Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Seeds to Restore Burned Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A government program for tree seedbeds, with community participation, began last week in Mochima National Park and the coast and islets of northern Venezuela.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Simple Device to Economize Electricity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba has begun producing devices made from clay to be placed in household electric ovens to help save energy, company officials from the factory in the coastal municipality of Gibara told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Mining Co. Sued for Polluting

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Environmental Prosecutor Aldo Santos reported that the mining company Entremares, subsidiary of the Canadian consortium Glamis Gold, will be charged with polluting the central valley of Siria and of hiding information from the authorities.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Incentives to Modernize Public Transport

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A loan from the World Bank will allow Mexico to plan public passenger transportation and promote it as an alternative to the traffic jams of individual cars that are a problem in at least 40 cities in this country with a population of more than 500,000.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Freshwater for the World

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Amazonas Aquifer, the largest known in the world, is a strategic reserve of potable water, say Brazilian authorities.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Jesuits Launch Eco-Campaign

By IPS Correspondents and - -
"Later is too late" is the campaign launched by the Society of Jesus in Honduras, working with various civil society groups, that seeks to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the environment.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Renewed Mapuche Opposition to Airport

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mapuche organization Ayún Mapu, which includes eight communities of Chile's largest indigenous group, will turn to the courts to prevent the construction of an airport on their land in the region of Araucanía, near Temuco, 670 kilometers south of Santiago.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: A Push for Eco-Lighting

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental group Greenpeace is pressuring the Mexican Parliament and businesses to promote the replacement of incandescent light bulbs with ecological alternatives.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: To the Rescue of Stranded Marine Animals

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine environmental activists and officials have united to help marine animals that are in situations of risk along the coast of the province of Buenos Aires.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Government Suspends Logging Permit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Honduran authorities ordered a halt to logging in 600 hectares of forest in six communities of Valle de Siria, in the central department of Francisco Morazán, in the wake of protests by local residents and clashes with the loggers, which left one person dead and two injured.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Highway Avoids Native Species

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The stretch of road intended to facilitate trade between Honduras and El Salvador is not expected to harm the endemic species the Honduran emerald hummingbird (Amazilia luciae) or the spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura melanosterna) as environmentalists had feared it would.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Blue Scorpion Against Cancer

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuban scientists have isolated three proteins from the poison of the Caribbean's blue scorpion (Rhopalurus junceus), which inhibit malignant cancer cells. The scientists say they are willing to work with other laboratories to expand the research.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Preparing for Cochabamba Climate Summit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 100 people will be part of the Chilean delegation to the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, to take place Apr. 19-22 in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Plant Fiber Production Expands

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian Amazon region is beginning to reinstate itself in production of plant fibers, benefitting from campaigns against plastics.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Readying for Reforestation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela's Environment Ministry announced that it will finalize resources for the Tree Mission, a reforestation program for river headwater areas begun in 2006, and now intended to recover national parks affected by the fires resulting from the drought that has lasted since 2009.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Worm-Made Fertilizer Regenerates Soils

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The use of organic fertilizer made by worms is on the rise in Mexico.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Threats Against Eco-Activists

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental and neighborhood groups in the eastern Argentine province of Santa Fe have reported threats that they believe are related to their fight against the spraying of dangerous agrochemicals near urban zones.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Macaúba Palm for Biodiesel

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The macaúba (Acrocomia aculeata), an abundant palm native to Brazil, will be important raw material for biodiesel, according to Entaban Ecoenergetics of Brazil, a partnership of Spanish and Brazilian capital.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Fires Cover Caracas in Smog

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A hot, dense haze covered the Venezuelan capital in late March, when the ash from a series of fires across some 140 hectares on Mount Ávila, which looms over the capital, mixed with the city's usual air pollution

Ecobreves – CHILE: Quake Shifted the Environmental Calendar

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government's environmental agency CONAMA on Mar. 19 suspended for 15 workdays the deadlines for proceedings before the Environmental Impact Evaluation System in the regions of El Maule, Bío-Bío and La Araucanía, the hardest hit by the Feb. 27 earthquake.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Eastern Region under Seismic Alert

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A quake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook up residents in Cuba's southeastern provinces, prompting concern about increasing seismic activity in the Caribbean, most notably the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
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