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By Patricia Grogg

Fish Return to Havana Bay

Officials assure that marine life is recovering in Havana Bay, one of the most polluted bays in the world. Contamination from wastewater and from petroleum products has been reduced, according to a report to which Tierramérica had access.

The puma is one of the inhabitants of the Darién region of Panama and Colombia. / Photo credit: Claudio Contreras.

By Yadira Ferrer

Alarm Sounded on Panama-Colombia Electrical Project

Environmentalists fear that a project to connect the Colombian and Panamanian electrical systems will hurt Central America's largest protected area. The route of the power lines will be determined in six months.

Ignacio Chapela.

By Diego Cevallos

''They want transgenics, good or bad''

Biologist Ignacio Chapela, who discovered that Mexican corn had been contaminated with genetically modified material, spoke recently with Tierramérica. He denounces a campaign by the big biotech transnationals to undermine his reputation.

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