Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Nanotechnology to Unblock Oil Pipelines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexican scientists are turning to nanotechnology for an economical and effective solution for unblocking oil pipelines -- a problem that otherwise costs companies great sums of money worldwide.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Lawmakers to Investigate Energy Projects

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chile's Chamber of Deputies agreed unanimously to create an investigative committee for energy projects under way in the country and for those recently approved by the government. The committee has 60 days to carry out its investigation.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Sisal Fiber Replaces Plastic in Cars

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In addition to being used for rugs and rope, sisal fiber (Agave sisalana) is being used to produce car parts, like bumpers, mirror holders and panels, according to Brazil's National Industrial Education Service.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Andean Community Tourism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Tropical Andes Program foundation launched its Southern Pathways project, aimed at building a community tourism network among the mountain dwellers in the southern Venezuelan state of Mérida, coordinator Yves Lesenfants told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Communities Help Nature to Heal

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Seventeen communities in the southern Honduran department of El Paraíso will begin efforts in the next two months to preserve the area flora and fauna as part of a sustainability and poverty-fighting project promoted by the European Union.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Seeking Funds for Renewable Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran government is seeking 400 million dollars to build two hydroelectric dams to meet the country's energy needs, and to promote alternative renewable energy projects, like biofuels, with Brazil as a consultant.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Imports of Used Cars Could Be Toxic

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With the doors opened Jan. 1 in Mexico to imports of cars 10 years and older from the United States, air pollution rates could see a dramatic increase, warn observers.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Energy Plan Contradicts Climate Plan

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two weeks after taking on the goals of its National Climate Change Plan, Brazil announced its 10-year Energy Expansion Plan, which calls for building more than 80 fossil-fuel-based thermoelectric plants and 71 hydroelectric plants (many in the Amazon) by 2017.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Certified Organic Crops on the Rise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
During the 2007-2008 season, 30,443 hectares were certified as organic in Chile, according to a report by the governmental Office for Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Green Seal for Technology

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The University of Sao Paulo closed the year 2008 with two important environmental initiatives: the green seal for technological equipments, and the project for a Sustainable Environments and Climate Studies Center.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: When Garbage Becomes a Problem

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Groups of vandals set fire to a landfill where 65,000 tons of solid waste, collected in the north-western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo over the last week of December and the first days of January, had been dumped.

Ecobreves – CUBA: More Organic Fertilizers from Sugarcane

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba’s sugar industry is setting out to increase its organic fertilizer production and use, as it recognizes that these fertilizers are not only good for the environment, but also for the economy as they cut back on imports of chemical fertilizers.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: New Forestry Map Announced

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In six months Honduras will have a new forestry map that will enable it to accurately identify its ecosystems, woodland coverage, and biodiversity, Agriculture and Cattle Minister Héctor Hernández said to Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Protests Against Rally Dakar

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental and citizen groups, academics and lawmakers in Argentina are protesting the Rally Dakar 2009, the race that will be held for the first time in South America, in January, passing through 10 of the country's provinces.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Unstoppable Logging in Monarch Butterfly Reserve

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Logging has not stopped in the monarch butterfly sanctuaries in Mexico, report local residents. The butterflies make annual migrations between Mexico and the United States and Canada.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Fisherfolk Protect Marine Resources

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Fishing communities from the southern Honduran Gulf of Fonseca, on the Pacific coast, began construction in December of the first center for production and management of marine resources, in waters that Honduras shares with Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Ranching Is the Leading Cause of Amazon Destruction

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In Ulianópolis, one of the Brazilian Amazon's most deforested municipalities, 76 percent of the land that was forested is now pasture, according to data from the government's Amazon Protection System.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: An Engine Fuelled by Garbage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An engine that uses garbage, farm and ranch waste and derivatives of oil, coal and ethanol, is the latest invention of Embrapa, the Brazilian agricultural research agency, to bring low-cost energy to poor rural and isolated communities.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Treetop Walkway in National Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The people of Caracas will soon be enjoying El Ávila National Park from among its tallest trees, some 30 meters above the ground, standing on a walkway of hanging bridges 120 meters long.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: EU Funds for Environmental Projects

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The European Union has earmarked for the next five years some 53 million dollars to carry out environmental projects in Honduras's poorest areas.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Complaints Against Draining of Paraná Delta

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of the town of Baradero, in the north of Buenos Aires province, have sounded the alarm about the construction of embankments intended to drain part of the Paraná River delta.
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