Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Three Forestry Victories

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará on Dec. 4 created seven conservation zones covering 15 million hectares. Together, they form a vast ecological corridor north of the Amazon River, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Colombian border.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Fruitful Recycling Effort

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An experimental project for recycling domestic waste, implemented this year in 810 households in Havana's San Isidro neighborhood, has produced organic material for use as fertilizer and income from the sale of solid waste materials.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: A Boost for Water-Saving Toilets

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Foundation for the Defense of the Environment (FUNAM) has called for requiring new construction in Argentina to install double-discharge toilets and plumbing systems that make the most efficient use of water.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA:: Film Expedition to Benefit Wildlife

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Yaguarundí Expedition, made up of researchers and filmmakers, will travel through the Colombian Caribbean beginning in January 2007 to produce documentaries about endangered species and ecosystems.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Final Touches on Ecotourism Plan for Amazonia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
After five years of preparation, the Brazilian government is putting the final touches on the plan for ecotourism in Amazonia, which will be ready in six months, environmental official Alan Milhomens told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Benefit of the Doubt for New Environment Minister

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Activists say they are satisfied with the naming of Juan Elvira as the environment minister for the new government of Mexico, but that his stated intention of making the environment a central issue of public policy will be difficult.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Seeds to Be Imported for Biodiesel

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the first quarter of 2007 Honduras will import from Malaysia 1.5 million sacks of hybrid seed to plant some 7,200 hectares of African palm (Elaeis guineensis J.). The aim is to produce biodiesel fuel.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Saving the Walnut Tree

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental authorities are carrying out a conservation plan for the Venezuelan walnut (Juglans venezuelensis), native to the mountains that separate the capital from the Caribbean sea, a habitat that is under threat from logging, urbanization, soil degradation and changes in rainfall patterns.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Membrane Maintains Fruit Aroma

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The membranes -- very thin "skins" made from different materials, generally plastic polymers -- can recover complex aromas and improve the quality of Brazil's agricultural products, say scientists.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Hydroelectric Plans Advance in the South

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Comptroller General of Chile granted the Hydro Aysén company a provisional electrical concession to begin studies for the construction of four hydroelectric dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers, in Chile's 11th region of Aysén, 2,000 km south of the capital.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: The Internet as a Tool to Foment Energy Efficiency

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A web site of Uruguay's Ministry of Industry seeks to promote energy efficiency amongst its customers.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Controversy Over Registry of Pollutants

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental groups say they will prevent the Mexican government from making good on its intention to release local industries from having to measure eight of the greenhouse gases they emit.

Ecobreves – BOLIVIA: Protection for Isolated Peoples

By IPS Correspondents and - -
At a conference Nov. 20-22 in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, experts, indigenous communities and government officials will propose public policies to protect isolated populations in South America's tropical jungles.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Designing Eco-Friendly Heaters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine researchers will present a project this month in innovations of gas heater design in order to double their efficiency and reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Growing Freshwater Pearls

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In a pioneering initiative in Brazil, the University of Sao Paulo is studying the viability of in vitro cultivation of two threatened bivalve mollusk species in order to use some of them for producing freshwater pearls.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Protecting Bats Can Be Profitable

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers at the National University of Colombia are working to raise awareness in local communities about the importance of preserving the caves where bats (Miniopterus schreibersii) seek refuge, and that bat guano is useful as organic fertilizer.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Training for “Servants of the Environment”

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In December the first 30 youths will graduate from a Honduran education project that for the past two years has been teaching children of farming families about environmentally friendly farming techniques.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Mega-Cities Far From Meeting Air Quality Standards

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's major cities will have to reduce their air pollution much more if they hope to comply with the new parameters for air quality established by the World Health Organzation (WHO).

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Flamingos Enjoy Good Health

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- So far in 2006, in the northwestern Venezuelan marsh of Los Olivitos alone, 6,700 Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) have hatched, reports Betsabey Motta, from the Environment Ministry's office of biodiversity.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: European Union to the Rescue of a River Basin

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Over the next 18 months the European Union will be promoting a reforestation project in the Goascorán River Basin, along the Honduras-El Salvador border, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Eco-Gardens in the City

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Urban crops in Cuba will produce some 4.3 million tons of vegetables and fresh herbs this year, Adolfo Rodríguez Nodals, head of the National Urban Agriculture Group, told Tierramérica.
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