Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – CHILE: Government and Ecologists Clash over Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean government began an environmental education campaign - "Care for the Air: Breathe Easy" - to encourage using bicycles and public transportation instead of individual cars, dampening the ground before sweeping to prevent raising dust, and to discourage the burning of leaves in the polluted national capital.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: A Living Museum in the Middle of the Amazon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Learning about the Amazon's biodiversity will be easier after March 2010, with the inauguration of the Museum of the Amazon, near the jungle metropolis of Manaos. Scenic overlooks, giant aquariums and hanging walkways in the treetops will give visitors an opportunity for direct observation.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Incentives for Cocoa Crops

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The non-governmental Foundation for Rural Business Development is working in the Honduran jungle region of La Mosquitia, applying ecological techniques to grow cocoa.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Guantánamo Farmers Improve Standard of Living

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A boost in capacity of an old hydroelectric dam and international cooperation for reforestation and for improvement of distribution networks are raising the standard of living for residents of the Guaso basin in the eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agrarian Reform to Pay for Reforestation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Farmers who received land in an Amazonian distribution will receive about 50 dollars a month to reforest their plots, announced the government's national settlement and agrarian reform agency, INCRA.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Restrictions on Sábalo Fishing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Given the national government's delay in setting a quota for exports of the sábalo fish (Prochilodus lineatus), an overexploited river species, the eastern province of Santa Fe established the maximum for catches until year end.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: A Law to Fight Natural Disasters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran parliament last week passed its first law to prevent and mitigate risks related to natural disasters and to establish greater institutional coordination for confronting such events.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: A Factory of Green Ideas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexico's University of the Environment (UMA) will begin in September a program in environmental law and public policy.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Weed Problem Worsens in Lake Maracaibo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The lemna sp, or duckweed, extends like a skein about 30 centimeters thick over Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela. The weed covers 13 percent of the lake's 12,000 square kilometer surface.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Creating a Market for Industrial Waste

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's National Waste Exchange will help set up trade in industrial waste among companies through an Internet site.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: A Boost to Food Security

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Special Program for Food Security (PESA for its Spanish name) in two years has improved the living conditions of more than 14,000 families in rural Honduras, an official source reported to Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Mapuches Unite for Rights

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Leaders of the Mapuche, the largest indigenous group in Chile, announced a new offensive against the Michelle Bachelet government to demand greater land, political and cultural rights.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Invention to Curb Industrial Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Industrial sulfate pollution could be practically eliminated using a biological process discovered at the Engineering School of the University of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Grass for Ethanol

By IPS Correspondents and - -
From greenhouse-grown grasses in the southern Mexican town of Atlixco, some 150 km from the capital, a new type of biofuel could ultimately emerge.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Women Jailed for Defending Water Source

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of the northwestern Argentine province of La Rioja oppose exploration for an open-pit mining operation and have denounced "political persecution" against them.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Better Labor Practices in Sugarcane Fields

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil seeks to eliminate trade barriers for its ethanol, especially in the European market, with its National Commitment to Improve Labor Conditions in sugarcane production.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Baby Terecay Turtles Head to Orinoco River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuelan school children released 1,000 young terecay turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) on the banks of the Caura River, a major tributary of the Orinoco.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Crop Varieties to Confront Hurricane Threat

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Agricultural scientists are working in Cuba to develop crop varieties that can withstand hurricanes and are resistant to other climate adversities as part of a food security strategy.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: World Bank Cancels Loan to Meat Processing Plant

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, rescinded 45 million dollars of financing granted in 2007 to the Grupo Bertin, Brazil's largest beef processing plant.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Polluting Mining Company Finances Public Universities

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Foundation for the Defense of the Environment, in the central Argentine province of Córdoba, reported that a mining company whose vice-president has been indicted for polluting is handing out millions of dollars to public universities.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Recession Puts Bike Plan on the Skids

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The economic crisis has put the Mexico City government's plan to expand bicycle paths -- which now total 80 kilometers -- on hold. The expansion plan coasted to a halt in late 2007.
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