Tierramerica - Ecobrief

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.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Traditionals to Have Own Policies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A national proposal that would benefit the 4.5 million members of Brazil's traditional peoples and communities will be drafted by a commission of 15 of their representatives and 15 government delegates by the end of August.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA:: Looters in the Ruins

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Most of the archeological sites in the northern Guatemalan department of El Petén, cradle of the Maya culture, are at the mercy of looters due to the lack of funding to pay for guards.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Betting on Organic Bananas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Honduras and the multinational corporation Chiquita Banana (subsidiary of the U.S.-based United Brands Company) are planning to cultivate 200 hectares of organic banana at the end of the year.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Water Without Salt

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Scientists at the public Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) are developing a megaproject to desalinize sea water, using renewable energy in an effort to provide the essential resource to urban centers in the country's desert northwest.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Controversial Tires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
On Sept. 4 will be the second hearing of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for debate on the restrictions of imports of recycled tires in Brazil.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Stop Atomic Credits

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Environmental, civil society and neighborhood organizations in the central Argentine province of Córdoba are calling on the World Bank to halt credits to the National Atomic Energy Commission, CNEA.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Innovative Hydrogen Buses

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five buses fueled by hydrogen will circulate in Sao Paulo and four neighboring cities beginning in 2007, with innovations similar to those in industrialized countries.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Love for the Mangrove

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The exposition "For Love of the Mangrove", organized by the National Center for Improvement of Science Education, will run through August at the Lía Bermúdez Art Center in the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Clean Release of the Last Oil-Contaminated Penguins

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean government's National Forest Corporation (CONAF) has completed the recovery project for penguins contaminated with petroleum, rescuing 54 of these birds living in the extreme southern region of Magallanes, 3,000 km south of the capital.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Organic Tilapia for Export

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The private company Aquafinca Saint Peter Fish, established in northern Honduras, will export to the United States more than 11,000 kg monthly of organic tilapia fish filets beginning in August.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Summertime Accidents

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The intense summer heat, vacations and the need to get into the Caribbean water wherever and however has sounded the alarm in Cuba, where drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death.
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Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Border Closed to Toxic Waste

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Colombia will not import toxic or nuclear waste, according to a resolution by the Environment Ministry.

Ecobreves – MEXICO:: Marine Fauna Contaminated

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The international environmental watchdog Greenpeace has asked Mexico's health authorities to respond to the contamination of marine fauna that poses a threat for human consumption.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Demands for Ecological Integration

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine environmentalists have proposed that the countries of Mercosur (Southern Common Market) take a regional focus for drafting policies that involve their shared natural resources.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Mangroves in Danger

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five-hundred hectares of mangroves are destroyed each year in Guatemala, which could devastate 40 percent of the country's mangrove ecosystems, says Carlos Albacete, of the organization Trópico Verde (Green Tropics).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Copaíba as Anti-Inflammatory

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A study conducted by University of Sao Paulo's Ribeirao Preto science department has certified the anti-inflammatory properties of the copaíba plant (Copaifera officinalis).

Ecobreves – CUBA: Mass Disappearance of Bats Skews Ecological Balance

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Between 250,000 and half a million bats have disappeared from the Gato Jíbaro cave in the Cuban province of Matanzas, east of Havana, threatening area plant life, warn specialists.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Green Schools Look to the Future

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran government, backed by the business community, has introduced the “Green Schools” project to recover and preserve the main watersheds near Tegucigalpa.

Ecobreves – CHILE:: State-Run Mining Company Faces Investigation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chile’s Chamber of Deputies voted unanimously to investigate the state-owned National Copper Corporation (Codelco), to determine its responsibilities in polluting the capital’s Carén estuary.
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