Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: School Kids Raise Family Gardens

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Students from around 100 schools in Tegucigalpa are raising crops in community gardens as part of the Friends of the Environment project, aimed at raising awareness about the role of children in protecting nature.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Trees Versus Housing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The construction of apartment buildings on vacant lots in the centre of Venezuelan cities like Caracas is having an impact on the trees that have surrounded these lots for many years.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Armed Forces Reforest 11,000 Hectares

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The “green battalions” made up by more than 1,000 members of the Honduran Armed Forces have planted 11,404 hectares of forests in the last five years.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Molecule That Converts Carbon Discovered

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A molecule that converts carbon into substances used in the chemical industry has been discovered at Paulista State University in Brazil. This scientific finding can contribute both to the economy and to the mitigation of global warming.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Assessing the Impacts of Global Warming on Marine Life

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian non-governmental organization Proyecto Coral Vivo (Live Coral Project) is carrying out a research program called Marine Mesocosms to study the impacts of global warming on sea life.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: NGO to Protect Endangered Hummingbird

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The non-governmental Association for Research for Environmental and Socioeconomic Development has been tasked by the Honduran government with ensuring the protection of the Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae), a species of hummingbird unique to northern Honduras.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Activists Challenge Land Management Plan

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations in Argentina are demanding that the land management plan adopted by the northeastern province of Corrientes be declared unconstitutional, because it threatens native forests.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: The Search for Biofuel Sources

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexico’s National Institute for Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP) is studying different plant species for potential biofuel production.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Oil Upgrading Plant Blamed for Health Problems

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Soot from the coke and sulfur produced as byproducts of crude oil upgrading at the Jose industrial complex, in the eastern Venezuelan municipality of Peñalver, is polluting the air and affecting the health of humans, animals and plants in the surrounding areas, say local NGOs.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Forests Near Sugar Cane Fields Boost Carbon Capture

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Preserving forests located in the midst of sugar cane plantations helps reduce the greenhouse gas emissions generated by these monoculture plantations, according to a team of researchers at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: First Graduates in Environmental Risk Management

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The first 68 specialists in natural disaster risk management, prevention and recovery have graduated from the public National University of Honduras, as part of efforts to build capacity in order to reduce the vulnerability of this Central American nation.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Wastewater Treatment Residue Used in Concrete

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A technique that uses the residue left over from wastewater treatment in the production of concrete has been developed by the São Carlos School of Engineering at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Film Fest Aims to Raise Environmental Awareness

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A short film competition will kick off the second Buenos Aires Green Film Fest, a showcase for international cinema on environmental themes, beginning this Aug. 25.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Public Consultation on Hotel Project Demanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA) and Los Cabos Coastkeeper have called on the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources to hold a public consultation on the construction of a tourism complex in the northwestern state of Baja California Sur.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Despite Forest Management, Logging Leads to Financial Losses

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Even when sustainable management regulations and logging cycles established by the law are strictly followed, logging causes irreversible losses in the productive value of Amazon forests, according to a study by the Luiz de Queiroz Higher School of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Used Batteries Collected on Margarita Island

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An environmental group from Margarita Island, located in the Caribbean Sea off the northeast coast of Venezuela, has launched a campaign to collect used batteries from the island’s 400,000 inhabitants and the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit every year.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Firefighters Plant Trees in the Capital

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A contingent of 25 members of the Tegucigalpa Fire Department has joined the government initiative to plant 200,000 trees in the Honduran capital and three neighboring municipalities over the next six months.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Zeolites Increase Agricultural Yields

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The use of natural zeolites in agriculture increases crop yields while minimizing environmental impacts, new Cuban research has found.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Geologists Warn of Landslide Risks in Capital

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four marginalized neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa are at "high risk" of facing major landslides during the rainy season, a team of geologists from Costa Rica concluded after a three-week study in Honduras.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Relocation of Electric Power Substation Demanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental and social organizations in the Argentine city of Berazategui are calling for the relocation of an electric power substation to a less populated area and legislation on the placement of these facilities.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Anti-Transgenic Food Campaign

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Greenpeace Mexico has a launched a computer application called "Clean Out Your Cupboards" to help consumers avoid industrially processed and genetically modified foods.
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