Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Spain Aids in Protecting Hummingbird

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Spain has granted Honduras 1.9 million dollars to develop sustainable programs in the habitat of the endangered emerald hummingbird (Amazilia luciae).

Ecobreves – CUBA: Urban Agriculture Boosts Production

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The urban agriculture movement in Cuba produced 409,668 tons of fresh vegetables and herbs in the first quarter of this year, and is now working to offer products even at the height of the northern summer season.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Pets All the Rage in Santiago

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Keeping pets, especially dogs and cats, is a daily reality for more and more residents of the Chilean capital, according to a survey by the social studies and public opinion center at the private Central University.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Biodegradable Plastic from Sugarcane

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil will produce 200,000 tons a year of biodegradable plastic made from sugarcane. This raw material could be used to make fuel tanks for vehicles and containers for yogurt, milk, detergents and other products.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Unionists Demand Eco-Jobs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Labor unionists in Latin America and the Caribbean are calling for greater participation in sustainable development through the promotion of jobs in environmentally friendly technologies.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Nudist Resort Destroys Mangrove

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of Marquelia, a coastal town of some 15,000 people in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, have complained that municipal authorities allowed the destruction of mangrove forests in an area where a nudist resort is to be built.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: A Digital System to Avoid Natural Disasters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The countries of Central America will set up a digital platform to detect areas of risk of natural disasters, and to share experiences in prevention and mitigation, reported the Honduran Permanent Commission for Contingencies, Copeco.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Productive Plan to Save Biodiversity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Technical training, access to credit and strengthening the market are the key points of the national plan for socio-biodiversity productive chains, signed in late April by Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Anti-Dam Campaign Reaches Europe

By IPS Correspondents and - -
May 8 will mark the end of a two-week tour through Spain and Italy by activist Juan Pablo Orrego, international coordinator of the Patagonia Defense Council, which is fighting the construction of five dams in the southern Chilean region of Aysén.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: National Park Restricts Vehicles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Access of all-terrain four-wheel-drive vehicles is being limited in the Cainama National Park, in southeastern Venezuela, bordering Brazil and part of the Guiana massif.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New National Science Team for Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil has created its own 300-scientist panel to assess climate change. The team will update the national inventory of greenhouse-effect emissions, which is still based on 1994 data.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Eco-Promoters for Polluted River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina's Secretariat for Environment and Sustainable Development signed an agreement with the National University of La Matanza to train community environment promoters for the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, the country's most polluted, located south of Buenos Aires.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Forest Fires Claim 17,000 Hectares

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the first three months of this year, forest fires destroyed 17,000 hectares of forest in the southern, northeastern and Atlantic regions of Honduras, say official sources.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: School Kids Turn Eco-Monitors

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Esteban Carrillo, 12, committed his parents to reducing electricity and water consumption at their home in the state if Mexico, neighboring the capital. Along with 549 children, he was named an ecological monitor for his district.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Women Defend Coastal Wetland

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Dozens of women from the town of Tacarigua, 80 kilometers from Caracas and located within the boundaries of a 39,000-hectare national park, have begun a project for collecting and recycling garbage.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Natural Insecticide Production Gets a Boost

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Havana cooperative, beneficiary of the Global Environment Facility's Small Grants Program, is planning an increase in natural insecticide production in order to supply several Cuban provinces.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Delay in Carrying Out Environmental Ruling

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Nearly three years after Chile's Supreme Court ordered a business owner in the central region of Valparaíso to restore a native forest that had been replaced by a vineyard, the government's forest agency, CONAF, is conducting an appraisal of the site.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Renewable Energy Classes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran government has organized training sessions about the production and use of renewable energy, ahead of implementing a series of energy projects in the country's interior over the next six

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Lawsuits Against Obligatory School Busing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Parents of schoolchildren in the Mexican capital are using legal action to fight obligatory school busing, ordered by the city government as a means to clear up traffic and scheduled to begin in September.

Ecobreves – CLIMATE CHANGE: Cold Debate in Bonn

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The first of the five special meeting this year towards achieving a new climate change agreement failed to advance in terms of commitments for reducing emissions that cause global warming.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Fire for Cooking Also Generates Electricity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Brazilian company is selling an efficient wood-burning stove that, in addition to cooking, generates electricity, which could be a boon to Brazilian families living in isolated areas, especially in the Amazon.
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