Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Industrial Forestry Charged as Unconstitutional

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The advance of eucalyptus plantations to produce pulp for the companies Stora Enso, Votorantin and Aracruz in southern Brazil is unconstitutional, according to Domingos Sávio da Silveira, federal prosecutor for the fourth region, which encompasses the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Another Pulp Mill Disaster Investigated

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Licancel plant of the Chilean company Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (CELCO), located in the central region of Maule, is accused of responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of fish and aquatic birds in the Mataquito River, where it discharges its waste.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Art-Fest for Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Painting, sculpture, photography, music, literature and performance are part of the Festival of Water, under way Jun. 17-23 in 11 municipalities of the southeastern Venezuelan state of Bolívar.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Beyond the Tropical Image

By IPS Correspondents and - -
"To understand the climate changes in Brazil it is essential to abandon the tropical country myth and look also at the other regions," warns paleoclimatologist Jefferson Cárdia Simões, of the Brazilian Antarctic Program.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Less Forest Burned

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Honduras has lost 27,000 hectares of forest to fire in the past 12 months, but it is far less than the annual average of 50,000 hectares of forest destroyed by fire for the last five years.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Trees for the Capital

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 100,000 trees of native species will be planted in the next couple months as part of a reforestation program for the Mexican capital.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Environmental Film Series

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina's Environmental Secretariat has launched a film series and a screenplay competition centered on the environment.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Environmental Opinions from the Poor

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ninety-seven percent of the low-income residents of the capital say the city's environmental quality is "mediocre" or "very poor", 77.7 percent believe "environmental problems are not important to the politicians", and 86.2 percent think the environment is neglected due to "lack of education".

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Airports as Source of Solar Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project for airports to generate solar energy is the upcoming initiative of the new Institute for the Development of Renewable Energy in Latin American (its Spanish acronym is IDEAL).

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Tourists and Fishers on the Tail of the Orcas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Venezuelan ecological society Vida Marina has called on tourists and fisherfolk to help track the killer whales coming from the North Atlantic Ocean and arriving in the South Caribbean Seas.

Ecobreves – CUBA: A Windy Hand from India

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Cuban program for developing wind energy is among the beneficiaries of a broad cooperation agreement signed in Havana by India's minister of renewable energy, Vilas B. Muttemwar, and Cuba's Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Expedition to Identify Amazon's Birthplace

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazilian researchers are in the Peruvian Andes to determine where the Amazon River begins, and to collect local geographical and environmental data.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Financing Micro-Enterprise to Protect Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The United Nations Development Program and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration will provide support to the tune of 27.9 million dollars to micro-business in the region that protect the environment.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Claims Against Shell for Oil Spill

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Eight years after an oil spill along the Rio de la Plata coast, Argentine residents who were affected are demanding that the transnational Shell Oil company clean up the river and pay for damages.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Database for Assessing Water Services

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Academics are preparing the first database in Mexico to analyze the performance of public and private suppliers of water services.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Dams Can Make Use of Methane

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon could generate 30 to 50 percent more energy by making use of the methane gas found in the waters, says a study by the National Institute of Space Research.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Chimney Controversy in the Capital

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Intendant of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Adriana Delpiano, criticized the use of wood-burning stoves in the Chilean capital, which on Saturday, May 12, recorded its worst level of air pollution since 1999.

Ecobreves – CUBA: A Drill Against Hurricanes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Practice in evacuation of people and property, and clean-up of rooftops and drainage systems were some of the activities of the Meteoro 2007 operation, a drill carried out May 19-20 aimed at reducing the damages caused by hurricanes in Cuba.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: New Release of Crocodiles and Turtles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With the arrival of the first rains this month in Venezuela, 343 Orinoco crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius) and some 5,000 young giant South American river turtles (Podocnemis expansa), raised in captivity since they hatched a year ago, were released in rivers and marshes.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Activist Pressure Discourages Chevron

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Civil society pressure, denunciations and legal measures are the reason the transnational oil giant Chevron backed off its plan to build a gasification plant near Mexico's Coronado Islands, say activists.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Towns Regulate Forest and Mineral Management

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Three central Honduran municipalities -- San Jerónimo, Ojo de Agua and Comayagua, in Comayagua department -- approved a joint management plan to regulate and preserve forest and mineral resources.
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