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	Southern Cone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America.
		Southern Brazil's three states, including São Paulo state, are home to over 65 million out of Brazil's 180 million people, especially the megacity of São Paulo has an estimate of 12 million residents.
		The steppe region, situated in central Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil is known as the Pampas, and the typical people of the region are a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish and some Amerindian blood, and are called Gauchos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Cone (1136 words)

	Southern Cone
		The Southern Cone is a group of countries consisting of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
		Southern Chile receives heavy precipitation, because of the cyclonic storms that move off the Pacific Ocean from the west.
		The Southern Cone is unusual for its religious homogeneity.
	www.amyglenn.com /Geography/southcone.htm (1821 words)

	CPD: South America overview, centres of plant diversity and endemism, Southern cone
		The biogeographic Southern Cone includes most of extratropical South America from roughly south of 30°S latitude to Tierra del Fuego at 55°S. The Andes reach their highest altitude (Cerro Aconcagua, 6959 m) on the Argentina/Chile border, and the region also includes vast lowland areas (the pampas) and tablelands (Patagonia).
		The Altoandina comprises the highest elevations of the southern Andes along the Chile/Argentina border, extending upwards from 4400 m in the north to 500 m in Tierra del Fuego.
		Almost all of the main vegetation formations (except tropical forest) are represented in the Southern Cone: prairie, grass-steppe, shrub-steppe, scrub, desert, tundra, sclerophyllous forest, deciduous temperate forest and evergreen forest.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa-viii.htm (2085 words)

	WCS Southern Cone
		These are some of the unique wild lands and wildlife that WCS has been striving to conserve in the Southern Cone for over 40 years.
		Human populations in the Southern Cone have historically relied heavily on natural resources for their subsistence.
		Exotic plantations, logging, livestock grazing, hunting, commercial fishing, mining, and ecotourism are some of the human activities which have impacted and continue to threaten wildlife and wild lands in the region.
	www.wcs.org /international/latinamerica/southerncone (692 words)

	southern pine coneworm - Dioryctria amatella (Hulst)
		The southern pine coneworm, Dioryctria amatella (Hulst), also commonly referred to as a pitch moth, is consistently one of the most damaging insect pests of pine seed orchard crops throughout the southeastern United States (Ebel et al.
		In Florida, the southern pine coneworm produces from one to four generations per year, depending on whether larval diapause occurs during the spring, early summer, or at all.
		The insect overwinters predominantly as early instar larvae, at the base of persistent cones, under bud scales and in fusiform galls on branches and sterns.
	creatures.ifas.ufl.edu /trees/pine_coneworm.htm (1494 words)

	PINR - Uruguay Completes the Leftward Realignment of the Southern Cone
		The consolidation of the left in the southern cone gives momentum to Mercosur, the regional customs union that is Brazil's alternative to the F.T.A.A. Brasilia sees its geostrategic interest as becoming the region's dominant military and economic power, which means diminishing Washington's influence there.
		The debt problem in the southern cone is the result of a conjunction of factors that has prevented the realization of any beneficial consequences that neoliberal policies might have had under other circumstances.
		The shift to the left in the southern cone is far from a revolution or even a significant structural change; the cross pressures on the new leaders make it necessary for them to compromise, creating the danger of opposition and civil disorder domestically, and withdrawal of financial support through debt relief and investment internationally.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=233&language_id=1 (1579 words)

	Three Telecom Leaders Announce Southern Cone Fiber-Optic Network In Argentina and Chile - Company Business and ...
		Telefonica Manquehue, which will invest $37 million for 30.1 percent of Southern Cone, operates a broadband network in Santiago, Chile, and is constructing additional fiber routes in that city.
		Some of Southern Cone's 48 fibers will be available for sale to other carriers as dark fiber or dedicated capacity.
		The Southern Cone "land bridge" network will facilitate long-distance voice, video and Internet communication; enhance competition as the Argentine market prepares for deregulation this November; increase regional capacity; and potentially lower costs in Argentina by connecting with the Chilean market, where rates for outbound international traffic are lower.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BFP/is_2000_May_29/ai_62516644 (812 words)

