Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Wanted: Commitment to Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Environmental organizations in El Salvador are asking legislative candidates to sign a pledge to resolve the country's water supply problems without harming the environment and with the participation of civil society.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Forestry Law Fires Debate

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Agro-Forestry Alliance, a coalition of environmental groups, say the changes made to the forestry law -- currently being debated by the Honduran Congress -- would be detrimental to the country's woodlands.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Restoring the Magdalena River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Restoring the environment and navigation capacity of the Magdalena River, Colombia's largest, is being studied this week by representatives of the government, and of the transportation and industrial sectors in the capital.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Return of the 'Pejerrey' Fish

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Japan will assist in restoring the population of pejerrey fish in an Argentine lake, the same from which Japanese producers extracted embryos of the species in 1966 to raise -- successfully -- in their own country.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Book Boat Cannot Dump Garbage at Sea

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The "book boat" Logos II will not be allowed to dump solid waste in the waters of Quetzal port, on the Pacific. The ship is to anchor there Mar 18 to Apr 7 to sell books, Lourdes Gálvez, Guatemala's environment ministry spokeswoman, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: More Education for Bosawas Reserve

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The Central American Economic Integration Bank granted the Nicaraguan government a loan of 1.7 million dollars to expand educational services in the northern biosphere reserve of Bosawas and to improve the living conditions of the local population.

Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Costly Elimination of Outdated Herbicide

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Transporting and incinerating 92 barrels of old toxaphene herbicide in the eastern Salvadoran city of San Miguel will cost around 50,000 dollars, a government source told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – Save the Birds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts from North America are meeting Mar 10-11 in Mexico to evaluate how well bird conservation programs in the region are tackling the threats of habitat degradation.

Ecobreves – PERU: Cleaning La Oroya

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peruvian authorities have pledged to help a U.S.-based metal manufacturer, Doe Run Resources, in cleaning up the contamination that has affected the central city of La Oroya for the past two decades.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Hunting Ban in Santiago Andino

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chilean officials have implemented a 30-year ban on the hunting and trapping of wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds in the central area of Santiago Andino, one of the 25 sites worldwide for which the World Bank is urging protection of biodiversity.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Accord to Improve City Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Municipal authorities, businesses, museums and even religious communities of Caracas have agreed to clean up and improve Los Caobos Park, a 22-hectare area serving as an important "lung" for the Venezuelan capital.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Testing Genetic Vaccine against Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A DNA vaccine against dengue type 2 was successful in tests using mice in experiments conducted by the Rio-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Sugar Mills Pollute River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two sugar mills in the southeastern province of Guantánamo dumped industrial waste into the Guaso River, causing serious ecological damage and economic losses for the region.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: New Mollusk Species Discovered

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Eight new mollusk species have been identified after 11 years of research by two experts at the Central American University's school of science, technology and environment.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Protection for Cayos Cochinos Demanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental groups from Honduras and abroad are lobbying the national Congress to declare the northern bay of Cayos Cochinos, on the Caribbean coast, a natural marine monument.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Free Trade, But Not in Pesticides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The project to establish a customs union in Central America could open borders to harmful pesticides, undermining efforts to reduce their use in the region, warn environmental activists of El Salvador.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: : Tourism Benefits National Parks

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The nearly 50-percent rise in tourism in Argentina in 2002 gave national parks and protected areas a boost in admissions revenues, allowing them to improve infrastructure and step up conservation efforts.

Ecobreves – PERU: Studying Mining's Impacts

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The regional government of Pasco, in Peru's central sierra, has convened environmental groups and representatives from government ministries to set up a commission to study the impact of mining operations on the environment and human health, and to propose regulations.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Lack of Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The flow volume of Colombia's main rivers is 25 to 30 percent below average, due to the lack of rain in recent months, reports the Institute of Meteorological Studies

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Monarch Remains in Danger

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Monarch butterfly continues to be threatened by the illegal logging of the forests that serve as its habitat part of the year, warned writer and ecologist Homero Aridjis, after reports indicated that the butterfly population was showing signs of recovery.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Controversial Fish Project

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Nicaraguan authorities began a pilot program in some of the country's central areas to raise tilapia, an exotic fish of African origins, but ecologists warn that its presence in lakes and rivers could have harmful effects.
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