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Cultivos de soya transgénica podrían invadir el campo brasileño. Credit: Photo Stock

Photo: Genetically modified soybeans may take over the Brazilian countryside. Credit: Photo Stock.

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By Mario Osava

Brazil May Open Doors to Transgenic Crops

In the next few weeks, Brazilian courts will rule on whether to permit large-scale cultivation of RoundUp Ready soybeans, of the transnational Monsanto. A decision in favor could open the door to other genetically modified crops.

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Cuba posee un extraordinario patrimonio coralino. Credit: Claudio Contreras

Photo: Cuba possesses extraordinary wealth in coral. /Credit: Claudio Contreras.

By Dalia Acosta

Coral Used for Eye Implants

Not gold, not ceramics or glass are as efficient as sea coral for replacing damaged human eyes, Cuban scientists tell Tierramérica. The procedure is already being applied and is known by its initials HAP-200.

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Acentos.

By Néfer Muñoz

Mayan Children Create a Zoo from Recycled Paper

An entire village participates in a project to recycle tons of paper as a means to get children interested in the world of nature, in a country were fears inherited from a past civil war are still evident.

Credit: USFWS

Credit: USFWS

African and Asian elephants are the largest land animals on the planet, the sole survivors of a family known as Proboscidea. Their lives in modern times are marked by a conflictive coexistence with human beings

Shark hunting causes alarm in Colombia... Glacier melting accelerates in Antarctica... Environmental atlas of Peruvian capital in the works... WHO convenes debate on children's health.

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