Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Sustainability Convention Targets Corporations

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) participating in a preparatory meeting for the Sustainable Development Summit (Rio+10) proposed a convention on corporate responsibility to society and the environment.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Masked Forebears

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental organization Greenpeace sent the lawmakers of the Argentine capital a calendar illustrated with statues found throughout Buenos Aires. The unique twist is that in the photos the faces of the historic figures are covered with gas masks.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Biological Pest Control

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A factory donated by China, which will begin to produce bio-pesticides by the end of the year, will enable Cuba to step up its biological pest control efforts.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Biodiversity Threatened by Exotic Plant Species

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Of the 1,410 exotic species of plants counted by the Environment Ministry, 139 species affect Venezuela’s farms and natural habitat.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Courts Give Green-Light to Continued Construction of Dam

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Endesa power company was given the go-ahead to continue work on the Ralco dam when the Supreme Court of Justice threw out an appeal filed by two indigenous activists opposed to the hydroelectric project.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: New Boost for Organic Crops

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Costa Rican government plans to support organic farming, a healthier and more eco-friendly practice than agriculture based on chemical fertilizers and pesticides

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Environment Ministers Prepare for Meet

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environment ministers from around the world will meet Feb 13-15 in the Caribbean city of Cartagena, Colombia, to fine-tune their preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10), to take place in South Africa in August.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Ban on Shrimp

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The National Fishing and Aquaculture Institute (INPA) of Colombia imposed a two-month ban on Jan 20 for the Pacific region on the capture, marketing and consumption of shrimp in a bid to protect this endangered local species.

Ecobreves – CUBA: In Search of Biotech Markets

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba aims to open a space in the world market for a broad range of biotechnology products developed by its laboratories, some of which have already been tested abroad.

Ecobreves – ECUADOR: Privatization Plan Triggers Alarm

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental and civil society organizations in Ecuador have expressed concern about the announced privatization of the forestry service, saying it will lead to an increase in deforestation.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: The Transformation of a Zoo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The National Parks Institute proposes to renovate the Las Delicias zoo located in north-central Venezuela at the foot of the Henri Pitier National Park, one of the country's most important nature preserves.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: Environmental Video Contest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The non-governmental Terra Nostra Association is organizing its third Central American Environmental Video Contest to urge filmmakers to produce audiovisual works with ecological content.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Ecology at the World Social Forum

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental issues will have a prominent role at the World Social Forum II, which from Jan 31 to Feb 5 will draw non-governmental organizations and progressive-minded intellectuals and politicians to Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, to discuss the construction of "another possible world."

Ecobreves – TANZANIA: Hundreds of Elephants Massacred

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A stockpile of 1,255 elephant tusks, the product of poaching, was found in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital, in what the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) called a dramatic wake-up call about the future of the African elephant.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Green Plan Moves Ahead

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Nearly 300 hectares have been added to "Plan Verde", a project aimed at re-establishing the vegetation and ecosystems in the northeastern department of Cesar, one of the country's regions most affected by erosion.

Ecobreves – PERU: Turning Garbage into Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The first facility to turn organic waste into electricity in Peru and, according to its promoters, the first in Latin America, will be installed in 2003 in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, some 1,000 km northeast of Lima.

Ecobreves – ECUADOR: A Solution for Used Oil

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An agreement between the Telecommunications, Potable Water and Sewerage Enterprise (ETAPA) and the Pro-Environment Foundation, in the southern Ecuadorian city of Cuenca, is intended to foment a 40-percent increase in the collection of used motor oil, which is then disposed of in an environmentally friendly way.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Controversy Surrounds New Airport Plan

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Forty percent of the Mexican capital's residents surveyed believe that the five-year project to build a new airport, in the outlying area of Texcoco, will harm the environment, says a poll conducted by the Metropolitan Autonomous University.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Gas Stations Under Scrutiny

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Superintendent of Electricity and Fuels in Chile has begun a detailed audit of the country's gas stations in an effort to ensure that quality is in keeping with the standards set by anti-pollution laws.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Repopulating Species Harmed by Hurricane

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuban experts are awaiting help from foreign institutions to save more than a dozen species that were thrashed by Hurricane Michelle last Nov 4 at the Cienfuegos Botanical Garden, 336 km from Havana

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Recycle Those Tires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazilian industry this year must recycle a quantity of tires equivalent to 25 percent of the 45 million produced in this country, according to a resolution of the National Environmental Council (CONAMA), a rule that took effect January 1.
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