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Sustainable consumption is essential for overcoming the water crisis. / Photo credit: Claudio Contreras

By Mario Osava

Mega-Cities Squander Water Resources

If Latin America's major cities, like Sao Paulo and Mexico City, don't enact policies for conservation and efficient use of water, they will soon have to ration this vital liquid, warn experts.

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Bees have an important ecological purpose: pollination. / Photo credit: Claudio Contreras

By Julio Godoy

Alarm Sounds on Bee-Killing Pesticides

France has authorized use until May 31 of inventories of chemicals suspected of killing off bee populations. There is great concern in other European countries about this insect essential for agriculture.

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By Patricia Grogg

Small Rice Paddies Produce Big Results

Cuba dedicates more than 130,000 hectares to growing rice, though it is mostly small-scale production.

Methyl Bromide

A special session of the parties to the Montreal Protocol will be held in Canada on Mar. 24 and 25 to finalize negotiations on the exceptions to the use of methyl bromide requested by the United States. Used as an agricultural pesticide, methyl bromide is an ozone-depleting gas.

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