Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Human Rights Charges Against Gas Company

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations of the Caribbean region of Omoa, in an effort to oust a polluting Mexican gas company, have knocked on the doors of the Honduran Human Rights Commissioner.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Last Gasp of Rare Porpoise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Efforts are failing to prevent the extinction of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a rare species of porpoise that is native to Mexico. From 1999 to 2008, its population has plummeted from 600 to 150 animals.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Tepid Project on Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil has a project in place to create a National Climate Change Policy, defined by interministerial commissions and sent to Congress as part of the government's celebrations of World Environment Day, Jun. 5.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Eye on Waste Management Bill

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Congress is to debate a law to regulate and recycle waste, especially in urban zones, parliament president Roberto Micheletti told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Two More Birds on Verge of Extinction

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The tiny Carrizal seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis) and the chululú tachirense (Grallaria chthonia) have been added to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) Red List as birds in critical danger of extinction in Venezuela.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Saharan Dust Inhibits Hurricanes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Dust from the Sahara Desert that reaches the tropics of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea could attenuate the formation and intensity of hurricanes, especially in July and August.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Environmentalists Join Forest Authority

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Groups united in the Olancho Environmentalist Movement (MAO), led by Catholic priest Andrés Tamayo, won inclusion in a temporary commission that will design the policies of the recently created Forest Conservation Institute of Honduras.

Ecobreves – WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: Fighting Climate Changing Emissions

By IPS Correspondents and - -
World Environment Day was accompanied June 5 by a call to "kick the habit" of producing carbon dioxide, the principal gas associated with climate change.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Dengue Vaccine by 2010?

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A vaccine that could be effective against four strains of dengue will be available in Brazil in 2010, announced the Butantan Institute, a government research center in Sao Paulo state.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Connecting a Brain to a Computer

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers in Mexico are working on an invention that connects the brain of a disabled person to a computer, which it can give orders just by thinking.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Danger for Hake Fish

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Wildlife Foundation of Argentina warns that the common hake fish (Merluccius hubssi), the country's main fishing resource, is on the verge of collapse due to over-fishing.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Families Paid to Take Care of Jungles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Family Forestry Grant, an innovative program of the northwestern Brazilian state of Amazonas, will benefit 2,000 more families by December, paying 50 reais (29 dollars) per month to those who help preserve the forest.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: A Bid to Curb Contaminants

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Citizen groups and public and private organizations in Honduras have agreed to search for ways to regulate the trans-border movement of toxic pesticides.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Tierramérica Wins International Zayed Prize

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The weekly news service on the environment and development, Tierramérica, was awarded the Zayed International Prize in the category of Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society, granted by the United Arab Emirates.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Government Against All Whale Hunts

By IPS Correspondents and - -
One month before the Chilean capital hosts a meeting of the International Whaling Commission, President Michelle Bachelet has repeated her rejection of allowing hunts for scientific purposes.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Legal Instrument to Protect Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The recently created Institute of Forest Conservation (ICF), entrusted with executing and supervising the application of the new Forestry Act in Honduras, is taking form following the arrival of its new director, Suyapa Otero.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Annual Rite with Crocs and Turtles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela released some 900 young Orinoco crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius), hatched in nurseries and biological research stations of the Environment Ministry.

Ecobreves – CUBA: More Control over Energy and Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Cuban National Assembly of Popular Power created a special commission made up of 32 deputies to reinforce government control over efficient energy use and environmental protection.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Discovery to Remove DDT from Soil

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Placing trays of carbon on soil contaminated with DDT eliminates up to 60 percent of this insecticide, a persistent organic pollutant, according to a study at the Autonomous University of Mexico.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Hot Weather Feeds Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Honduras is facing an intense heat wave that is causing an average of six forest fires per day and a dense layer of smoke that has meant the temporary closing of the main airport terminals and rescheduling of flights.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Rice Revolution Calls for Improved Varieties

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The use of improved rice varieties and better cultivation practices will be at the core of a technological revolution proposed by rice growers in Latin America.
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