Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Rewards for Environmental Care

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TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 28 2003 (IPS) - – The Honduran parliament is studying a bill that would reward municipalities that promote care of the local environment. Fomenting “green municipalities”, as the initiative is known, would provide incentives for the 289 local governments in Honduras to integrate conservation programs in their policies, lawmaker Juan Orlando Hernández, one of the project's proponents, told Tierramérica.

The proposal comes on the heels of a new forestry law under parliamentary discussion. Massive protests about the destruction of forests in the departments of Olancho, Santa Bárbara and Valle have put pressure on the legislators.