October 2012
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September 2012
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WatchMigración desesperada [video]
La Interoceánica ha servido también de entrada a Brasil de migrantes de toda América. Este es el caso de 347 haitianos que, entusiasmados con la idea de recibir los documentos para una nueva vida en Brasil, se quedaron atrapados en Iñapari, la población peruana fronteriza con Brasil que apenas tiene 1.500 habitantes. Leer la historia
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Los datos detrás de la historia de 'Autopista de...
Desde imágenes satelitales para comprender los cambios que han sufrido las regiones de Pando, Madre de Dios y Acre tras la llegada de la Carretera Interoceánica, hasta un informe corrupción en el manejo del sistema de concesiones en el Perú, pueden ser consultados en la sección de “Documentos” del multimedia la Autopista de la Selva. Un espacio de datos e información histórica para...
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Los héroes anónimos en la 'Autopista de la Selva'
Durante su recorrido por la Carretera Interoceánica, el equipo de CONNECTAS encontró historias de hombres y mujeres cuyas vidas han cambiado por la llegada de más de 5.404 Km de asfalto que conectan el Pacífico peruano con el Atlántico brasileño. Estas son sus historias.
El héroe olvidado Un hombre que dio su vida por cumplir la ley y detener la extracción ilegal de madera en Alerta, Madre de...
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¿Cómo se realizó 'La Autopista de la Selva'?...
¿Cómo se realizó el viaje a través de Perú, Bolivia y Brasil? ¿Qué historias se quedaron sin contar en el reportaje? Lanza tus preguntas sobre la realización de “La Autopista de la Selva”, un reportaje que recorre 700 Kilómetros de la Carretera Interoceánica a través de historias humanas que revelan el impacto social y ambiental de este gigantesco proyecto de infraestructura que cruza el...
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Connectas lanza su primera iniciativa: "La... →
Consejo de Redacción entrevista a Carlos Eduardo Huertas, del equipo de CONNECTAS, sobre el proceso de creación de nuestra primera iniciativa, “La Autopista de la Selva”, un reportaje que recorre 700 Kilómetros de la Carretera Interoceánica a través de historias humanas que revelan el impacto social y ambiental de este gigantesco proyecto de infraestructura que cruza el Amazonas.
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Así fue el viaje de Connectas por la 'Autopista de...
Hace un año se terminó la mega-carretera Interoceánica Sur de 5.404 kilómetros de largo que conecta el Pacífico peruano con el Atlántico brasileño. CONNECTAS recorrió cerca de 700 kilómetros de esta monumental obra que atraviesa la selva del Amazonas y que ha traído consigo cambios en el medio ambiente y la vida de la gente.
Lee la primera parte del reportaje ‘La Autopista de la...
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Interactive map: child labour by country →
Around 215 million children work in the world, without few or none opportunities to study or play. This map from the Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) programme shows information for investigation and awareness purposes, like economic activity and sectors of children’s work, level of school attendance and international agreements by country.
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“6.4 million adolescents are in serious risk of dropping out secondary school in...”
– According to the latest report “Finishing School. A Right for Children´s Development, A Joint Effort” by UNICEF and the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean are in a weak position to finish secondary school. Children’s work, poor access to...
August 2012
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“In the long term, no Latin American or Caribbean country has achieved the magic...”
– The ECLAC proposes in the document ‘Structural change for equality: An integrated approach to development’, that Latin American countries should diversify their economies by applying active industrial policies in conjunction with macroeconomic social and labour policies.
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Inclusive Wealth Report 2012. Results of american...
Beyond the numbers of gross domestic product (GDP) and the Human Development Index (HDI), the Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI) assesses changes in 20 country’s productive base, including produced, human, and natural capital over a period of 19 years (1990-2008).
The american countries assessed were Chile, Brazil, Colombia, United States, Canada, Ecuador and Venezuela. Which are the results in this...
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A new tool for nature conservation in the...
Do you know how many amphibian species of the Americas are considered as threatened? This key data for conservation is available at amplibiaweb.org, a new web database with information on amphibian biology and conservation worldwide.
The web application that contains 7,024 species, can be browsed by country, or by family. In Latin America, Brazil is the country with more reported species:...
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Databank: Indigenous Legislation in Latin America →
This Inter-American Development Bank database contains information on indigenous legislation classified by country and by themes such as territories rights, family laws, policy entities, among other issues that show the diversity of the region.
Photo: Jungle_Boy in flickr.com
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Seeing Between the Lines: Visualizing Global... →
From the World Bank Data Blog.
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WatchTool: Protectedplanet.net, an interactive World Database on Protected Areas
This UNDP web initiative allows you to search protected areas by country or location, and improve the information adding photos and partake in discussions. The download of data such as species information, international designations, etc. is also available.
Visit www.protectedplanet.net to learn more about this tool
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Map: Marine Protected Areas in Latin America....
Only 3.4% of the marine ecoregions in Latin America are protected areas. According to a Nature Conservancy research, there are 39 million hectares of potential new coastal and marine protected areas around South America. The impact of human uses of marine environment, low level of protection and the questionable effectiveness of existing protection are calling for urgent investment to abate the...
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“In 2009 some $6.6 billion was generated through the illegal smuggling of 3...”
– Transnational Organized Crime – The Globalized Illegal Economy, UNODC 2012.
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The United Nations and the Internet: It's... →
Will the next World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) be the break point of the free Internet as we know it? This Foreign Policy article explains why some of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) country proposals could “rewrite global international telecommunications regulations in ways that opponents believe will corrode, if not destroy, the open and free...
