Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – CUBA: Eco-Vaccine for Livestock

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Cuban-made recombinant vaccine Gavac, which immunizes cows against tick bites, has reduced the need to use chemical substances to fight the insect, thus improving the quality of milk and protecting the environment.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Seeking Funds for Biological Corridor

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The inter-governmental Central American Environment and Development Commission (CCAD) and the World Bank will hold an international donors meeting Dec 12-13 in Paris in search of resources to finance the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (CBM).

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Indigenous Women's Summit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Indian women from across the Americas are meeting in Mexico to share experiences, set up information networks and hammer out strategies for defending their rights.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Rampant Parasitosis

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Eighty percent of the children in northwest Argentina suffer intestinal parasitosis, an illness related to the lack of clean water and sanitation, and hits poorly nourished children the hardest, reports the Ministry of Health.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Seismology Network Planned

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A network for determining the intensity and location of tremors and earthquakes, based on cutting-edge technology, is slated for set up in June 2003 in Honduras, the only Central American country that lacks a system for monitoring this source of natural disasters.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Protecting Wetlands

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Central America is the first region in the world to adopt a unified policy for the conservation and sustainable use of its rich wetland ecosystems.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Funds to Eradicate Landmines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Italian government will donate 250,000 dollars to an Organization of American States (OAS) program to detect and destroy anti-personnel mines in Guatemala and other Central American countries.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Hiking Route Advances

By IPS Correspondents and - -
By March 2003 more than 200 km of the Path of Chile will be complete. The hiking route will ultimately extend the length of the country's varied geography along the Andes mountains, running from Collacagua, in the extreme north, to Cerro Bandera, near Strait of Magellan in the south, say officials.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Debate on Border Waters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 100 scientists and academics from around the world are meeting in Monterrey, Mexico this week to study the challenges of managing water resources along the borders of 50 countries.

Ecobreves – PERU: Saline Soils Reclaimed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Rice growers in the northwestern city of Lambayaque, on Peru's northern coast, have launched a program to reclaim soils that have high saline content as a result of inappropriate irrigations systems used in the past.

Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Forest Inventory

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of El Salvador is to conduct a national inventory of trees to establish the number, variety and coverage of each species, using techniques ranging from satellite images to on-the-ground inspections.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Lightning Alert

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Around 100 people die each year in Brazil from lightning strikes, which also cause economic losses of 200 million dollars annually, reports the National Institute for Space Research.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Effects of Vanadium Studied

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Scientists in Zulia state, in western Venezuela, are studying the effects on human health of vanadium, a mutagenic metal present in petroleum and in fossil fuel residues.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Inadequate Calories in Average Diet

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The food situation in Guatemala is of grave concern because the average diet is 2,159 calories, falling short of the average 2,802 calories of most Latin American countries, warns MINUGUA, the United Nations mission to this country.

Ecobreves – PERU: Million-Dollar Plan to Handle Sewage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Peruvian government signed an agreement with Canadian Commercial Corporation, a governmental entity, to build three sewage treatment plants in the capital for a cost of 350 million dollars.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Indigence on the Rise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina's social tragedy is deepening, evidenced by the fact that extreme poverty now affects nine million people, more than a quarter of the population of 35.2 million, according to a new study by the Economy Ministry.

Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Efficient Oven Design Honored

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Salvadoran engineer René Núñez-Suárez received in New Delhi the individual prize of the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) for the "turbo-oven", a process of low-temperature combustion that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, like carbon dioxide, associated with the burning of fuels.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Preserving Genetic Resources

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers at Venezuela's National Center for Phytogenetic Resource Conservation are dedicating themselves to preserving the germplasm (seeds, samples or entire plants) of numerous species considered valuable to this South American country.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Indigenous Women Protect Plant Life

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The National Association of Rural and Indigenous Women of Chile this month set up a committee for the defense of native seeds in order to ensure that the authorities recognize autochthonous flora as heritage of humanity and promote the use of local plants in medicine and food.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Guaraná Genome Research

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The guaraná (Paullinia cupana), the famous bush from the Brazilian Amazon, is the first species of the region subjected to genome research, with the goal being to unlock the secrets of its metabolism, and to improve the productivity and quality of the fruit.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Investing in HIV/AIDS Prevention

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five Central American countries will invest 4.6 million dollars in a regional project aimed at HIV/AIDS prevention, backed by the Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE).
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