Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Soldiers Guard the Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
For the past three months, some 2,000 soldiers from the Honduran army have been guarding the principal ecological preserve locations around the country to prevent illegal logging. They also have been dismantling illegal sawmills and starting a program of reforestation.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Protection for Flora and Fauna Names

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the next few days Brazil will be sending to foreign patent and trademark offices a list of the traditional names of Brazilian flora and fauna so that they cannot be registered as commercial trademarks.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Activists Want to Make an Example of Monsanto

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental watchdog Greenpeace wants the Mexican government to apply sanctions against Monsanto, to make an example of the agribusiness transnational for planting genetically modified cotton without authorization.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Honey Instead of Coca

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Colombian government project to produce honey instead of planting coca bush in the northern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta yielded five tons of the sweet stuff in 2005 and is projected to produce 30 tons for export to Europe in 2006.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Nanotechnology for Agricultural Development

By IPS Correspondents and - -
On Apr. 18, Brazil inaugurated the country's first laboratory for applying nanotechnology -- the science of manipulating particles measuring one-millionth of a millimeter -- to agricultural development.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: New Law on Biofuels

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina's Congress approved on Apr. 19 a new law on biofuels to promote the production and use of plant-origin alternatives to petroleum, through tax incentives and market quotas.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Inland Resort Threatened

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan resort Semuc Champey, a hydric complex of ponds, waterfalls and the Cahabón River, is being hurt by deforestation, says the organization Trópico Verde.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Astronaut Awakens Interest in Science

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, returned to Earth after one week at the International Space Station as a new national hero. And his space journey awakened a new vocation in students at the Sao José dos Campos school, who particpated in two of the eight experiments Pontes conducted during the mission.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: The Triumphant Return of Sardines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The sardine returned to Venezuelan dinner tables at the beginning of Catholic Holy Week, when fish traditionally replaces meat, following the 21,000-ton catch along the northern coast.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Skepticism Surrounds New Environment Ministry

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ecological groups have expressed skepticism about the creation of a Ministry of Environment by the new Chilean government of Michelle Bachelet, and doubt it represents a change in environmental policy.

Ecobreves – CUBA: More Funds for Sabana-Camagüey Ecosystem

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved a budget of 4.1 billion dollars to continue a huge project to preserve the biodiversity of Cuba's north-central Sabana-Camagüey ecosystem, which stretches across five of the island nation's provinces.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Forestry Certification On the Rise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The proportion of environmentally certified forests in Brazil nearly doubled in the past two years, while worldwide it increased 70.25 percent, according to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Criticisms Raised Against Official Pro-Biotech Stance

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Rural Reflection Group (GRR) in Argentina has criticized its government for defending the dominant model for producing genetically modified soybeans and maintaining positions in line with the biotechnology corporations, during the biodiversity summit that ended Mar. 31 in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Eco-Corridor to Be Expanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan capital's municipal government approved the "Metropolitan Ecological Corridor Conservation" project, to preserve the forests that surround the city.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: More African Palm Grown for Biodiesel

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran government will promote the cultivation of 200,00 hectares of African palm over the next five years to produce the alternative fuel known as biodiesel.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Satellites Reveal Misleading Data

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil is less urbanized than what official statistics indicate: the total urban area (with pavement, basic infrastructure services, telephone systems, homes and businesses) covers just 0.25 percent of the country, according to a study by the satellite monitoring center of the Brazilian agricultural research agency, Embrapa.

Ecobreves – A new campaign against GMOs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmentalists and other activists celebrated April 1 in eight Mexican cities the first World Day Against Transgenics, another name for genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

Ecobreves – To the rescue of Venezuela's Lake Valencia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Venezuelan government will compensate around 3,500 poor families who were affected by the expansion of Lake Valencia that occurred in 2005, but hundreds more complain about the lack of assistance.
Red Guacamaya. - Claudio Contreras

Ecobreves – Combatting animal trafficking in Guatemala

By IPS Correspondents and - -
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras will draft a transnational operations manual in the next four months for fighting the trafficking of animals in danger of extinction.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: It's a Go for Space Mission

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mar. 30 space flight of Marcos Pontes, Brazil's first astronaut, "will give visibility to our space program and will make citizens understand why it is necessary," Sergio Mauricio Brito Gaudenzi, president of the Brazilian Space Agency, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Sustainable Development for Wetlands

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An environmental organization in Argentina presented a project for the sustainable development of a wetland in the eastern region, considered a priority area for the conservation of biodiversity.
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