Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Water Recycling as Business

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The utilization of wastewater is big business for Brazil's big cities, which could solve their water shortage problems, Marcelo Zanini, director of the water treatment firm Biosistemas, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: A Revolutionary Equation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A mathematical equation created in Mexico for predicting how an object grows or shrinks, using digital images, is proving useful for many sciences, particularly medicine.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: World Youth for Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 400 young people from 50 countries will participate Apr. 12-14 in an international Water and Youth Festival in the Argentine capital to determine ways to ensure access to water and to have a voice in public policies.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Chiquita Turns to Organic Bananas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The U.S. transnational company Chiquita Brands has proposed a plan to the Honduran government to grow organic bananas, free of agrochemicals, in the southern part of the country.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Precautions Against Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The imminent rainy season in Cuba is expected to be very warm, and has put authorities on the alert because of the potential for wide proliferation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the dengue virus.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Anti-Dam Campaign Goes International

By IPS Correspondents and - -
From Mar. 23 to 30, a delegation of the U.S.-based non-governmental Natural Resources Defense Council will visit the Chilean Patagonia region to see the areas affected by the construction of four hydroelectric dams.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Scientists Promote Hybrid Cars

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Hybrid vehicles -- which run on a combination of electricity and gasoline -- emit 50 to 80 percent less pollution, according to a study by the Polytechnic Institute of the University of Sao Paulo.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Greater Effort Needed Against Desertification

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Non-governmental organizations have called for more effective action to halt desertification in Latin America.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Green Living Begins at Home

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An environmental clean-up project that since 2006 has been implemented at Mexico's Environment Ministry building could be applied to all of the government's environment offices beginning in May.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Use the Internet to Protect Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Network of Forest Peoples set up antennas and equipment to connect eight isolated Brazilian communities and 30 offices to the Internet with the aim of making them agents of environmental defense.

Ecobreves – Reycling Kitchen Oil

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Preventing contamination by recycling used cooking oil is the aim of a University of Sao Paulo project, run by the clean technology lab, Ladetel, in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil's sugar cane capital.

Ecobreves – CUBA: To the Rescue of Fernandina's Flicker

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Measures to preserve the habitat of the bird known as Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) in a protected area of the central Cuban province of Villa Clara are helping to boost the population of this endangered species.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: On War Footing for Eco-Laws

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Civil society movements in Honduras gave their greatest show of force in three years on Mar. 6 by paralyzing the country for delays in approving two laws for regulating mining and forest industries.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Biodegradable Plastic On Its Way

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A team led by physicist Alejandro Müller, of the polymer research department at Venezuela's Simón Bolívar University, is working on a new biodegradable plastic based on a mixture of polycaprolacton and manioc fiber (Manihot esculenta).

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Breaking the Car Habit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In 2008 the results will be ready from a study about the dependence of Mexicans in 50 urban areas on their cars. The unprecedented study will define indicators for tracking the issue and suggest strategies to reduce reliance on automobiles.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Banana's Useful Fibers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Students from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) are taking advantage of the banana stalk to develop BananaPlac, a colorful laminate that can be used for furniture, walls, car panels, among other things, replacing traditional formica.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Refrigerator Exchange

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine government will grant credits and subsidies in 2007 to consumers to exchange -- over the next three years -- old refrigerators for new ones that are more energy efficient.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Alarm Sounded on Rat Migration

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Caracas city government forced hundreds of street vendors off the main avenues of Caracas in January, resulting in a mass migration of rats to neighboring residential areas. The rodents had fed on the tons of garbage generated daily by the informal vendors, said residents.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Case of Murdered Ecologist Goes to Court

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The February 1995 murder of environmentalist Janeth Kawas will be presented in May before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, for impunity and delay of justice, human rights activist Bertha Oliva told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Heavy Rains Threaten Vegetable Crops

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The intense and unexpected rainfall over central Chile in mid-February will affect the production of various fresh vegetables, mostly onions for export, the Chilean vegetable producers association, Hortach, announced.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Zero-Carbon for Sao Paulo Carnival

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Greenhouse gases produced by Sao Paulo's Carnival, Feb. 16-24, will be "compensated" by the planting of trees through an agreement with the environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica.
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