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“Extreme heatwaves 50 to 100 times more likely due to climate change”
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, read full report on mongabay.com
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One of three flight departures in Latin America is...
In the last Latin American Civil Aviation Commission meeting, celebrated in Ecuador, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that the traffic (RPK) rose 7.2% on year to date, while the traffic among countries of the region (Intra-LatAm) grew a 21.9%.
Despite this positive data, some of the assistants expressed that one of the most concerning aspects in the...
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“Why do we need eco-efficient and socially inclusive urban infrastructure?
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Most innovative recycling and waste management...
The KPMG report “Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition 2012”, includes among its 10 innovative projects in the recycling and waste management category four mexican and canadian waste-to-energy projects.
Mexico: Bordo Poniente Waste to Energy and the Bio-Cancun Project
After the close of Bordo Poniente dump in 2011, the mexican government decided to convert its 79 million tons...
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Map: rural and urban indigenous population in...
Bolivia and Guatemala have the bigger proportion of rural and urban indigenous people in Latin America. Click on the red spots of the map to know the percentage of indigenous population by country.
See the complete table of statistics
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To close the infrastructure gap, Latin America ... →
The economic infrastructure gap in Latin America and the Caribbean, CEPAL Bulletin, 2011.
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Data: Floods are the most common natural disaster...
A total of 322 natural disasters were reported during 2010 and 2011 in 21 countries of the Americas, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. The most common disasters were the floods (123) and storms (104). United States, Mexico and Brazil were the countries with more natural disasters filed.
Click on the bars below to see the total of natural disasters by type:
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Map: people with access to improved sanitation in...
According to latest UN-Habitat data, Nicaragua is the country with less access to improved sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Only 43% of people has facilities and services for the management of human waste at household level, one of the main aspects that can prevent the transfer of bacteria, viruses and parasites.
Click on the red points of the map to see the percentage of...
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Water Integrity Space, a new tool of... →
Today will be released a new online platform to “easily search for tools, best practices and literature to promote water integrity”, created by the Water Integrity Network.
July 2012
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Climate change: the hottest years
According to the Earth Policy Institute, the hottest year during 1998-2011 was 2010 with 14,63 ºC on average. Click on the lines below to see the progress of the temperature.
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WatchClimatescope: discovering clean energy opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new interactive tool evaluates the ability of 26 latin american countries to attract capital for low-carbon energy sources while building a greener economy. Climatescope allows citizens and investors to look at critical parameters by country such as policy framework, climate financing, low-carbon business,...
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How much revenue governments receive from the...
The ‘EITI Extracting Data’ document, reveals government revenues and company payments from the oil, gas and mining sectors, as well as forestry and agriculture extraction in 30 countries during 2005-2011.
In Peru, the only latin american country included on this report, the government and 51 companies reported $US 2.956.00 billions of payments in 2009. Click here to learn more about...
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6.229.880 tonnes of hazardous waste were produced...
Between years 2000-2009, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica and Mexico produced 6.229.880 tonnes of hazardous waste, according to the Environment Statistics Database.
See below the values of hazardous waste by country:
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“El servicio eléctrico en América Latina ofrece una cobertura del 93% de la...”
– La Infraestructura en el Desarrollo Integral de América Latina, CAF
Este diagnóstico elaborado por el Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina -CAF-, revela además que en términos de infraestructura energética, Latinoamérica tiene como fuente dominante la hidroelectricidad, al alcanzar el 56% de...
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Water footprint: how much freshwater is used to... →
Did you know that on average, one tomato (250 gram) costs 50 litres of water? Click here to measure the volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services you consume.
An initiative of the Water Footprint Network
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Infrastructure development in the Americas: roads...
Click on the map points to know what percentage of the total roads are paved in countries of the Americas. The United States (67%) has the highest development in roads paved, while Guatemala has the lowest (7%).
Source: World Data Bank 1990-2011.
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CO2 emissions: what regions of the world generate...
According to the World Development Indicators of the World Bank, North America generated more carbon dioxide than the world average per capita. Click on the graphic bars to see full data.
Source: World Development Indicators; UNData; CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) 2008
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Moving forward to the Climate Change Conference... →
This InDepth NewsAnalysis article illustrates the issues that has been discussed during previous consultations ahead to the United Nations climate change conference that will take place in Doha, November 26 to December 7, 2012.
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“…By 2030, Latin America may experience up to a 28% growth in risk of malaria due...”
– The AIDA Human Rights Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America study shows that global climate change is already negatively affecting the enjoyment of human rights in the Americas and that present impacts will likely intensify in the future.
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Forests in a green economy →
The annual deforestation between years 2000 and 2010 ascended to 13 million hectares in the world, while the increase in planted forest during the same period was 4.9. Is possible to reverse this numbers in a green economy, towards to the sustainability of natural resources and communities? This UNDP document reveals ideas and concepts of a green economy connected to sustainable forests.
June 2012
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WatchThomas, a documentarist, tells why he is backing the Jungle Highway Project, the first investigative journalism initiative of Connectas.
Back us on Kickstarter, as Thomas does, to publish the story about the impact of a 2,603Km highway on the Amazon triborder in three languages and develop a digital platform to show results of this investigation.
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Who is behind the 'Jungle Highway Project'?
The idea of investigate environmental and social effects of the Interoceanic Highway, a monumental infrastructure project that crosses the Amazon, is moving forward, but we need your support to achieve our Kickstarter goal of $3,500 to publish and translate this report to spanish and portuguese.
You might question who is behind this CONNECTAS’ project. CONNECTAS is a new organization...
