http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Earth_Continents_Latin-America_18_197_805.html Press Review of the Earth from the most relevant websites. Keep in touch with the Earth and your future ! fr-FR http://www.earth-stream.com/logo-stream-Earth.png http://www.earth-stream.com Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:41:53 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Mayakoba-Ecotourism-Complex-OHL-Development_18_197_805_134900.html OHL Development is creating an ecotourism complex on the Mayan Riviera of the Mexican Caribbean. The financial viability of the overall complex and of each hotel depends directly on the quality, structure and functioning of the ecosystems existing on the property, adding to their value and guaranteeing the respect and protection that are necessary. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:21:13 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/An-Inalienable-Right-to-Exist-_18_197_805_134830.html   Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Jaguars, spectacled bears, brown-headed spider monkeys, and plate-billed mountain toucans may all just breathe a little easier next week if Ecuadorians approve a new constitution in a referendum on Sunday that would grant these threatened animals' habitats with inalienable rights. The new constitution gives nature the "right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution" and mandates that the government take "precaution and restriction measures in all the activities that can lead to the extinction of species, the destruction of the ecosystems or the permanent ... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:32:15 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Greenwashing-Exposed-Wal-Mart-s-Eco-Friendly-Jewelry-Line-Love-Earth-Busted_18_197_805_134804.html Wal-Mart claims its Love, Earth jewelry line is eco-friendly because consumers can trace the mine origins to the “Jewelry Sustainable Value Network”.  Pam Mortensen, vice president and divisional merchandise manager for Wal-Mart, said: Wal-Mart recognizes that our customers care about the quality of their jewelry and its potential impact on the world. With Love, Earth, customers are getting an affordable and beautiful piece of jewelry that also helps sustain resources and strengthen communities. Unfortunately for Wal-Mart, the Center for Biological Diversity disagrees the mines are sustainable and busts the company for greenwashing: “The mines in Utah and Nevada and the factories in Peru and Bolivia where Wal-Mart claims its gold for Love, Earth is ’sustainably mined and manufactured’ are not monitored or certified by any credible independent agent,” says a Sept. 11 statement from Global Response, which is based in Boulder. The retail giant is “taking advantage of people’s genuine concern for the planet and luring them into purchasing a product that … is extracted at great cost to the earth and to human communities.” Image:  Daylife Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:20:16 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Chava-Trucking-Proposes-Cleanup-Plan-Firm-Fined-Nearly-$1-Million-in-April_18_197_805_134734.html By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez Journal Staff Writer Chava Trucking Co., which was on the receiving end of a nearly $1 million fine by the New Mexico Environment Department in April, has come up with a plan to start cleaning up its mess. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:26:24 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Peru-to-Create-Environment-Police-Force-to-Protect-Amazon-Biodiversity_18_197_805_134624.html The environment and interior ministries in Peru have announced plans to set up a special task force to safeguard forests and monitor the rivers in the Amazon basin. The special force will be made up of around 3,000 officers to be known as the Environment Police. The force will oversee 373,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest and patrol rivers to combat illegal logging and the unauthorised clearing of forest. Peru’s Environment Minister Antonio Brack said that until now the issue, “a problem of organized crime, morality and oversight,” has not been adequately addressed due to a severely understaffed police force running to just 240 men. Read more of this story » Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:30:06 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Peru-Warming-to-Spur-Potato-Famine-in-the-Andes-_18_197_805_134456.html National Geographic: When Tito Guillen Rosales was a young boy, his grandfather was a rich man, growing 50 bags of potatoes a year and sharing his surplus with community members who didn't have enough. "But now his potatoes are covered with worms and plagues and he barely has enough to feed himself," said Rosales, 27, a farmer himself and the mayor of a Peruvian village at 11,000 feet in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Andes mountains. "We are all becoming desperate to find a solution to the ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:26:44 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/First-Record-of-a-Pearlfish-Carapus-Mourlani-Inhabiting-the-Aplysiid-Opisthobranch-Mollusc-Dolabella-Auricularia1_18_197_805_134366.html By Glynn, Peter W Enochs, Ian C; McCosker, John E; Graefe, Abigail N Abstract: Adult individuals of the pearlfish Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) occur commonly in the mantle cavity of the opisthobranch mollusc Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786) in shallow marine waters of the Gulf of Chiriqui, Pacific Panama. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:17:02 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/California-Mexico-border-technology-park-gets-green-boost_18_197_805_134325.html Silicon Border Development will move ahead with a science park in Mexicali, Mexico, targeting solar energy firms. A long-delayed project to attract computer chip makers to the Mexico-California border is getting a green makeover. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:29 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Panama-Canal-Documents-Historic-Expansion-With-Advanced-Streaming-Technology-From-ViewCast_18_197_805_134185.html PLANO, Texas, Oct. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:29 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Extreme-Networks-Enhances-Channel-Partner-Program-in-Mexico-and-the-Central-Americas-Region_18_197_805_134183.html Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) is enhancing its Channel Partner Program in Mexico and the Central Americas region by offering increased benefits for reseller partners that include deepened investment supporting their growth, market development, and rewards for ongoing loyalty. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:17:56 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/A-Winter-Biking-Guide-Ecuador-s-Nature-Rights-and-Volvo-s-Hybrid-Bus_18_197_805_134061.html New Consumer offers a guide on how to stay warm, safe and dry for winter biking. Ecuador makes history by granting nature rights in its constitution. Volvo gets ready to unleash the first commercially viable hybrid bus. TriplePundit test drives green cars at the Consumer Reports show. EcoLibris interviews Bill Roth, the author of new book On Empty (Out of Time). Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:58:20 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/The-ethical-wardrobe-Luxury-fabric-from-the-Peruvian-vicuña_18_197_805_133877.html Wool from the Peruvian vicuña is used to make luxury goods for super-rich consumers, while the farmers who raise the animals live in poverty. Kate Carter reports on a company trying to share the wealth Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:57:58 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/-Eco-Friendly-Hilton-to-be-Built-in-Bariloche-Argentina_18_197_805_133871.html Photos: IMOCOM via Perfil. The Portuguese group IMOCOM presented its latest project in Argentina, a Hilton branded hotel in Bariloche (Patagonia) that was introduced as "eco friendly". According to the company's CEO, Hugo Canessa, the broad term refers to the hotel layout, which will blend with the mountain it's located in to reduce visual impact, and the fact that during the building process and later in its operational phase, the hotel will have efficient use of energy and water and "proper management of soil and drainage." Besides the green talk, neighbors are concerned about the impact the building will have in this... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:15:24 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/High-Economic-Value-for-Threatened-Mexican-Mangroves_18_197_805_133839.html By Anonymous The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years, but for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries landings-the official record of fish catches-to place an economic price tag on that value. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:23:14 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/A-Bird-in-the-Hand-_18_197_805_133817.html   Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The birds of the world are in serious trouble, and common species are in now decline all over the globe, a comprehensive new review suggests today. From the turtle doves of Europe to the vultures of India, from the bobwhite quails of the US to the yellow cardinals of Argentina, from the eagles of Africa to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean, the numbers of once-familiar birds are tumbling everywhere, according to the study from the conservation partnership BirdLife International. - The Independent Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:34:51 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/HP-Hires-Lynn-Pendergrass-As-Senior-Vice-President-of-Imaging-and-Printing-Group-for-Americas-Region_18_197_805_133749.html HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the appointment of Lynn Pendergrass as senior vice president for the Americas region of its Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:19:08 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Pollution-Caused-Algae-Challenges-Coral-Population_18_197_805_133653.html Algae continues to appear near one of the world’s largest reefs, and experts warn that climate change could trigger a global coral die-offs by 2100.Parts of the reef have already died and have been taken over by algae caused by pollution from sewage residues flowing out of the Mexican resort city of Cancun.Coral reefs like Chitales, near the northern tip of a Caribbean reef chain stretching from Mexico to Honduras, are dying around the world as people and cities put more stress on the environment.However, Roberto Iglesias, a biologist from UNAM university's marine sciences station near Cancun, said pollution could be a tougher enemy to coral than climate change. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:34:58 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/30-Creepiest-Vegetables-on-Earth_18_197_805_133633.html We’re not sure if there’s been a movie about entitled, ‘Attack of the Killer Veggies’, but judging by the mass of strange, creepy and downright weird images of vegetables sneaking around online, there should be. Some of the outlandish veg we’ve found for your perusal are convoluted freaks of nature, while others have been manufactured by the hand of humans, either way, this collection of your not-so-average common and garden vegetables should please everyone. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:16:49 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Researchers-Unearth-Dinosaur-That-Breathed-Like-A-Bird_18_197_805_133584.html Image 1: Skull reconstruction of the new meat-eater Aerosteon ("air bones") from Cretaceous-age beds about 85 million years old in Mendoza Province, Argentina. (Photo: Erin Fitzgerald, courtesy of Project Exploration)Image 2: Flesh rendering of the predator Aerosteon with the body wall removed to show a reconstruction of the lungs (red) and air sacs (other colors) as they might have been in life. (Photo: Todd Marshall, courtesy of Project Exploration) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:21:08 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Continents/Latin-America/Fish-At-Risk-From-Ocean-Dead-Zones_18_197_805_133418.html Scientists said Monday that the number of polluted "dead zones" in the world's oceans are increasing and coastal fish stocks are more at risk than once thought.Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said the rise of "dead zones" -- areas of oxygen-starved water -- "are emerging as a major threat to coastal ecosystems globally."The zones are found from the Gulf of Mexico to the Baltic Sea in areas where algae bloom and use oxygen from the water.