Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Weather Disturbances Foster Dengue

Health authorities in Honduras have attributed the upsurge in dengue to weather variations, such as unusually high daytime temperatures and heavy rain at night, in addition to the accumulation of garbage in different neighborhoods.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA : Immediate Ban on Endosulfan Demanded

An environmental organization in Argentina is calling for an immediate ban on the import, manufacture and sale of endosulfan, a highly toxic insecticide that the country plans to eliminate in July 2013.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Women Entrepreneurs Learn to Recycle

Some 200 women in eastern Caracas will benefit from a program that will provide them with training in recycling and the manufacture and sale of clothing, bags, ornaments, cards and various crafts.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Pascua Lama Announcement Criticized

Chilean environmentalists have criticized an announcement by the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold that it will postpone the execution of the Pascua Lima binational mining project by one year and increase initial investment by three billion dollars.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Government to Build Aerodrome in Maya Archeological Area

The government of Honduras plans to build an aerodrome near Copán Archeological Park, but will ensure that it has no environmental impacts on the Amarillo River, which flows through the area.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Promoting Wind Energy

Cuba is striving to develop wind power and contribute to its expansion in the rest of the Caribbean, said energy specialist Conrado Moreno, organizer of a world conference on this energy source to be held for the first time ever in Latin America.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Promoting the Right to Mobility

Civil society organizations in Mexico City are promoting the right to mobility, which involves social, economic and environmental policies.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: First Solid Waste Plant Opening Soon

The municipality of Marcovia, in southern Honduras, will be the first in the country with a plant for treating and recycling solid wastes, which will enter into operation in September. The recycled material will be sold to companies in El Salvador and Guatemala.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA : Agrochemical Suit Could Set Precedent

The relatives of victims affected by aerial spraying of toxic agrochemicals in the central Argentine province of Córdoba hope the lawsuit filed against two farmers and a fumigator will set a legal precedent.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Biofilter Reduces Landfill Pollution

Researchers at the University of São Paulo have developed a biofilter that uses bacteria to reduce the amount of polluting gases released by sanitary landfills.

Ecobreves – CHILE: FAO Promotes Bioenergy

The Latin America regional office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recommended that Chile incorporate bioenergy into its energy mix.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Approval of Mining Operations to be Decided Through Plebiscites

The use of plebiscites has been included in the bill for a new mining law that is expected to be passed by the end of the year in Honduras.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Joint Assessment of Amazon Hydropower Dams Demanded

There is an urgent need for an in-depth analysis of the impacts of the construction of 30 hydroelectric dams in the Amazon region given the scale of public and private investment involved, maintains the Amazon Investment Observatory of Brazil.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Used Notebooks Recycled

The government of the northern Venezuelan state of Miranda has launched campaign through which schoolchildren are encouraged to donate their used notebooks in order for them to be recycled.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Indirect Energy Consumption Is Double Household Electricity Bill

The monthly light bill paid by Brazilians represents only 32 percent of what they actually spend on electricity. All of the rest is paid for through the goods and services they consume, according to the Economic Research Institute Foundation at the University of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Support for Community Forestry

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has ratified its support for forest protection initiatives in Honduras, and especially those that involve communities in responsible forest management, the country’s vice president, María Antonieta Guillén, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Sale of Materials Contaminated with Cyanide Denounced

An environmental organization in the central Argentine province of Córdoba has accused a company devoted to the final disposal of hazardous waste of illegally selling contaminated materials.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Cultural Program to Promote Natural Heritage

The National Commission of Protected Natural Areas has launched a cultural program to strengthen the conservation of natural heritage in Mexico.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Warmer Air in Shower Reduces Electricity Consumption

A simple invention developed by researchers at Juiz de Fora Federal University in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais makes it possible to reduce the energy consumed during a hot shower by 30 percent.

Ecobreves – CUBA: New Plant for Biodiesel Production from Jatropha Seeds

The first Cuban plant for the production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas, an inedible shrub, entered into operation this month in the southeastern province of Guantánamo, with an expected output of 100 tons of fuel annually.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Chilean Court Orders Exhumation of Workers Killed by Pollution

A Chilean court has ordered the exhumation of 22 former employees of the National Mining Company who are presumed to have died from the accumulative effects of the pollution to which they were exposed during decades of work at the Ventanas copper foundry and refinery, which has been controlled since 2005 by the National Copper Corporation, another state-owned enterprise.

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