Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Junk in the Lungs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM) is studying the quantities and composition of the particulates measuring around 2.5 micrometers that circulate in the atmosphere of the Mexican capital.

Ecobreves – PERU: Expanding Debate on Water Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peru's President Alejandro Toledo assured that he does not intend to privatize water services and agreed to extend public debate on a legislative bill by 150 days, after farmers engaged in protests in May that shut down roads and bridges at 64 locations throughout the country.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Environmental Laws Need Enforcement

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan Center for Legal Environmental and Social Action (CALAS) has asked President Alfonso Portillo to enforce the laws for protecting natural resources and to step up activity at the Prosecutor's Office for Crimes against the Environment.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: A Month of Coffee News

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Coffee News agency, founded in Honduras to disseminate information about production and marketing of this farm commodity, has reached the one-month mark in its effort to give local growers a boost in spite of the sluggish international coffee market.

Ecobreves – PANAMA: Bay Clean Up Requires Pollution Prevention

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The plan to clean up the Bay of Panama, on the Pacific coast, will be only a half solution to the problem if the causes behind the contamination are not tackled, says Panama's environmental prosecutor, Giovanni Olmos.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Paraná River Could Overflow

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental Protect Argentina Foundation warns that floods like those that brought tragedy recently to the northeastern city of Santa Fe will be more frequent in that region and will hit other cities, which must begin to take preventive measures.

Ecobreves – PERU: A Powerful Documentary

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The documentary film "Choropampa: The Price of Gold" prompted the health commission of the Peruvian Congress to approve a bill this week that regulates the transport of dangerous mining materials and waste, and entrusts control to local governments.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: More Genome, Less Fertilizer

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Deciphering the genetic map of the Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus bacteria, which helps sugar cane to grow and to fix nitrogen from the air, would allow Brazilian farmers to save on nitrogen-based fertilizer and reduce agro-chemical contamination in soils and rivers.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Towns Defend Olancho Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The residents and mayors of four municipalities in the northeastern Honduran department of Olancho have joined forces to prevent the pillaging of their forests, which have suffered unregulated and illegal logging.

Ecobreves – AMERICAS: Continent-wide Early Warning Plan

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 80 experts from Latin America and the Caribbean, Canada and the United States are meeting in Antigua, Guatemala, this week to draw up a hemispheric stance on early warning systems for natural disasters, and will present their resolution to an international meeting in October in Germany.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: New Archeological Dig

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Spanish and Nicaraguan archeologists will begin excavation in February 2004 of the Cascal de Flor de Pino, where the ancient ruins of a previously unknown civilization were found on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Six Hurricanes on the Horizon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba is expecting a dozen tropical storms to pass the island this year, six of which could turn into hurricanes and cause costly damage. To prevent disaster and reduce the risk to human life, the authorities conducted the exercise dubbed Meteoro 2003.

Ecobreves – UNITED STATES: Disappointment in EPA Chief's Resignation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With the resignation of Christine Whitman from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "the environment has lost a friend," Jonathan Lash, president of the non-governmental World Resources Institute, commented in an interview with Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: 120 Caymans Released

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Last week, 120 young Orinoco caymans (Crocodylus intermedius) were released in the plains of Venezuela's Aguaro-Guariquito national park, 300 km south of Caracas

Ecobreves – CHILE:: At Recycling's Cutting Edge

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ecologists applaud the municipality of Ñuñoa, one of the 33 communities of the Santiago metropolitan area, for launching an unprecedented waste-recycling program.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Cement Company Promises to Stop Polluting

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican transnational Cemex recognized that its cement plant in Nicaragua was contaminating the surrounding area, and promised that in 2004 it will complete work on its 1.2 million dollar toxic substance emissions control program.

Ecobreves – PANAMA: Pageant Under Shadow of SARS

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Panamanian authorities have set up a strict security apparatus to prevent SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) from entering the country with the numerous foreign visitors who will be arriving for the Miss Universe contest Jun. 3.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: US Proposes Fining Polluters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The United States has suggested that five Central American countries should include in the provisions of the free trade agreement under negotiation economic penalties for companies that pollute.

Ecobreves – PANAMA:: Opposition to Environmental Bill

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental protection bill that for the fourth consecutive year is attempting to make it through the Panamanian parliament has watered-down penalties for violators so much that it is meaningless, say environmental groups.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Culture in Benefit of Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With a full schedule of films, exhibitions of paintings and caricatures, Mexico is gearing up to celebrate World Environment Day, Jun. 5.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Youth Committed to Nature

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 400 young people from Colombia's Caribbean coast have made a pledge to work for the benefit of the environment and to prevent the irreparable harm that human activities often cause in nature.
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