Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – CUBA: Biogas – With Vietnam's Help

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A biogas plant with a capacity of 80 cubic meters is being built on a poultry farm in Cuba, one more to add to the 65 medium and large plants already operating in the livestock province of Las Tunas.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Moss Under Threat from Christmas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Bags of moss sell for a dollar per half-kilo on the sidewalks of downtown Caracas and in other Venezuelan cities, often with the officials looking the other way. It is against the law, but the moss is used in Nativity scenes and other Christmas holiday decorations.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Critics Aim at Genetic Resources Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The public consultation for a legislative bill on genetic resources in Brazil only allows comments by mail or Internet, which impedes the participation of many traditional communities who possess vast knowledge on the use of biodiversity, criticize social justice groups.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: A Push for Renewable Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE) over the next five years will finance small and medium scale renewable energy projects with 89 million dollars.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Warning to Real Estate Investors

By IPS Correspondents and - -
If legal actions against the Paraíso del Mar real estate project are successful, those who invested in the western Mexican state of Baja California enterprise will lose a lot of money.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Whale Deaths Double

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The unusual spike in the number of dead whales found on the beaches of the southern Argentine province of Chubut in October and November has caused concern at the Whale Conservation Institute (ICB).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: National Plan Announced Against Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The National Plan for Climate Change to be elaborated by the Brazilian government is much welcome, though it should have been done and implemented long ago, say activists.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Fishers Save the Dolphins

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Dolphins that are part of the Caribbean seascape of the Venezuelan coastline have won the respect of artisanal and sports fishers, ensuring that these mammals are enjoying good health, biologist María Gabriela Silva, of the environmentalist group Seavida, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Protecting Pets from Natural Disasters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Cuban Animal Protection Association and the governmental Cuban Society for Veterinary Medicine will work together to devise ways to protect household pets during natural disasters or war.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Solar Energy for Sao Paulo's Public Buildings

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Public buildings to be constructed in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, with 40 million inhabitants, will have solar energy units to heat at least 30 percent of the hot water consumed.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Everyone Against Whale Hunting

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Government, Parliament and non-governmental organizations in Chile rejected Japan's announcement of renewed hunting of more than 1,000 whales, for supposedly scientific purposes, in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, near the costs of Australia and New Zealand.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Fish Farm Concessions for Government Dams

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's Fisheries and Aquaculture Secretariat is offering concessions for raising fish in areas near dams and other public water bodies, with the aim of legalizing the status of clandestine fisherfolk.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Consumer Watchdog Blames Tobacco Companies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Corporate interests are feeding the "I Smoke" campaign in Mexico, an effort by smokers against reforms that would put stricter limits on cigarettes, according to the non-governmental organization Power of the Consumer (El Poder del Consumidor).

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Activists Demand New Forestry Agency

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Olancho Environmentalist Movement (MAO) in eastern Honduras is urging the government to create the Institute of Forestry Conservation to execute the related law, approved two months ago.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Youth Concern for Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 200 young people will gather in December in the eastern Argentine city of Chascomús to celebrate the first National Water and Youth Conference.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Dead Cattle Contaminate Beaches

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Decomposing remains of dozens of cattle floated near beaches and coastline of Triste Gulf, in the Venezuelan Caribbean, in the days following the Nov. 5 shipwreck of the DM Spiridon, sailing under Lebanese flag, in the port of Cabello.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Bio-Pesticides for Export

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba will soon begin production of bio-pesticides effective against disease vectors. The products will be available on the domestic market and for export, according to sources from the business group Laboratorios Biofarmaceúticos.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Rio Prepares for Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Rio de Janeiro, threatened with losing its beautiful beaches as sea levels rise, will be the first Brazilian state to complete a plan to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Mining Companies Accused of Pressuring Lawmakers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Civic Alliance for Mining Law Reforms has accused mining companies operating here of putting pressure on Congress to postpone approval of legislative changes.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Sugarcane Expansion Rejected

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The population of the Brazilian town of Uberaba, in the eastern state of Minas Gerais, has mobilized against the expansion of sugarcane fields.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: 50 Projects for Achieving the MDGs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 50 projects of public policy and of civil society actions aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Argentina were presented at a course for promoting the goals, adopted in 2000 by the United Nations.
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