Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – MEXICO: A Green University

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The private Ibero-American University of Mexico is working to reduce its harm to the environment through the ambitious "Green Campus" program.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Bioinsecticide Against Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A biological insecticide developed at Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is an effective weapon against dengue because it does not harm human health or the environment, say researchers.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: More and More Garbage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of the Argentine capital is depositing twice the volume of solid waste in sanitary landfills than is allowed under the 2005 "zero garbage" law.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Promoting Quake-Resistant Construction

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Honduran lawmakers, entrepreneurs and the government's emergency commission, COPECO, are promoting new regulations to ensure construction of earthquake-resistant buildings.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Drought Hurts Tourism Marvels

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Catatumbo lightning, an electrical storm that produces 1.6 million bolts each year in northwest Venezuela, disappeared in January as a result of the intense drought that the country continues to suffer.

Ecobreves – CHILE: New Clean Air Standards

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chile's National Environmental Commission approved on Mar. 9 a new standard for environmental quality for particulate matter of less than 2.5 microns, the size that is most harmful to human health when inhaled.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Forest Authority Powerless Against Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Officials from the government's Forest Conservation Institute (ICF) declared themselves incapable of controlling forest fires in Honduras, due to lack of human and logistical resources.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Movement of Toxic Waste Denounced

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine Environmental Defense Foundation issued an alert about the removal of toxic materials from an abandoned vegetable oil production plant in the central province of Córdoba.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Festival to Promote Green Commerce

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A hundred sustainable producers will gather Mar. 13 at Ecofest, the first eco-festival in the Mexican capital, with the goal of promoting consumption of ecological products.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Accelerated Deforestation in Northeast

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Caatinga, the only biome that is exclusively Brazilian and vulnerable due to its arid climate, lost 26,576 square kilometers of forest from 2002 to 2008, with just 53.6 percent of its original forest intact.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Machine for Separating Garbage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A machine invented by students at SENAI, an industrial training center in Concordia, in southern Brazil, can separate out garbage by type, replacing what can be dangerous manual work.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: A Frog for Al Gore

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A frog that measures less than two centimeters long, discovered in the western Venezuelan state of Táchira, was named Allobates algorei in honor of the former U.S. vice-president Al Gore (1993-2001), co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace prize.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Environmentalists Wary of New Government

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chilean environmentalists are concerned about the possible measures to be taken by the incoming environment minister María Ignacia Benítez, given her work as a private projects solicitor before the Environmental Impact Assessment System, some of which came under fire from citizen groups.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Demanding an End to Illegal Logging

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Civil society organizations are demanding that Honduran President Porfirio Lobo declare a total ban on lumber activities, in order to halt illegal logging of the nation's forests.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Nitrogen Plus Water Equals Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Water with an excess of ammonia (NH3) attracts the pregnant female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue, according to a study by the epidemic control agency of the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Environmental Authorization for Space Antenna

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An antenna from the European Space Agency (ESA) in the western Argentine province of Mendoza to study the cosmos and climate change will not be harmful to the surroundings, states an environmental impact study.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: A Call to Protect Marine Species

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Eight marine species native to Mexico are in danger of overexploitation for commercial ends, denounced the environmental group Greenpeace in its "Red List of Fish and Shellfish."

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Water Deficit Deepens

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five Honduran cities, in addition to the capital, are rationing potable water due to shortages of rainfall attributed to the climate phenomenon known as El Niño, according to officials.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Wind Energy Lags Behind Potential

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's wind energy generating capacity jumped 77.7 percent last year, reaching 606 megawatts, over 341 megawatts in 2008, according to the Global Wind Energy Council

Ecobreves – CUBA: Archeology Revives Taíno Past

By IPS Correspondents and - -
As of this month, Cuba has an official archeological site at Los Buchillones, in the central province of Ciego de Ávila, that systematizes studies in one of the places with greatest mysteries about the indigenous past of the Antilles.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Double Blow – Fires and Water Rationing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Several regions in Venezuela are enduring forest and brush fires linked to the drought that began last year, and which forced rationing of water supplies in Caracas and other cities, and of electricity across the province.
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