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Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Businesspeople Learn About Sustainable Production

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 300 businesspeople from northern Honduras have received training on clean technologies in the energy, agriculture and water management sectors.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Unregulated Urbanization Threatens Remaining Atlantic Forest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Coastal preservation areas in the north of the state of São Paulo are endangered by the increase in population and facilities installed for oil exploration and the expansion of two ports, according to a report by the Sustainable Coasts Project.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: New IDB Loan for Disaster Management

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has granted a five-million-dollar loan to Honduras to help it more effectively confront natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Informal Mining Affects Caura River Basin

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Caura River basin, an area of roughly five million hectares in southeastern Venezuela, is beginning to suffer the impacts of mining activity by "garimpeiros", illegal gold miners from Brazil, warn indigenous and environmental organizations.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Regulations for Batteries

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Manufacturers of batteries in Brazil will now be responsible for their products throughout their entire lifecycle, from production, transportation and storage until their final safe disposal, in accordance with new regulations adopted by the national environment authority.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA : Conservationists Concerned Over Fate of Guanacos

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The possible declaration of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) as a “harmful species” to cattle farming in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia could lead to its extinction, warn conservationists and academics.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Consultations on New Motor Vehicle Efficiency Standards Completed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
New standards for motor vehicle efficiency will enter into effect in Mexico in 2013. The public consultations on the proposed new rules, which began in July, ended on Sep. 9.
Panoramic view of Totoral, in the Atacama Desert, which has won a legal battle against the Castilla thermoelectric power plant. - Alex Fuentes/IPS

Ruling Against Thermoelectric Plant Sparks Debate

By IPS Correspondents and - -
By 2020, copper mining in Chile will require almost double the electricity consumed in 2011, say the authorities.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Environment Affected by Refinery Fire

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The air, water, flora and fauna on the peninsula of Paraguaná, in northwestern Venezuela, will be affected by the smoke produced by more than 200,000 barrels of fuel that burned for three days after a gas explosion at the Amuay refinery, one of the largest on the planet.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Incidental Capture of Sharks Denounced

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A new scientific study reveals high rates of incidental capture of sharks along the coasts of Chile, as a result of swordfish fishing.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Pollution Poses Health Risks to Transport Workers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Workers whose jobs place them in direct contact with air pollution face a higher possibility of health problems involving the eyes and lungs, as well as a higher risk of cancer.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Communities Reject Open-Pit Mining Project

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of some 15 municipalities in El Triunfo, in southern Honduras, have rejected an open-pit mining project proposed by a Canadian company.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Environmental Awareness Growing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The percentage of Brazilians who believe that the country has no environmental problems fell from 47 percent in 1992 to 11 percent in 2012.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Weather Disturbances Foster Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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 – LATIN AMERICA: Network Against Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and a group of scientists have created a network against short- lived climate pollutants, such as black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone and hydrofluorocarbons.
Care must be taken to avoid the perverse effects of regeneration of the historic center of Mexico City, warns Borja. - Emilio Godoy/IPS

“The Trend in the Western World is the Dissolution of Cities”

By Emilio Godoy and - -
An area where people only go to sleep is the antithesis of a city, says Spanish urban planner Jordi Borja in this interview.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Women Entrepreneurs Learn to Recycle

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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.
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