Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Pesky El Niño Returns

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The cyclical climate phenomenon known as El Niño will return at the end of theyear, but will lack the strong intensity if had in 1997-1998, when it triggered droughts and devastating fires in Brazil, say meteorologists here.
Aguará-Guazú - Sergio Minini.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: The Return of the Aguará-Guazú

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The reappearance in Uruguay of an "aguará-guazú", or maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), the first one sighted here in 16 years, could help finance a study of this canid species.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Keeping an Eye on the Jaguar

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Fifteen research and photo stations deep in the jungles of the northern Guatemalan department of El Petén are tracking the behavior of jaguars, which face extinction due to deforestation and over-hunting.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Energy Drink Formula Seeks Market

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Students at Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute developed a unique energy drink that combines sugarcane juice and an endemic plant that is also believed to be a sexual stimulant. In six months, it may be ready to compete on the market.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon Deforestation Still a Worry

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Although deforestation of the vast Brazilian Amazon region has seen an "encouraging" decline this year, the forested area destroyed is equivalent to more than half the territory of Belgium, according to the head of the Amazonian Institute of Man and the Environment, Carlos Souza Junior.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Calls for Highway's Environmental Impact Study

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents and environmentalists in the central Argentine province of Córdoba denounced that for the past six months a 25-km road project has been under way to unite two tourist towns, but that they haven't been given access to the environmental impact study.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Much-Feared Duckweed Generates Income

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Three resident cooperatives in the San Luis neighborhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city, located on the lake of the same name, have obtained up to 5,000 dollars per day for harvesting lemna sp, the much-feared water lentil, or duckweed, that has taken over the lake's surface.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: 'Green' Village at Heart of a Mountain

By IPS Correspondents and - -
El Pino, which covers more than 107 million hectares in the northern Honduran department of Atlántida, is being promoted as "the green villate" for the environmentally sustainable activities of its residents.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Majority Heeds Anti-Smoking Decree

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With few exceptions, Uruguayans are obeying the six-month-old presidential decree that bans smoking in enclosed spaces, whether public or private, aside from one's own home.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Water Dispute with Argentina Resurfaces

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chile has renewed its protest against Argentina's publication of maps that annex the southern territory of Campos de Hielo Sur (Southern Ice Field of Patagonia), one of the planet's largest reserves of freshwater.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: World Record for Container Collection

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil, world champion in recycling of aluminum cans, has achieved the same record for collecting used containers for agro-chemicals, surpassing similar programs in countries of the North, like Canada and Germany.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: An Eye on Nuclear Waste in the Pacific

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan government and private entities have opened a laboratory for detecting contamination from toxic and nuclear substances in industry and ship traffic in a portion of the Pacific Ocean.
- Claudio Contreras

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Coffee, Ally of the Heart

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazilian experts are working to prove the benefits of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) for treating heart diseases and Type 2 diabetes, in a groundbreaking study that will take place over four years and involve nearly 4,000 volunteers in this South American country.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Volcanoes Awaken

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Hundreds of Guatemalans are in danger on the slopes of the Pacaya and Fuego volcanoes, which have recently seen increased activity.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Transgenic Maize Knocking at the Door

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmentalists, scientists and small farmers in Mexico are on alert after the government announced that it is ready to authorize experimental fields of genetically modified maize. The groups say it would be illegal and irresponsible.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Small Farmers to Protect Water Source

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Fifteen farming families will each earn 100 to 260 dollars a month over the next three years for maintaining the forests on the banks of the Cubatao River, which provides water for the half-million residents of the city of Joinville in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA:: Protecting Biodiversity on Triple Border

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala have agreed a biodiversity project with a budget of 4.6 million dollars aimed at benefiting some 670,000 people in more than 45 municipalities along the three countries' shared border.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Dredging to Prevent Floods

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Authorities from the town of Montería, in the northern Colombian department of Córdoba, will begin dredging and rehabilitation work in September on La Caimanera channel.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Tobacco Banned in Green Zone

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The 75-hectare Parque del Este (East Park), a green area in the middle of the Venezuelan capital, will become smoke-free before the end of the year, announced Parks Institute spokeswoman Carolina Albarrán.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Predicting Local Severe Storms

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts at the Cuban Institute of Meteorology's forecast center have designed a system -- still in the experimental stages -- for predicting local severe storms, which cause serious damage in this Caribbean island nation.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Garbage Collectors Demand Recognition

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The "catadores" (informal garbage collectors) of Belo Horizonte, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, will launch their fifth Festival of Garbage and Citizenship.
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