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90 PERCENT OF LAND IS DESPERATELY DRY

Nov 17, 2009

BUENOS AIRES, (Nov. 12, 2009) IPS/GIN - The persistent drought affecting some 90 percent of Argentine territory has slain cattle in the hundreds of thousands and caused forest fires, drastic restrictions on water use and local...

AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Desperately Dry

ipsnews.net

Nov 12, 2009

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 12 (IPS) - The persistent drought affecting some 90 percent of Argentine territory has slain cattle in the hundreds of thousands and caused forest fires, drastic restrictions on water use and local disputes...

Drought affects 90% of Argentina !

zeenews.com

Nov 3, 2009 2 related

Updated on Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 19:05 IST Tags:Drought, 90% of Argentina Buenos Aires: About 90 percent of Argentinian territory is affected by the current drought, although the situation is aggravated in certain...

Marifil Acquires Lithium Project

pr-usa.net

Oct 1, 2009 4 related

MARIFIL MINES LTD. (TSX VENTURE:MFM) ("Marifil" or "the Company") announces that it has acquired seven lithium claims (cateos) in Catamarca Province and two lithium claims in neighboring Salta Province, Argentina. The claims in...

Buenos Aires zoo officials say 3 endangered eagles to be released in the wild following rehab

brandonsun.com

Sep 30, 2009 13 related

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Argentine zoo plans to release three endangered crowned eagles back into the wild after several months of rehabilitation during captivity. The birds are to be taken to Catamarca, San Juan and La...

Alumbrera, Producer of Riches, Poison and Corruption

thetyee.ca

Sep 18, 2009 1 related

Huge Canadian-backed mine's name means 'illuminator'. Alumbrera is a joint operation between owner Xstrata, Canadian shareholders Goldcorp and Northern Orion Resources, and Argentine state-run company Mineral Deposits of the...

ARGENTINA: Mining Funds Pose Ethical Conflict for Universities

ipsnews.net

Jul 22, 2009

BUENOS AIRES, Jul 22 (IPS) - An Argentine non-governmental organisation has warned that a mining consortium under scrutiny for polluting the environment has been funding public universities for the past two years, bringing into...

Argentina Discovery: The North, excursions such as the Train to the Clouds present the Puna with...

upnews.it

Jul 11, 2009

The provinces included in this area are Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Chaco and Formosa. This corridor displays the wide diversity enveloping the North of Argentina: rainforests, yunga forests, valleys,...

WWF delivers on 100 million hectares of wetlands pledge

panda.org

May 26, 2009 1 related

Catamarca, Argentin a - Declaration of the high Andes home to two of the three species of Andean flamingos marks WWF’s delivery of a “crazy, unrealistic pledge” to deliver 100 million hectares of new protected wetlands in a...

Voting before the going gets tough

economist.com

Apr 22, 2009

The president of Argentina brings forward mid-term elections Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is betting that by bringing forward mid-term legislative elections by four months, to June 28th, she has...