Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Glass Containers Banned in Parks

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela has prohibited glass containers in its 43 national parks and 17 natural monuments, which cover a combined total of 13 million hectares, or 15 percent of the country.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Saving a Native Bird

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers from the National Flora and Fauna Protection Agency in Villa Clara, 268 km from Havana, are promoting the recovery and conservation of the blue-headed quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), endemic in Cuba and in danger of extinction.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Difficulty Enacting Forestry Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The recently approved Forestry Law in Honduras could turn into dead letter if the next director of the Forestry Conservation Institute (ICF) comes from the logging sector, which for decades has led deforestation in this Central American country, warn ecologists.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Larvicide to Fight Dengue Mosquitoes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A natural pesticide that eliminates mosquito larva may help control the dengue epidemic in Brazil. The disease has killed at least 44 people in Rio de Janeiro.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Environmental Atlas of the Sea

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 50 experts from a variety of institutions and disciplines put together an Atlas of Environmental Sensitivity of the Argentine Coast and Sea, with data on fauna and flora, water salinity, fishing resources, contamination, and other aspects.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Highway Halted Through Forest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican government has postponed approval of a new highway near the capital that would affect 120,000 hectares of forest that are home to a vast biodiversity, following heavy pressure from local farmers and environmentalists.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: First Trimester Sees 150 Forest Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Honduran officials reported 150 forest fires so far in 2008, most of them in the central department of Francisco Morazán, where the national capital is located.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Students Keep an Eye on Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean Water and Energy Education and Culture Committee, involving the National Environment Commission and five other public agencies, launched the "Let's Take Care of Water" contest on Mar. 25, aimed at primary and secondary students in the capital.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Supermarkets Help Protect Ozone Layer

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's supermarkets agreed to reduce emissions of substances that deplete the ozone layer, in cooperation with the Environment Ministry and the refrigeration industry.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Forestry Law in Limbo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Forestry Law is adrift because the creation of the forestry conservation institute -- which would apply the law -- has yet to be defined. It would replace the governmental agency Honduran Corporation of Forest Development.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Internships Among Lobsters and Turtles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Lobsters, turtles and shellfish will be the subject of study beginning in April as part of the final stretch of the Venezuelan school year, through an internship program at the biology station that Los Roques Science Foundation maintains in the archipelago of the same name in the Caribbean.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Study Proves Glyphosate Toxic

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The herbicide glyphosate, used in Argentina to eliminate weeds in soybean fields, takes time to degrade and is not innocuous, says a study by researchers from various Argentine institutions.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Classifying Underground Waters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Underground waters in Brazil are already categorized according to their characteristics and degrees of contamination, and an indication of the appropriate use for each aquifer.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Reports of Mistreated Cattle

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty percent of the livestock sold in the cattle market of San Bernabé, in the state of Mexico (neighboring the capital), are injured, ill and even in their last throes.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Fish at Risk of Reproductive Collapse

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty-two percent of the 142 species of marine fishes in southern Brazilian waters are at risk of reproductive collapse, says a new book.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Red Tide Over the Orinoco

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Hundreds of liters of red liquid waste were spilled in the waters of the Orinoco River near Ciudad Guayana, 500 km southeast of Caracas and center of heavy industry, including steel, iron and aluminum mills and hydroelectrical production.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Salmon Workers Denounce Death of Diver

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Conatrasal, the Chilean national confederation of salmon industry workers, is demanding that the Navy and the courts investigate the cause of death of a diver who was harvesting salmon at a fish farming operation in the southern region of Aysén.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Reforestation Efforts Slide in Guantánamo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Poor coordination amongst government institutions slowed a program of forestry farms in the Cuban province of Guantánamo, which suffers dry conditions and desertification.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Historic Ruling Defends Wetland

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A 20-kilometer embankment constructed by an agri-business firm in the Esteros del Iberá wetlands, in the eastern Argentine province of Corrientes, must be demolished, says a court order.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Banks Join Defense of Amazon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Banks, whether public or private, will have to apply environmental criteria as of July 1 in granting loans for rural activities in the Brazilian Amazon.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Protests Against Forest Exploitation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 400 residents of three villages in El Porvenir municipality, located in the central Honduran department of Francisco Morazán, have protested forest exploitation on Pacaya Hill, which is the source of their water supply.
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