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KIDS COUNT Data Book to include information on children in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 31 July 2007 - 2:05pm

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The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., joined with the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) to announce that this year's national KIDS COUNT Data Book will include data on children living in Puerto Rico, a first for the acclaimed book which has been published since 1990. The data show that children in Puerto Rico face higher levels of risk on nine of ten key indicators of child well-being.

The biotechnology option

Submitted on 31 July 2007 - 12:42pm

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Inserting Puerto Rico into a World-class, cutting edge technology development is a worthy goal. Plans and ideas have been proposed and developed, for a City of Sciences, in Rio Piedras and for the old Roosevelt Roads military base, in Ceiba. To enter the biotechnology world with a right foot, and have access to the economic and social benefits it promises we need financial, material and human resources. It is over these resources that the needed infrastructure for advanced scientific research will be built.

The shark myth

Submitted on 31 July 2007 - 12:15pm

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Last week in a beach in Dorado a 6-foot reef shark was captured after it got trapped by the tide between the rocks on the shore. This was enough to cause panic among beachgoers and a group of fishermen to capture and kill the animal. But the truth is that at least 21 shark species inhabit the coasts of Puerto Rico. In spite of their fame a predators and how common they are, shark attacks in Puerto Rico are extremely rare.

Harmful excess of artificial light

Submitted on 30 July 2007 - 2:40pm

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The inappropriate use of light in our cities, the improper layout and direction of exterior illumination –directed straight to the sky in many cases-, together with the increase in gases and particles in the air, produces an increase in the dispersion of light causing a loss in the visibility of the sky. This is not the only adverse effect nor is its damage exclusive to the ecology.

Creating awareness, naturally

Submitted on 30 July 2007 - 12:47pm

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The Natural Estuary Research Reserve of Jobos Bay, in the Poblado Aguirre, opened its doors to a summer camp created by the organization Diálogo Ambiental (Environmental Talk), where community leaders participated, including 23 youngsters from different sectors of Salinas and other municipalities. The summer camp’s objective was to teach the youngsters to know and appreciate the natural resources that the group wants to protect.

A helping hand for stray animals

Submitted on 27 July 2007 - 1:59pm

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Given the Government’s inaction, it’s been private institutions and individuals who have leaded efforts to address the issue of stray animals in Puerto Rico. Although that a law for the creation of the State’s Office for Animal Control was signed in 2000, today, little has been done about this.

Serious lack of awareness

Submitted on 27 July 2007 - 11:48am

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In spite of frequent educational campaigns to create awareness about the threat that littering poses to the environment, not much progress has been made. In the Island’s many beaches, marine animals and coral reefs suffer the most from littering.

Volunteers watch the birth of 42 turtles

Submitted on 27 July 2007 - 11:41am

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A group of volunteers that for months have been taking care of a few leatherback turtle nests in the beaches of Ocean Park and El Condado, and that witnessed the birth of 42 little turtles, questioned that five rangers of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources removed 10 eggs, placing them in a cooler full of sand.

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