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Investments Go Green in Peru
Business  (tags: ecosystems, environment, protection, conservation, politics, green, government, nature, economy, environment, politics, society, news, world, sustainabledevelopment )

Cal
- 151 days ago - ipsnews.net
Peru's economic growth is largely dependent on its wealth of natural resources, which provide over 50 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and 80 percent of exports. In view of this fact, the government is developing a project for the val
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Frack theZensors (34)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 2:48 am

GDP = roughly a measurement of the speed of the destruction of Nature('s living communities)

 

Carol H. (221)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 4:12 am
noted, thanks Cal
 

John B. (183)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 4:24 am
Thanks Cal for the link to the article by Milagros Salazar. I certainly hope Biologist Sandro Chávez, national coordinator of the environmental NGO Foro Ecológico is correct in his assessment that this is a step in the right direction. Read and noted.
 

John S. (235)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 6:16 am
Noted.
 

Bee z. (151)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 7:16 am
Hoping, stil TY Cal, 4 this
 

Natasha Salgado (136)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 8:47 am
Thanks for this story.
 

Christeen Anderson (190)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 9:05 am
This sounds like a step in the right direction. Thanks for posting.
 

Dave C. (142)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 10:06 am
thanks, Cal, lets hope this is a step for a better future.......unfortunately, I still believe the simple reality is money creates greed and greed creates a "Me Now" attitude rather than a "We Together for the Future"....
 

rene davis (74)
Saturday January 19, 2013, 6:02 pm
Noted, thanks
 

Shelly Peterson (214)
Sunday January 20, 2013, 8:34 pm
................AURGH!!!......the "energy industries", own and are "raping piledging. and plundering!!!!!!!!!!!"...do NOT TURN YOUR BACK...........AND YOUR EARS!!!!!!!...ON THE TRUTH.....AND HOW WE MUST ALL HELP IN 2013 AND ON!!!! Please & thankyou!!!
 

Alexandra Rodda (173)
Monday January 21, 2013, 1:31 am
Peru has still a lot more to lose if it loses its environmental wealth. They must preserve it zealously.
 

pam w. (185)
Monday January 21, 2013, 8:19 am
Wishing them well.
 

Sergio Padilla (53)
Monday January 21, 2013, 1:14 pm
Thanks
 

Jennifer C. (155)
Monday January 21, 2013, 4:11 pm
Thanks.
 
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