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Ecobreves – PERU:: Preventing Earthquake and Climate Disasters

Peru's Geology, Mining and Metallurgy Institute carried out studies of 18 watersheds and three geological basins in an effort to diminish the impact of natural disasters in the country's central mountain region and along the southern coast.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Dengue Alert

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Health authorities in Argentina are attempting to control the propagation of the dengue-transmitting mosquito, the Aedes aegypti, in the northern provinces of Formosa, Misiones, Jujuy and Salta, where conditions are ripe for an epidemic of the tropical disease.

Ecobreves – ECUADOR: Tagaeri Peoples at War for Survival

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Workers of the petroleum and logging companies in the Ecuadorian Amazon fear new attacks by the Tagaeri, an indigenous group they blame for the deaths last month of two Colombian logging employees in the eastern province of Pastaza.

Ecobreves – CUBA: A Study of Biosphere Reserves

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Experts from Cuba and other countries will gather this month in Baracoa, more than 1,000 km east of Havana, to evaluate the status of and outlook for the biosphere reserves of this Caribbean country.

“The United States Is Putting the World at Risk”

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The renowned Harvard economist maintains that there is no reason why the United States should be beyond the scope of the Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to curb emissions of climate changing gases.

Equator Initiatives Award

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The award was created to recognize initiatives for fighting poverty and for preserving biodiversity along the Earth's equatorial belt. The aim is promote successful and innovative formulas.

Promoting Care for Whales and Dolphins in Tropics

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The Costa Rican Pacific coast is the only place where two large populations of humpbacked whales meet, one from the north, the other from the south.

The Moon

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The moon is often described as a natural satellite of Earth, as it is condemned to orbiting our planet. This link generates an important force, the effects of which are most evident in the changing tides of the oceans.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Evaluating Natural Wealth

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Venezuela's National Institute of Parks, the non-governmental organization Vitalis, and other local and international groups propose creating a system to monitor and assess the natural wealth of the Canaima National Park, in the Venezuelan south.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: Promoting Solar Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Costa Rica's Energy Directorate installed 662 solar panels or cells in the last three years to provide electricity to that number of poor families in rural areas.

Ecobreves – REGIONAL: New Round of Green Negotiations Convened

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Partners in environmental protection will arise from the so-called "Partenariat 2002", a meeting of small and medium-sized companies from Mercosur (Southern Common Market) and from the European Union (EU) to take place Apr 10-12 in this Brazilian city.

Colombia Debuts an Amazon Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The indigenous Inga community requested the creation of a nature reserve, which covers 68,000 hectares in a coca production zone.

Financing for Development

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The mobilization of resources to finance development is a pressing challenge for a world in which 1.2 billion people are condemned to extreme poverty. And it is also key to achieving environmental sustainability of the planet.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Paraná River Losing Fish

By IPS Correspondents and - -

The long Paraná River has only 50 percent of the fish in its course through Argentina that it had 20 years ago due to over-exploitation, warns the Institute of Technological Development at the Littoral University.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Debate on Subsidies

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Governments from around the world are discussing curbing subsidies to fishing fleets at a new round of negotiations of the World Trade Organization’s Trade and Environment Committee that began in this Swiss city Friday, Mar 22.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Activist Honored

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Ignacia de la Rosa Pérez, who heads a 400-family project aimed at saving the mangroves of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, received an award Mar 9 from the private organization CAFAM as the most important Colombian woman in 2002.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Agenda Recommended for Rio+10

By IPS Correspondents and - -

Sixteen intellectuals, politicians, activists and entrepreneurs from around the world will present their “Jo’burg Memorandum” on Apr 4, a document of recommendations for the agenda for the World Summit for Sustainable Development, or Rio+10, to be held in South Africa in late August.