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...report in Nature suggests that such thinking is a myth. British scientists studied the pattern of soil erosion in the Patzcuaro basin, an area of southwestern Mexico that was a center of pre-Hispanic civilization. Sediment samples from the lake revealed that erosion rates were at least as high before as after the Spaniards' arrival. In fact, erosion appears to have fallen off after the conquest. The conclusion: a return to traditional farming methods is no guarantee of a return to Eden...
...Bill Clinton," says an Asian diplomat. "The paroles will help, but more are needed to do the trick." Perhaps dangling petrodollars might. China has opened up its remote but resource-rich inland areas to foreign oil companies, inviting U.S. oil firms to join the exploration of Xinjiang's Tarim Basin, an area as big as Texas...
...Caribbean Basin Initiative (though largely toothless), for example, was an attempt to show that the Caribbean did merit international attention in the political world as independent nations. The move to hemispheric unity as presaged by the North American Free Trade Agreement will be further evidence of this...
...South America large areas of the Amazon Basin have been reserved for the exclusive use of Brazilian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian and Venezuelan Indians. The rights of tribes to conduct their own affairs, form their own councils and receive royalties for mining activities on Indian lands are gradually being recognized...
...member of the Harvard Water Program, Fiering worked in the early 1960s on a study of waterlogging and salinity in the Indus River basin...