Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: More Protection for Trees in Caracas Demanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Local residents and environmentalists are angry that a dozen trees were cut down to clear the way for a new mausoleum on the north side of Caracas to house the remains of Venezuela’s independence leader and founding father, Simón Bolívar.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Children Head Up Environmental Patrols

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Girls and boys from ten schools in Tegucigalpa are collecting and recycling trash and using the proceeds to pay for their own school snacks, as well as taking part in patrols that educate the public and ensure that garbage is deposited in the proper place.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Communities Planting Trees

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran capital and the southern city of Choluteca are leading up an environmental awareness initiative based on the reforestation of watersheds and other deforested areas.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Deforestation Continues in Mata Altȃntica

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Between May 2010 and May 2011, another 133 sq km of forests were cleared in the already devastated Mata Altȃntica (Atlantic Forest) biome of Brazil, according to data from the SOS Mata Altȃntica Foundation and the National Institute for Aerospace Research.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Climate Dialogue Forum Created

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five civil society organizations have established a national indigenous-campesino (peasant farmer) roundtable for dialogue and decision making on climate change, deforestation and soil degradation.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Volcanic Ash Used to Make Bricks

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Architects from Argentina have designed bricks for housing construction made from the huge amounts of ash that fell in the southern part of the country a year ago following the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano chain in Chile.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Pig Slaughterhouse Shut Down

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean government declared a health alert in the town of Freirina, 800 km north of Santiago, in response to the pollution and foul odor emanating from the nearby Agrosuper pork processing plant.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Program to Protect Highly Endangered Bird

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research and Bararida Zoo in the city of Barquisimeto are launching a program to protect the red siskin (Carduelis cucullata), a highly endangered bird that lives in the country’s northwest region.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL : Mapping the Jaguar Genome

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Deciphering the gene map of the jaguar (Panthera onca) is the goal of a new project being jointly undertaken by a number of Brazilian institutions.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Satellite Monitoring of Natural Resources

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A satellite monitoring system donated by the government of Taiwan will enable the creation of a database of natural resources in Honduras and the damages they could suffer as a result of disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Decline in Renewable Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The generation of energy from renewable sources in Latin America dropped from 25 percent of total output in 1990 to 23 percent in 2009, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Greenhouse Effect of Amazon Hydro Dams Revealed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The planned construction of 22 hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon region over the next eight years will cause the emission of 153 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a new study reveals.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Mega Cities in Search of Climate Leadership

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Representatives of civil society, political organizations and the private sector from Buenos Aires, Mexico City and São Paulo, the three most populous cities in Latin America, met in the Argentine capital to promote leadership around the climate change issue.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Increased Public Concern Over Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Climate change is considered a “very serious” problem by 65 percent of Brazilians interviewed in a survey conducted by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) in December and released in the second week of May.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Unprecedented Campaign for Reforestation in Patagonia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A campaign jointly organized by public and private agencies aims to plant one million trees in the Chilean region of Patagonia, which has lost more than three million hectares of native forest in the last 100 years through fires and logging.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Caracas Residents Affected by Cement Plants

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of Chuao, a neighborhood in southeast Caracas, are protesting against a cement plant installed near their homes which releases large amounts of harmful particulates into the air they breathe.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Heat Enhances Biomass Energy Generation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Luiz de Queiroz School of Higher Studies in Agriculture at the University of São Paulo has developed a technique to increase the energy production capacity of sugar cane and eucalyptus waste.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Moringa Trees for Reforestation and Nutrition

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The moringa tree (Moringa oleifera), native to India, is being used in Honduras to reforest the area around the Nacaome River dam, in the southern department of Valle, as well as to provide a nutritious source of food for local communities.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Chaco Forests Threatened by Cattle Ranching

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine branch of the environmental organization Greenpeace has denounced the alleged deforestation of an area of forest where logging is restricted in the northeastern province of Chaco.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Partnership to Protect Environmental Rights

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The non-governmental Mexican Center of Environmental Law (CEMDA) and the public but autonomous National Human Rights Commission have signed an agreement for the protection of human rights guarantees.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Campaign for Communities Blighted by Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean environmental organization Oceana has launched a campaign to support the communities of Ventanas and Puchuncaví, which face severe impacts from the pollution created by a nearby copper foundry and three coal-fired thermoelectric power plants.
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