	SOUTHERN CONE SUBREGIONAL PREPCOM OUTCOME
		For this purpose, provision should be made for a review of the parameters for allocating resources to implementing and executing agencies, as well as of the administration of the funds and of accountability and reporting mechanisms.
		Took note of the progress made in the countries of the Southern Cone in establishing intellectual property protection regimes, as one of the contributing factors for the creation of an appropriate environment for the receipt and development of new environmentally sound and energy-efficient technologies and production approaches, as well as the corresponding expertise.
		They also emphasized their determination that guidelines and mechanisms for achieving sustainable development should be strengthened at the Summit in Johannesburg, with full respect for the necessary balance among economic growth, social equity and environmental protection, which are essential components of a non-exclusionary globalization process.
	www.un.org /jsummit/html/prep_process/southern_cone_outcome.htm (976 words)

	EIAL IV2 - European Political Parties and the Southern Cone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since that time, and partly in response to changes in Southern Europe, partly in response to the military coups in the Southern Cone of Latin America, especially Chile, some political groups inside Western Europe have incorporated a concern for democracy and the promotion of human rights into their foreign policy agenda.
		The importance of external factors in democratization in the Southern Cone rests on the idea that the political systems of the region are `penetrated'systems, vulnerable to the influence of international actors.
		A word of caution is necessary here before proceeding to a fuller discussion of the role of European parties in Southern Cone democratization: we should note that it is not possible to quantify the impact of Europe's external policies.
	www.tau.ac.il /eial/IV_2/grugel.htm (6471 words)

	Southern Cone Consultants
		Southern Cone Consultants is headed by Evan Sponagle and Joseph Wythe.
		Between these two directors, Southern Cone Consultants represents over 50 years experience in all aspects of international finance.
		He was also Standard Chartered/Union Bank's senior representative for Mexico, Brazil and the Southern Cone region.
	www.southernconeconsultants.com /eng/professional.html (136 words)

	template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Female strobili open for reception of pollen are the most susceptible stage for inoculation and infection by basidiospores.
		Note the symptoms: hypertrophy and hyperplasia of cones causing them to be 2-5 times larger than normal.
		Aeciospores are wind disseminated from pine cones to leaves of species of oaks (usually the evergreen oaks).
	www.cals.ncsu.edu /course/pp318/profiles/cone_rust/southern.htm (92 words)

	Focal : Programs : Brazil (Southern Cone - Institutions) Project
		The Common Market of the Southern Cone (Mercosur) continues to be the cornerstone of Argentina and Brazil’s foreign policies and development strategies.
		Identify institutional and political challenges and achievements in the Southern Cone countries.
		Increase linkages with government and non-governmental organizations working on the Southern Cone and Brazil in the region and in Canada.
	www.focal.ca /projects/governanceandemocracy/southercone/index_e.asp (296 words)

	VirtueOnline - News - Exclusives - SOUTHERN CONE: Ecclesiastical Oversight Will Continue for Orthodox Parishes
		The carefully worded report from the Southern Cone indicated that the Windsor Report has the tools needed to hold both the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in Canada accountable for its actions.
		Primate Gregory Venables was reelected to lead and represent the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone for a further period.
		The Southern Cone of the Americas includes the seven dioceses of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Northern Argentina, and Uruguay.
	www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1664 (1011 words)

	titusonenine » Blog Archive » Southern Cone Primate Accepts Rejected Bishop and Clergy from Recife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These letters and licenses from the Primate of the Southern Cone are intended to bring some stability to the situation and to make it clear that many leaders around the world do not accept the actions of the Brazilian Province in attempting to eject the Bishop and clergy from the Anglican Communion.”
		The Province of the Southern Cone calls for the deposition of the bishops and clergy in ECUSA for having rejected the oversight of the Communion.
		The Province of the Southern Cone repudiates the authority of the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil to exercise discipline over its own dioceses, clergy, and members and accepts the dissenters under its own aegis.
	titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=9224 (2663 words)

	Office of Global Health Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Initiative helps the countries in the identification of health priority areas, in setting measurable targets to be achieved in a specific period of time, and in the implementation of systematic and inter-sectorial approaches on health promotion and disease prevention.
		A workshop was held in Chile on January 2001 - "Health Promotion in the Southern Cone"-with participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
		The country delegations were composed of a technical team from the Ministries of Health and authorities from other sectors that have an impact on health status.
	www.globalhealth.gov /americaaffairssouthcone.shtml (364 words)

	Southern Cone Launches Battle against POPs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thousands of tons of pesticides, among other persistent organic pollutants (POPs), continue to be used in the Southern Cone, where few regulations are in place.
		MONTEVIDEO - The fight to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the countries of South America's Southern Cone is limited by the weakness of the state and scarcity of funds, say the authorities.
		Her findings left the government speechless, as most of the substances were located in the customs storehouses, where people were exposed, and also outdoors.
	www.tierramerica.net /2002/1006/iacentos2.shtml (795 words)

