Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency in an Amazonian province on November 30 to quell protests that have slashed the nation's oil output by 20 per cent. Demanding

As the first South American energy summit finished in the third week of April in the Caribbean island of Margarita, Venezuela, participant countries agreed to set up an energy council to follow up

>> The Iranian government has banned the website www. baztab.com. The site linked to former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai, has recently published articles criticising the economic

A new community of nations is to be formed

Pristine forests in South America have an unexpected nitrogen cycle that is driven largely by air pollution, acid rain and artificial

A voyage into space for a three dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment

The world's largest experiment in sustainable rainforest management is all set to shatter some age old myths

Pernon Indians and environmentalists are battling against mining companies and government officials who want to exploit the gold-rich deposits in Venezuela's Imataca rain forest reserve. The latter

The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America s rainforests

Multinational toba-cco companies faced with shrinking markets and increasing restrictions in the industrialised world, are wooing consumers throughout the newly-opened econo-mies of Loas, Cam-bodia,