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The 3,141-km U.S.-Mexico border stretches across biologically rich areas. / Credit: Claudio Contreras

By Stephen Leahy

Biodiversity Has No Use for Walls

Construction of a wall along the border would speed up the deterioration of the ecosystems on the Mexico-U.S. border, warn experts.

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The fight against malaria should combine scientific alternatives and health strategies.
Credit: Leandro Nunes

By Mario Osava

Transgenic Mosquitoes Enlisted in Fight Against Malaria

Results could emerge in a decade from research to eradicate this disease that poses a public health threat in 90 countries, home to 40 percent of the global population.

In this section, Tierramérica shares letters from our readers. If you'd like to send us your comments, please write to: cartas@tierramerica.org.

Fire devastates Colombian nature reserve... A land-use map for Guatemala... Mexican NGO collects funds to protect jaguar... Another highway threatens the Brazilian Amazon... Argentina's dunes in danger... Selective garbage collection on the rise...

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