	International Organization for Migration - Southern Cone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the Southern Cone, recent migration dynamics included flows to developed countries (North America and Europe) as well as intra-regional flows from the less to the more developed countries of the sub-region.
		Immigration from Southern Cone countries into the United States and Europe, notably to Spain and Italy, has increased.
		Governments have made great efforts to increase bilateral and multilateral agreements on migration while the civil society strived to achieve a wider respect for the human rights of migrants.
	www.iom.int /jahia/Jahia/pid/439 (137 words)

	Internships in Argentina and Chile
		NOTE: The Southern Cone Internships of Latin Immersion are not affiliated with the State University of New York's Latin American Southern Cone Programs.
		Southern Cone Internships gives students the opportunity for professional work experience in
		By interning in Latin America, not only will you learn the invaluable Spanish language, but you will also be able to live in the "Southern Cone", Latin America's most economically and socially developed region.
	www.sc-internships.com /ene2004 (265 words)

	The Southern Cone Model - Wal-Mart
		"The Southern Cone Model "identifies a new and distinctive model of regional capitalist development emerging in the Southern Cone Countries of Latin American-Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay-in spite of differing national political economies.
		It addresses both the relationship between national political economies and the processes of global change and hat between emerging regional political economies and the national systems they accommodate.
		Using an original blend of international and comparative political economy perspectives, Phillips presents an innovative and in-depth account of the contemporary political economy in the Southern Cone.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2695439 (566 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna (NT0909)
		Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna (NT0909)
		Called the Southern Cone Mesopotamian Savanna, it’s a mixture of savannas, wetlands, and subtropical forests and is home to a diversity of rare birds and unusual mammals.
		But a growing human population could threaten this diverse system as people move from the bustling capital of Buenos Aires to this fertile grassland habitat.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0909.html (392 words)

	Latin America and Caribbean - One hundred winners in the Southern Cone's Development Marketplace
		The Southern Cone Development Marketplace was designed both to increase understanding of the problems young people face and to tap into their unique energy and promise.
		Rosangela Berman of the Bank Group presented the challenge of creating inclusive societies in which people, with or without disabilities, can live in harmony. Rodrigo Jordan, the first Chilean youth to climb Mount Everest, challenged the audience to realize their dreams as he had realized his dream of climbing Everest.
		Carter Brandon, Task Team Leader of the Southern Cone Development Marketplace, summed up what the event achieved: “All the participants – prize-winners and others – went home knowing that they had gathered a wealth of new ideas and support for their efforts to promote the inclusion of poor and vulnerable youth in their countries.”
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/0,,contentMDK:20524888~menuPK:258569~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258554,00.html (433 words)

	A missing mediator in the Southern Cone - International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security
		It also revealed a subtler discontent that has been lying dormant in the region over the lack of an effective institutional venue to adjudicate transnational matters.
		A trusted, impartial umpire is missing in the Southern Cone.
		As Presidents Kirchner and Lula celebrated loudly the coming of Venezuela to Mercosur (or speculate about Bolivia’s prospective accession), they should be very wary of old members’ new fantasies and dreams.
	english.safe-democracy.org /home/a-missing-mediator-in-the-southern-cone-.html (920 words)

	Gas Trade in the Southern Cone - FSI Stanford
		Gas Trade in the Southern Cone - FSI Stanford
		Discussions of trade in natural gas in South America's Southern Cone (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) began as early as the 1950s.
		But it was not until 1972 that the first international gas pipeline in the region, linking Bolivia and Argentina, was built.
	www-iis.stanford.edu /publications/gas_trade_in_the_southern_cone (167 words)

	VirtueOnline - News - News - ARGENTINA: Southern Cone Primate Accepts Rejected Brazilian Bishop and Clergy
		Although this bishop and 40 clergy are no longer Anglican clergy, it is nice for the Southern Cone to make room for them.
		The cruelty and abusiveness of the Loon Left leaves honest and credible orthodox clergy with no choice but to cross boundaries in order to preserve the faith and protect the abused.
		Seeking to serve those who have been deserted by their church, by rebuilding the church of God.
	www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3043 (2531 words)

	Anglican Communion News Service
		Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ from the Province of the Southern Cone of America.
		By this letter I recognize (Each of the clergy were named), and affirm the status described above.
		Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone of South America
	www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/40/25/acns4040.cfm (187 words)

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