Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: A Bank for Depositing Garbage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A "garbage bank" will premiere this year in Santa Teresa del Tuy, a bedroom community southeast of Caracas where some 300,000 people live, and who generate 100 tons of solid waste each day, the project's main promoter, ecologist Oswaldo Alvarado, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Pink Flamingos Return to Nest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Active nests of pink flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber), which saw a sharp decline during the Cuban droughts of 2004 and 2005, underwent a boom last year when the rainfall returned to normal levels.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Permaculture Is Coming

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Permaculture, which promotes human habitat that follows the patterns of nature, will arrive in Chile with a meeting to take place in the capital in September.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Wanted: Logging Assassins

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Mexican peasant farming family, whose loved one was murdered by loggers in May, lives under death threats and the authorities are doing little about it, say activists.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Debate on Climate Change Risk and Adaptation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Coordinating efforts to confront the usual threats from the weather and finding ways to adapt to climate change were among the purposes of a Latin American workshop organized in the Uruguayan capital by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Atuel River Case Before the Supreme Court

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Entrepreneurs, trade unionists, farmers, environmentalists, politicians and students in the central Argentine province of La Pampa have denounced before the Supreme Court the abusive usage of the Atuel River in neighboring Mendoza province.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: An Indigenous Future in Eco-Tourism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five communities in the Honduran jungle region of Mosquitia over the past four years have development micro-projects for ecological conservation that have drawn tourists but also generated jobs.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Peasants Tested for Toxins from Mining

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty health experts finished tests of 62 inhabitants from El Pedernal, a village in the central Honduran valley of Siria, to determine if they have high levels of cyanide, lead, arsenic and mercury from mining operations nearby.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Kids Protect Ozone Layer

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Through the end of August, children in the fifth and sixth grades at schools in Chile's Tarapacá (north), Metropolitan (central) and Magallanes (south) regions can participate in a painting contest titled "I protect the ozone layer."

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Producing Natural Fertilizers and Pesticides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the Venezuelan southwest, near the Colombian border, the government has inaugurated the first of 21 laboratories to produce bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Climate Change Threatens Coastline

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Uruguayan politicians and citizens must be aware of the threats of climate change, especially for the coastal areas, says Pablo Mandeville, the United Nations permanent representative in this small South American country.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agro-Toxins Kill Bees

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A cocktail of agro-chemicals increasingly used in direct planting of soy is decimating bee colonies in Brazil's far south.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Green Rooftops to Clean the Air

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Azoteas Verdes (Green Rooftops) project, of the municipal government of the Historic Center of Mexico City, aims to improve household ecology by planting bushes and gardens on buildings' rooftops. The first will be completed in four months.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Excess Glyphosate Found in GM Soy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some of the genetically modified soybean harvested in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná in 2005-2006 surpassed the limit of glyphosate herbicide permitted by the national health regulatory agency, Anvisa.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Mountain Film Fest in Ushuaia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The southern Argentine city of Ushuaia will host the First International Mountain Film Festival, Aug. 19-24. The events include sports activities, photo exhibits and presentations on conservation issues.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: River Recovery Campaign

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The "Adopt-a-River" project, presented by the Honduran government, is an effort to prevent contamination and the use of water sources as dumps.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: 26 Million Trees Planted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Tree Mission, which was launched in Venezuela a year ago as a five-year plan to plant 100 million trees on 150,000 hectares at the heads of the tributaries of the Orinoco River, has already completed a quarter of its target, reported the authorities.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Distance Dispute Between GM and Traditional Maize

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A distance of a minimum of 100 meters between a commercial field of genetically modified corn and another field of conventional or organic corn is enough to prevent genetic contamination, says a proposal by Brazil's National Technical Commission on Biosafety.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Mapuches Win Battle Against Dump

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The municipal government of the southern Chilean city of Temuco backed away from a project to construct a new sanitary landfill which came under fire from indigenous Mapuche communities and the University of the Border.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Tighter Regulations for Mines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The reforms of the Honduran Mining Law, expected to be approved in August, entail stricter controls over the mining companies, ranging from higher taxes to potential fines of more than one million dollars, legislative sources told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Electricity for Rural Guantánamo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peasant farmers who live near the hydroelectric dam of the Guaso River in the eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo will see their living conditions improve as a result of a project to take place in the second half of 2007.
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