Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: A Push for Small Hydroelectric Dams

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four communities in the Río Plátano biosphere reserve, which connects the eastern Honduran departments of Olancho, La Mosquitia and El Paraíso, are promoting renewable energy projects to develop their communities.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: List Released of Slave-Labor Businesses

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In a study released this month by Brazil's Labor Ministry, 192 individuals and businesses were found to be exploiting workers in conditions similar to slavery. In the past few years, more than 20,000 workers have been freed.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Campaign Against Misleading Food Ads

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican non-governmental group Consumer Power, whose complaint won the removal of children's breakfast cereal advertising from television, is now preparing action against similar ads and pushing for legislative regulation.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Alternative Energy for Rural Schools

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project by ecologist and civil society groups in Argentina launched this month will bring wind and solar energy to 125 rural schools across the country that lack access to the electrical grid.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Preparing Mangroves for Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts and residents of Cuba's Ciénaga de Zapata, one of the largest marshes in the Caribbean islands, are preparing for the impacts of climate change on the area's mangroves, coastal vegetation that provides a home to a great array of animal life.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Financing for Indigenous Farming

By IPS Correspondents and - -
From August and for the next five years, the Honduran government will grant loans totaling 15 million dollars to 45,000 indigenous families in the western part of the country in an effort to promote sustainable development projects.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Mysterious Oil Spill

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An oil spill of unknown origin and quantity has since Jun. 29 affected nine beaches along about 50 kilometers of the northeastern Venezuelan peninsula of Paria, near Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Garbage Collectors, Unite!

By IPS Correspondents and - -
On Jul. 11 in Chile, the National Movement of Garbage Collectors was born. With more than 200 members, the celebrated by marching under the slogan "Organized collectors will never be stepped on".

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Sao Paulo Organic Oranges for the World

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Of every 10 glasses of organic orange juice consumed in Europe and the United States, 8.5 are produced from fruit grown in groves in the north of Brazil's Sao Paulo state that are members of Grupo Montecitrus.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Residents Put Brakes on Real Estate Boom

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The residents of the Argentine capital who want to see a halt to the uncontrolled construction have scored a victory in stopping work on about a hundred buildings.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Hydrogen from Organic Waste and Plastics

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexican researchers are developing a system to produce hydrogen from solar energy, gasification of biomass and plastic waste.

Ecobreves – PERU: Oil Firms Asked Not to Contact Isolated Tribes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle on Jul. 5 asked international oil companies to refrain from oil exploration in areas inhabited by indigenous tribes who live in isolation by choice.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Ethanol Into Plastic

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil will use sugarcane ethanol to produce high-density polyethylene (HDPE), used in packaging and in automobile parts. The technology is being developed by the petro-chemical firm Braskem.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Worry Over Clandestine Dumps

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the Santiago metropolitan region there are more than 340 clandestine and illegal garbage dumps, occupying a combined area of nine square kilometers that could otherwise be used for 2,000 soccer fields, concluded a study by the private Andrés Bello National University (UNAB).

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Maracaibo Lake's Eco-Tourism Museum

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Artists, scientists, teachers and entrepreneurs in Venezuela's northwestern state of Zulia have set up a foundation to sponsor the Eco-Tourism Museum of Maracaibo Lake, the largest in South America, covering more than 12,000 square kilometers.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Pulp Mill Waste Used for Roads

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A waste product from the cellulose industry can improve gravel or dirt roads in an environmentally friendly way, says an industrial technology agency in Argentina.

Ecobreves – REGIONAL: Tierramérica's New Face on the Web

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Tierramérica, the region's leading environmental news service published in some 20 Latin American newspapers, has completely renovated its website.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Industrialists Ask for Reform of Environmental Laws

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Brazil's leading business association, will press the government to change environmental legislation and to speed up issuance of environmental permits.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Plastic Into Gasoline and Fat

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexican researchers have developed a chemical process to convert plastics into gasoline and fats.

Ecobreves – CUBA: War on Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A campaign to clean up streets and homes across Cuba was aimed at eliminating breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries dengue.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: New Institute for Forest Conservation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran government announced on Jun. 11 the creation of a Forest Conservation Institute, which will replace the existing Honduran Corporation for Forestry Development (COHDEFOR), entrusted with controlling and regulating the use of the country's forests.
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