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Sustainable rural development |
CLAES D3E promotes sustainable
development in rural areas. The center maintains diverse research
projects and supports regional and local NGOs and peasant associations.
Furthermore, we disseminate regularly information about critical
topics and maintain press relations. We focus on social, environmental
and economic aspects of the development strategies after a commitment
on the quality of life of rural families. |
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Soy and meat in the South |
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CLAES D3E has just published a detailed report on
the soybean and meat sectors in the Common Market of the South (Mercosur).
Soybean expansion is one of the main deforestation factors. The new
report addresses the economic, trade, social and environmental
components in productive chains, and includes a proposal for
sustainable alternatives. A report by Lapitz, G. Evia and E. Gudynas. Available online for free in PDF.
(Spanish)
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WTO and
agriculture |
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The recent
relaunching of the WTO negotiations are presented as a success by most
governments. However, in reality the last agreement is based on many
generalities and is vastly ambiguous, without deadlines near clear
mechanisms which could establish a new trade order. An analysis by G.
Evia and E. Gudynas (Spanish)
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Environmental and social
impacts of soybean |
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The Brazilian president Lula da Silva emitted recently a new
"provisional means" which liberates transgenic soy, showing that there is hardly an effective
control of farming methods (MORE
by G. Evia
and E. Gudynas). Detailed insights about the impacts of soy
cultivations are presented in the study of soy farming in Mato Grosso,
the leading Brazilian state in this sector (DOWNLOAD).
Finally, the unequal commercial opportunities of soy and meat in the
Common Market of the South (Mercosur) are reflected by G. Evia and R.
Lapitz (MORE).
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Organic agriculture in Latin America - About 5 million
hectares in Latin America are devoted to organic or natural
agriculture and cattle raising. A report based on recent IFOAM
analysis (in PDF).
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