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BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

SINCE biotech oil crops were first commercialised over a decade ago, their use has experienced yearly double-digit growth worldwide, with Latin America being something of a nursery for this growth. Globally, the area of biotech crops grew by 13%, or by 12 million hectares, in 2006, to reach 102 million hectares, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).…

BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo

THOUGH the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…

BY PETER MCCREADY, in the Peruvian Andes

THE ANDEAN bear is the only living species of bear in South America. The ‘spectacled’ bear – known because of eye markings – lives in the tropical Andes. There are an estimated 30,000 left, but numbers are decreasing and the bear faces the risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has lost the latest World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute proceeding over bananas. A panel found custom duties of Euro 176 per tonne on Latin America bananas breaks EU trade commitments.

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BY PAUL RIGG, in Madrid

KEN Follett’s new book ‘World Without End’ might perhaps be more appropriately entitled ‘Success Without End’ given its festive sales in Spain. Already a top bestseller in America, Australia and the UK (among other countries), its Spanish language release between December 28-29 galvanised an otherwise fairly ordinary seasonal trade.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

HEAVIER vehicles such as SUVs and luxury models will be able to breach a proposed European Union (EU) carbon dioxide cap, under formally proposed legislation now tabled by the European Commission. Pressure from German manufacturers forced Brussels into abandoning an absolute cap for all new models of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre.…

BY BILL CORCORAN, in South Africa

SOUTH Africa is in a race against time to ensure the country’s

burgeoning economy is not crippled by fuel shortages, forcing its oil and gas companies to innovate to ensure security of supply, notably from neighbouring countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WHILE most informed people now agree it is important that greenhouse gas emissions are reduced across the global economy, the question about which methods to choose for achieving this have generated far less consensus and nowhere is this truer than with the road transport sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A PETITION from the US states of California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, plus the District of Columbia and New York City has called for a cap-and-trade system on aviation emissions from flights to US airports.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing

THE PRODUCTION of fake car parts is experiencing a "period of significant growth" in China, according to an umbrella group of foreign auto makers in China. In a report, 88% of members of the Automotive Working Group of the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), a coalition of multinational companies battling intellectual property infringement in China, have estimated losses to counterfeiting or piracy of auto parts, amounting to 15% of their overall sales.…