Ecobreves – HONDURAS: New Weather Station

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TEGUCIGALPA, Sep 14 2009 (IPS) - A new weather station, which will allow scientists to track the effects of climate change in one of the main productive valleys of Honduras, was inaugurated last week by local officials, aid representatives and academics. Situated in the city of Siguatepeque, in the central valley of Comayagua, the station will provide information that will help in decision making and sustainable environmental policies, “which will contribute to better productivity in the zone,” Siguatepeque's Mayor Guillermo Martínez told Tierramérica.

The data will be utilized by the National School of Forestry Sciences and ecological networks that are operating in the area, he said.

The weather station is part of a donation from the non-governmental organization Geologists of the World, supported by the government of the Principality of Asturias.

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