Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Coastal Community Generates Renewable Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The residents of the community of Plan Grande, on the Atlantic coast of Honduras, have built an 11-kilowatt mini hydroelectric dam which they now manage through a use and consumption agreement.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Beaches Disappearing Due to Hotel Construction

By IPS Correspondents and - -
El Yaque, one of the largest beaches on the south coast of Venezuela’s Margarita Island, is no longer able to replace the sand carried off by the sea because hotels and other buildings have cut off the circulation of the air currents that used to feed them, environmental activists warn.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Fundraising Drive for the Creation of a National Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A campaign was launched at the beginning of December in Buenos Aires to raise the funds needed to expropriate a private landholding in northeastern Argentina and turn it into a national park.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Growing Opposition to Urban Freeway

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Non-governmental organizations have called on the left-leaning government of Mexico City to halt construction of the Supervía freeway in the southeast of the capital, after a court revoked the environmental permit for the project.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Landslide Risk Areas to be Stabilized

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The city government of Tegucigalpa will allocate 12 million dollars to the stabilization of areas prone to landslides in the neighborhoods of El Berrinche and El Reparto.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Record Increase in Transgenic Crops

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The land area planted with genetically modified seeds in Brazil has increased 20.9 percent over the last year, reaching 31.8 million hectares, according to a study by the consulting firm Céleres.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Overflowing Lake Valencia Poses Threat to Nearby Communities

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The rising water level in Lake Valencia in northern Venezuela poses a threat to tens of thousands of families in the surrounding area due to the risks of water damage, road washouts, burst water pipes and spilled sewage.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Sugar Producers Expand Generation of Clean Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Sugar producers in Honduras will invest over 35 million dollars to generate up to 300 MW of electricity from sugar cane bagasse.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Air Pollution Causes Nervous System Damage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Excessive exposure to air pollution can harm the embryonic development of the nervous system, reveals a new study conducted by the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Biodiesel Harmful to Marine Life

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Biodiesel, a partially renewable agrofuel, generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoil, but could have negative impacts on marine life, warns a study by Brazil’s Universidade Estadual Paulista.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Adapting Transportation to Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexico should implement climate change adaption and mitigation policies in the transportation sector, recommends a non-governmental organization.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Grants for Environmental Activism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Greenpeace Argentina has launched a grant competition for young people, who would be provided with training and funding for campaigns aimed at solving environmental problems in their communities that are not being addressed.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Recycling Project in Garifuna Communities

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four Garifuna communities (made up of descendants of Caribbean indigenous and African peoples) in the northern Honduran department of Atlántida will begin participating in December in a waste recycling project that encompasses environmental education, the creation of micro-enterprises and the sale of recycled products.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Studying the Impact of Climate Change on Estuary Birds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project carried out by the Mater Natura Environmental Studies Institute of Brazil will assess the potential impacts of climate change on estuary birds and propose ways to conserve their habitat.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Miners Move Into Canaima National Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Indigenous communities report that illegal gold mining has now penetrated into Canaima National Park, which covers 30,000 square kilometers in southeastern Venezuela.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Sustainable Production Program Targets Two Thousand Poor Families

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 2,000 families in poor rural areas of Honduras will take part in pilot initiatives in ecotourism, sustainable agriculture and local marketing of their products thanks to 6.8 million dollars in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Land Donation Conditioned on Creation of National Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
) The Conservation Land Trust (CLT) has conditioned the donation of 150,000 hectares from the Iberá Natural Reserve, in the northeastern Argentine province of Corrientes, on the government’s creation of a national park.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Marine Biology Image Bank Launched

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two researchers at the University of São Paulo have set up a public digital image bank comprising 260 videos and 11,000 super high-resolution photographs cataloguing Brazil’s marine biodiversity.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Cleaner Production Policy Proposed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Ministry of Environment of Honduras will present a draft public policy later this year aimed at cleaner production through the combined efforts of the state and private sectors in the development of measures to conserve energy, water and raw materials.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agriculture That Protects the Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project based on planting trees in combination with crops is aimed at reducing water consumption and agrochemical use in agriculture in two rural areas of the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Japanese Funding for Waste Collection

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The collection and treatment of household waste in the Cuban capital will be stepped up through a cooperation project funded by the Japanese government.
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