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It had been a while since I had really crawled around in a mangrove wetland.  Once you have climbed over the roots of a red mangrove, seen the pneumatophores (the roots that stick out of the ground like breathing tubes) of white mangrove, spotted blue crabs in abundance scurrying back into their holes to avoid capture, or taken in the “sweet” aroma of decaying organic matter, - it all comes back to you in flash.  My return to the mangroves was on a recent survey of the wetlands on Big Corn and Little Corn Island, two small islands off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.
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The IDB has made a strong commitment to strengthening and using country systems for both fiduciary and non-fiduciary aspects of Bank loans.  While notable progress has been made in the former, the latter, which include national systems for development effectiveness and environmental and social safeguards, require different approaches.  Notably, and recognizing the diversity of environmental and social governance approaches in our region, IDB’s approach for the strengthening and use of safeguard systems has been focused on country dialogue, capacity building and controlled pilot st
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¿Qué pasó después? (Parte 2)

Mientras tanto en la Patagonia, Argentina… Ana Maria Cumilaf es una productora representante del caso ganador de cabras criollas en la región patagónica. Después de ocho años de sequía, y haber perdido el 90% del ganado, las familias y los jóvenes de las comunidades originarias estaban migrando a las ciudades con mucha angustia, ya que no tenían los medios para subsistir en sus campos.
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Food loss and waste negatively impact the environment. Much food is lost or wasted throughout the food supply chain, from agricultural production until final household consumption. In developing countries the greatest food loss takes place during the initial phases of the food supply chain, mainly due to technical, storage, refrigeration and transportation management problems. However, there's also a large amount of food either wasted during consumption or thrown away, even when still edible. This is unacceptable.
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When we think of health and education, we envision the well being of human beings, as these are essential elements for all of us to live a full life and reach our potential, both as individuals and as members of society. At the Inter-American Development Bank, projects in these sectors are usually classified as “low safeguard risk,” since their environmental impacts are often minor.
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Mana Blog La sensación de los pies sobre el césped,  los pies sobre la arena. El agua corriendo por mis dedos. Los escalofríos de una mañana de invierno. El viento, la inmensidad del cielo azul.
  • Cuántas formas tiene la naturaleza para cautivarnos, pensé.
La Tierra es única, es inigualable. Su belleza. Su fragilidad. Vivimos en ella y debemos comprender que las futuras generaciones no podrán disfrutar en plenitud de ella si no logramos cambiar nuestra forma de vida.