perceptible breezes to mighty hurricanes. In every case, however, we are talking about the same phenomenon, which has one single definition: "air in motion."
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Ecobreves
Courts give green-light to hydroelectric project in Chile... Organic crops to receive boost from government in Costa Rica... Biological pest control in Cuba... Exotic species threaten biodiversity in Venezuela.

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