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Ecobreves – HONDURAS: EU Promotes Environmental Protection
The European Union will launch a program in March to protect ecosystems in the Caribbean, including the coral reefs shared by Honduras, Guatemala and Belize, said a government source.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: A Reserve for Springs
The Guatemalan government plans to build bridges and paths in the Cerro San Gil Spring Reserve, in the eastern department of Izabal, to promote ecotourism.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Focus on Climate Change
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay have agreed to draw up a joint program for evaluating the impacts of climate change in the Rio de la Plata basin and preventing potential natural disasters.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Transgenics on the Table
The international small farmers' group Vía Campesina has pledged to stage a broad protests against genetically modified crops at the world conference on agrarian reform to be held Mar. 7-10 in Porto Alegre, and another on biosecurity, Mar. 13-17 in Curitiba.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Alert for Loss of Forests
The environmental group Finis Terrae has denounced the "irrational" forest management in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina's southernmost province, and warned that if things continue as they are, there will be no forest left in seven years.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Studies Planned for Petén
Geologists from Germany, Guatemala, Switzerland and the United States have just begun environmental studies of Guatemala's Petén Itzá lake, located 510 km north of the capital.Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Bio-Gasoline Use Expands
More than 450 service stations in Colombia have sold bio-gasoline -- a mix of 90 percent gasoline with 10 percent carburant alcohol -- to more than 1.5 million drivers since Feb. 1.Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Eyes on Dangerous Chemicals
Delegates from more than 100 countries agreed to pass on to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) the formulation of a strategic management plan for the more than 70,000 chemical products existing in global markets.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Expo for Amazonian Products
Dozens of products deeveloped by indigenous peoples of the Amazon will be presented at the eighth conference of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mar. 20-31 in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Photos in the Subway
The photography exhibition "Mega-Diverse Venezuela" can be viewed on the walls of the central Caracas subway station Bellas Artes.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Green Light for Water Management Plan
Brazil recently became the first Latin American country to approve its National Plan for Water Resources for the sustainable use, which will be presented at the 4th World Water Forum, in Mexico Mar. 16-22.Ecobreves – CUBA: Peasant Farmers Go Solar
- More than 40 farming families in Valle de Viñales, in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Río, have been illuminating their homes with solar panels since the end of January.
Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Promoting Artisanal Fishing
Some 15,000 small scale fisherfolk along Guatemala's Pacific and Atlantic coasts will benefit from a project "with incentives and aimed at supplying the national market," says Erick Villagrán, coordinator of the government fishing and fisheries agency, Unipesca.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Bets on Recycling
"Buenos Aires Recylces" is a new environmental program designed by the capital's government to process a progressively greater amount of the waste its residents produce.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Ecologists Demand Forest Law
Civil society organizations in the Coalition for Environmental Justice have asked the Honduran government of president-elect Manuel Zelaya Rosales to immediately pass a forest law, which has been frozen in the files of the National Congress for four yearsEcobreves – CHILE: Copper Cages for Salmon Farming
The Chilean government's copper agency, Codelco, has an agreement with the Salmon Institute of Technology to manufacture cages for raising these fish with a special copper alloy that is more resistant to contamination than traditional cages, made from synthetic fibers and galvanized steel.
Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Sights Set on Biodiversity
Brazil's Ministry of Environment is distributing a guide to promote participation in the eighth conference of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mar. 20-31 in the southern city of Curitiba.Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: UN Oversees Manual Eradication of Coca Crops
The United Nations will send 11 people to observe the manual eradication of 4,600 hectares of coca fields in La Macarena nature reserve, located in the central Colombian department of Meta.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: The Year of the Jaguar
Guatemala's environmental officials have declared 2006 the Year of the Jaguar as part of a campaign to raise a million dollars to protect the big cat species from extinction.
Ecobreves – MEXICO: Peasants Step Up Opposition to Dam
Mexican peasant farmers who oppose construction of La Parota dam in the southwestern state of Guerrero pledge to step up actions to halt the million-dollar project, following a court ruling in their favor.Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Traveling Show of Spiders and Scorpions
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Tierramérica is the main communications platform on sustainable development and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is produced by IPS Noticias, the agency’s Spanish-language service, which created it jointly with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with later support from the World Bank. The weekly editions of Tierramérica are published in Spanish, Portuguese and English and are picked up and printed by dozens of media outlets in the region. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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