Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA:: Native Forests Shrinking

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina has 33 million hectares of native forests, just one-third of the total registered less than a century ago, according to a study by the Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Ecobreves – PERU: Authorities May Shut down US Factories

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Municipal authorities in Lima are studying the possible closure and transfer of two U.S. companies located in the Villa Swamps, a protected area on the south side of the capital, after deciding this month to close down a Chilean pasta plant, Lucchetti.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Highway Plan Re-Routed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- An environmentalist group in southern Chile won an agreement from the authorities to change the route of a highway in order to protect areas that are valuable in terms of eco-tourism and biological conservation.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: WSF to Debate Sustainable Development

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Sustainable development is among the thematic pillars of the World Social Forum III, which is expected to draw 100,000 people from more than 100 countries to the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, Jan 23-28.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Women Export Butterflies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Women from the ecological reserve of the San Juan River, in southeast Nicaragua, have turned into butterfly cocoon exporters to gardens in the United States and Canada.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS:: Environmentalists Oppose Aquaculture Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental groups in Honduras are protesting a project being debated in Congress to regulate the fishing industry. The activists say it would give transnational companies greater freedom to exploit the country's waters.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Training Farmers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 18,500 Guatemalan farmers received training this year in 716 workshops conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, ministry spokesman Nery Calvillo told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Legislation Against Over-Fishing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine ecologists applauded the passage this month of a sustainable fisheries law for the northeastern province of Santa Fe, which holds the country's greatest freshwater fish stocks.

Ecobreves – PERU:: Protecting Medicinal Herbs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Peruvian government will defend biological diversity, genetic resources and indigenous knowledge of natural medicines through a Register of Native Crops and Plants -- and diplomatic and legal actions abroad.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: : New Line of 'Green' Credits

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Colombia's National Center for Cleaner Production is offering as of this month a line of credits financed by the Swiss government, available to companies that carry out environmentally sustainable projects.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: New Deadline for Environmental Prize

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has extended until mid-December the nomination period for the new award, Champions of the Earth, aimed at recognizing environmental leaders and activists.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Eco-tourism Options on the Rise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A 769-hectare nature park enclave on the northern Cuban coast is one of the main ecological tourism attractions this Caribbean country is promoting this year for Canadian and European visitors.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Waste Collectors Unite at WSF

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Informal waste collectors from throughout Latin America will hold their first congress Jan 20-23 in Brazil, ending as the World Social Forum gets under way in the southern city of Porto Alegre, drawing tens of thousands of activists from around the world.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Refrigerate without Harm to Ozone Layer

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 3,000 Cuban technicians are being trained in alternative technologies and best practices in refrigeration as part of a national program to reduce and eliminate substances that deplete the Earth's ozone layer.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Healthy Foods on Show

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The ExpoSaludable health fair, to take place Feb 5-9 in the central Chilean city of Quillota, 100 km northwest of Santiago, will be a showplace for foods and other products of "clean technology", in the context of quality standards established in the country's free trade accords.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Planting in the Desert

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Former miners and retired workers in the town of Canto de Agua, 700 km north of the Chilean capital, are growing organic oregano in the middle of the desert, joining the ranks of the expanding mode of farming that is free of toxic chemical substances.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Recyclers Demand Wages

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The informal recyclable waste collectors of Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, are demanding that the city pay for the public service they perform in gathering 360 tons of garbage a day.

Ecobreves – NORTH AMERICA: NAFTA 'Pollutes Little'

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The launch of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 worsened pollution in the border areas of Mexico and the United States and among some specific industries, but did not produce the environmental disaster that some critics had predicted.

Ecobreves – Plan to Stop Garbage in Gulf

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Belize, Guatemala and Honduras are to carry forward a joint program to halt the dumping of garbage and other pollutants in the western Gulf of Honduras, on the Atlantic Ocean.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Sea Turtle Release

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental officials in Colombia released some 300 sea turtles -- most of the carey species -- along the country's northern Caribbean coast as part of an effort to boost the turtle population, which is threatened by human activities.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Eco-Learning at the Zoo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Students from 30 Venezuelan schools have taken part in the conservation and ecology education activities at Chorros de Milla zoological park, in the western state of Mérida, in the first weeks of the program.
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