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UN Warns That Palm Oil Production Threatens Guatemalan River
30 Jul 2015- 11:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Industrial African palm oil production in Guatemala has caused serious contamination of the Pasion River, UN Coordinator in Guatemala Valerie Julliand warned last week. The Pasion Riv ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 07/30/2015 - 11:49
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Seven Latin American Countries Pledge to Restore 20 Million Hectares of Degraded Land
11 Dec 2014- 10:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent LIMA, Peru Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Costa Rica have pledged to restore 20 million hectares of degraded land by 2020, as part of the Initiative 20x20, launched this week during COP2 ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 12/12/2014 - 08:40
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Guatemala City Authorities Lack Data on Water Use
17 Nov 2014- 10:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Metropolitan Guatemala City is facing a water crisis due to inequitable and disorganized supply, loss of water sources, a reduction in aquifer recharge, lack of water management legis ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/19/2014 - 11:15
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Guatemalan Mayan Communities Protest Mine in Sipicapa
14 Nov 2014- 10:21 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SIPICAPA, Guatemala A group of Mayan communities in the municipality of Sipacapa, in Guatemala’s San Marcos department, protested in front of the constitutional court last week in opposition to the Los Chocoyo ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/14/2014 - 10:21
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Central America Needs Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy: IUCN
18 Sep 2014- 10:38 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SAN JOSE, Costa Rica Central America is one of the regions of the world most vulnerable to climate change, and countries there need a comprehensive strategy to mitigate its on diverse sectors, said Rocío Córdo ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 09/18/2014 - 10:38
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Study on Guatemala's Pinula River Finds High Levels of Contaminants
16 Sep 2014- 10:31 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala A new study on Guatemala’s Pinula River, which feeds a number of other rivers in the country, has found high levels of restricted pesticides, heavy metals and sodium. The study, " ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 09/16/2014 - 10:31
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Coca-Cola Program to Replenish Watersheds in Latin America
12 Sep 2014- 10:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC, United States The Coca-Cola Company Latin Center and local Coca-Cola bottlers Area Continental, BEPENSA and Coca-Cola FEMSA have teamed up with the Latin American Water Funds Partnership to pro ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 09/12/2014 - 10:26
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Honduran Legislator Proposes Creation of Irrigation Fund
4 Sep 2014- 09:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Ramón Chacón, a federal legislator with the Liberal Party of Honduras, has introduced a proposal to create a Fund for the Development of Irrigation Systems (Fonriego) to the National Congr ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 09/04/2014 - 09:59
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Guatemala Presents Progress Report on Lake Amatitlán Pollution Control Plan
7 Aug 2014- 11:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Representatives of Spanish water and environmental consultancy INCLAM Group and Guatemala's Authority for the Sustainable Management of Lake Amatitlán (AMSA) last week presented r ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 08/07/2014 - 11:04
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Central America’s Drought Expected to Continue Through October
25 Jul 2014- 10:22 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Climatologists and meteorologists from Central America are predicting that drought conditions in the region will continue through August, September, and October. Following a recent Cl ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 07/25/2014 - 10:22
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Guatemalan Community Leaders Demand Cancellation of Mining Licenses
15 Apr 2014- 10:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Some 50 community leaders from the municipality of Cabricán, in Guatemala's Quetzaltenango department, have demanded a public hearing in the country's Constitutional Court t ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 04/16/2014 - 11:58
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Guatemalan Congress Urged to Advance Water Law
25 Mar 2014- 10:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Analysts and environmental experts are calling on the Guatemalan Congress to restart discussions on creating a water law. A proposal for a General Water Law was put forward in 2003 by ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 03/25/2014 - 10:10
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Activists Hold Conclave Against Mining in Mexico's Puebla State
20 Mar 2014- 10:13 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PUEBLA, Mexico More than 600 activists met in the town of Tlamanca, in Mexico's Puebla state, on March 15-16 for a conclave against open pit mining and in defense of indigenous communities’ rights to land ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 03/20/2014 - 10:13
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Pharmaceutical Residue Found in Guatemalan Rivers
13 Dec 2013- 10:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Residue from pharmaceuticals like acetaminophen, caffeine, dexketoprofen, phenylephrine and ibuprofen have been found in the Villalobos and Las Vacas rivers in Guatemala. El Periodico ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 12/13/2013 - 10:11
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Central American Integration System Calls for Development of Wastewater Systems
10 Dec 2013- 10:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Central America and the Dominican Republic must invest in sanitation systems in order to reduce water contamination, according to a recent study by the San Salvador-based Central Amer ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 12/10/2013 - 10:18