Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Cleaner Buses Take to the Streets

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Public transportation contractors are introducing environmentally friendly buses in the eastern section of Mexico City.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Authorities Crack Down on Illegal Activities in Amazon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An operation carried out by the Brazilian national environmental authority, IBAMA, in the Amazon region has led to the seizure of 19,000 hectares of illegally deforested land and the confiscation of 5,400 head of cattle and close to 51 million dollars.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Eco-Materials Help Improve Housing Conditions

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thanks to dozens of workshops now producing eco-friendly building materials in Cuba, the housing and living conditions of 3,383 families have been improved in the last year alone, according to academic sources.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Rescuing the Remains of the Caparo Forest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The University of the Andes in Venezuela is calling for urgent action to salvage the remains of the Caparo Forest, located in the southwestern lowlands and fed by tributaries of the Orinoco River, which has suffered from uncontrolled logging since the late 20th century.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agrotoxics Used to Save Biodiversity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organisations have turned to an old enemy, toxic agrochemicals, as an extreme measure to combat invasive plant species that are threatening native flora in conservation areas.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Forest Management Demanded to Prevent Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A non-governmental organisation is urging the Mexican government to promote sustainable forest management as a means of preventing serious forest fires.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Europe Offers Assistance to Protect Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The European Union has donated close to 31 million dollars to Honduras to strengthen the national institutions responsible for the preservation and management of forests, which have been hit by an upsurge in forest fires this year.

Ecobreves – CUBA: New Economic Model Includes Seed Conservation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
At the sixth congress of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba, held in Havana Apr. 16-19, a proposal was adopted to include measures to guarantee the production, improvement and conservation of seeds within the country’s economic policy.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: IFAD Funding for Food Security Programmes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Honduras will receive 37 million dollars from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for sustainable agriculture and food security projects that will benefit 40,000 families in 64 poor municipalities.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agro-ecological Techniques Lower Production Costs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Agro-ecological techniques make it possible to produce organic food at a cost that is 84 percent lower than through traditional agricultural methods, according to a research study conducted by the Luiz de Queiroz Higher Institute of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo in Piracicaba, Brazil.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Madeira River Home to World’s Greatest Fish Diversity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, is the river with the greatest diversity of fish species in the world, according to a recent study by the Federal University of Rondônia.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Ban on Toxic Insecticide Demanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A network of environmental organisations is calling on the Mexican government to prohibit the sale of the insecticide endosulfan.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Campaign to Oppose Nuclear-Generated Electricity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A network of environmental organisations in Argentina has launched a campaign to get electricity users to tell their service providers that they do not want electricity generated by nuclear power.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: More Military Troops to Fight Forest Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Congress has authorised the creation of a contingent of 2,000 military troops specialised in controlling and combating forest fires.

Ecobreves – OIL: Cuba Promises Environmental Safeguards in the Gulf of Mexico

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba has pledged to adopt all necessary environmental safeguards as it prepares to begin drilling five oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico, which it shares with Mexico and the United States.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Sigatoka Disease Spreads Through Banana Plantations

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Heavy, sustained rainfall outside the normal rainy season has triggered an upsurge in the spread of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the fungus that causes Black Sigatoka disease, in banana plantations south of Lake Maracaibo in northwestern Venezuela.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: More Than 500 Forest Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the first quarter of 2011, over 500 forest fires were recorded in 16,973 hectares of forest, Trinidad Suazo, director of the Forest Conservation Institute of Honduras, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Super Plastic Developed from Fruit Fibres

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers at the State University of São Paulo have created a new plastic ideal for use in automobiles from fruit fibres, using nanotechnology.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires to Contract Cooperatives for Waste Collection

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The city of Buenos Aires will contract 13 cooperatives to handle the collection and recycling of all of the capital’s dry wastes as of 2012.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Guaraní Aquifer Threatened by Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The illegal dumping of garbage and toxic agrochemicals used in sugarcane farming poses a serious threat to Latin America’s largest groundwater reservoir, the Guaraní Aquifer, according to the Institute for Technological Research (IPT) in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Illegal Dam Construction Under Investigation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Office of the Special Prosecutor for Ethnic Groups in Honduras is investigating the construction of small hydroelectric dams without the required environmental licences in the western department of Intibucá, which is home to most of the country’s Lenca indigenous people.
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