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Tierramerica - Ecobrief
Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: State of the Environment
The natural wealth of Colombia, which possesses 10 percent of the world's biological diversity, is undermined by habitat deterioration, says the governmental Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Indians Grow Organic Coffee Company
Communities in the Marcala region, in the central Honduran department of La Paz, created the first indigenous corporation for growing and selling organic coffee, in other words, free of agricultural chemicals, which can be harmful to the environment.Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Fomenting Forest Production
The government of Nicaragua is attempting to mitigate a drop-off in exports and reduce its 600-million-dollar fiscal deficit through the promotion of six industries, including sustainable forestry.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Recycling Is Good Business
Brazil recycled nine million aluminum cans in 2001, 85 percent of the country's total production, thus achieving second place to Sweden, which recycled 90 percent of its cans, according to Brazil's CEMPRE, a private sector recycling program.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Eco-Agreement with Great Britain
Great Britain will finance the Venezuelan project "Managing Impacts on Climate Change at the Municipal Level" as part of an agreement through which the British government will contribute plans for counteracting the effects of global warming.Ecobreves – PANAMA: Saving the Harpy Eagle
The Audubon Society has launched an educational campaign aimed at protecting Panama's national bird, the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja).Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Plague Attacks City's Trees
An unknown pest is killing the casuarina trees (Casuarina equisetifolia), also known as Australian pines, that have long beautified the streets and avenues of the Guatemalan capital.Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Denouncing Contamination
An environmental organization will present the Central American Water Tribunal with three charges of contamination against the government and several companies of El Salvador.Ecobreves – MEXICO:: Cheap and Wasted Water
Mexico's water consumers pay a third of the cost of purification and distribution, and just 30 percent comply with payments for the service, complain authorities.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Tegucigalpa the Most Polluted
A report by the Swiss Foundation for Development Aid warns that the Honduran capital has the worst air pollution of Central America, which explains why there has been an increase in respiratory illnesses there.Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Anti-Dengue Fumigation Criticized
Ecologists in El Salvador denounce the use of the insecticide permithrin in the government's fumigation campaign aimed at eradicating the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue fever among humans.Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Promoting Clean Energy
Central America could cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 200,000 tons in the next 10 years through a plan encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, financed by the Global Environment Fund and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Water Classes
The Water Classrooms initiative will train 3,000 school children in the northern Colombian department of Atlántico to take care of water resources, through an agreement between the private sector and the departmental government.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Ecotourism in Antarctica
Argentina's tourism office is promoting ecological tourism in Antarctica, the frozen continent located 4,600 km from the nation's capital, and 1,200 km from its southern extreme.Ecobreves – PERU: Transport of Dangerous Substances
The Peruvian government is launching a plan for the safe shipment of contaminating materials like petroleum, acids and other industrial products, with the support of United Nations agencies.Ecobreves – CUBA: Fighting Desertification
Cuban technicians are receiving training in Germany to recover an arid zone in the southeastern province of Guantánamo, one of the Caribbean island's most fragile ecosystems.Ecobreves – CHILE: Wild Animals Released
The wild animal rehabilitation center of the Pro-Defense of Flora and Fauna National Committee released two chilla foxes (Pseudalopex griseus) and two quiques (Galictis cuja), species threatened by hunters and smugglers.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Green Tourism in Los Roques
Los Roques Science Foundation and Ecoportal Wildlife Venezuela are attempting to turn the Los Roques archipelago, located in the Venezuelan Caribbean, into a destination for ecotourists.Ecobreves – BRASIL: Agro-Ecology Is Growing
Family farming provides 70 percent of the food consumed in Brazil, representing an important step towards agro-ecology, say experts.Ecobreves – PANAMA: Coffee Bees
The presence of African bees led to a 25-percent increase in the production and weight of two varieties of coffee grown in the western Panamanian province of Chiriquí, according to a study by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Sales of Oxygen to Netherlands
The Guatemalan government is negotiating an agreement for the sale of oxygen to the Netherlands, giving the European country a larger quota for the emission of greenhouse gases and the Central American nation resources to preserve its natural wealth.« Previous Page — Next Page »
Tierramérica is the main communications platform on sustainable development and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is produced by IPS Noticias, the agency’s Spanish-language service, which created it jointly with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with later support from the World Bank. The weekly editions of Tierramérica are published in Spanish, Portuguese and English and are picked up and printed by dozens of media outlets in the region. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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