Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Over-Fishing the Paraná River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Proteger Foundation of Argentina, which promotes sustainable development around the Paraná River, warns that artisanal fisherfolk in the region face "an unprecedented crisis" due to over-fishing.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon Deforestation on the Decline

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's environment ministry announced this month a 31-percent decline in the deforestation rate of the Amazon region.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Stan Leaves Bitter Taste for Coffee Growers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 5,000 people associated with coffee production in Mexico are looking at a gloomy forecast for 2006, following the destruction of more than 100,000 hectares by Hurricane Stan in October.
- Mauricio Ramos.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Virtual Path to Nature

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An Internet site based in Argentina is promoting environmental education among Latin American children and adolescents.

Ecobreves – C HILE: Presidential Candidate Opposes Native Forest Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Michelle Bachelet, candidate for the governing center-left coalition in Chile and favored in the polls for the Dec. 11 presidential elections, expressed her opposition to the native forests bill, which has the preliminary approval of a Senate commission.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Green Horseback Ride

By IPS Correspondents and - -
On horseback and bearing a message of respect for the environment and cultural diversity, a group of people is traveling across Mexico, reviving a sort of nomadic life.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Guácharo Cave Is Crumbling

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Stalactites, stalagmites and other formations in Guáharo Cave, in northeast Venezuela, the largest in the country at 10.2 km long, are threatened by sewage, garbage left behind by visitors, and rats that are destroying birdnests.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Horses for the Cure

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts from Cuba and Uruguay are working to build a Latin American alliance to promote "equine therapy", using horses as a therapuetical tool.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Promoting Fruit Growing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With the aim of developing Guatemala's fruit industry, the government will plant 6,149 new areas with fruit species, announced Alvaro Aguilar, agriculture minister.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Border Zone Development

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A million-dollar project to promote ecological, tourism, agricultural and archeological development in western Honduras, in the area bordering Guatemala, was recently approved by the BCIE, the Central American Economic Integration Bank, as part of a bilateral plan between the two nations.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Conference to Set Environment Policies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
"Integrated environmental policy and sustainable use of natural resources" will be the central themes of the second National Conference on the Environment, in which government and civil society delegates will participate in Brasilia, Dec. 10-13.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Protection for Cerrado Ecosystem

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Cerrado, a savannah-like ecosystem that covers a fifth of Brazil's territory, is slated to receive 81 million dollars under a program for environmental protection.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Pinabete Tree in Danger

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The national forest institute, INAB, issued a warning about the extinction of the pinabete tree in Guatemala -- the result of illegal cutting of this tree during the Christams season.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Pacific Reserve Expanded for Species Protection

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Colombian Ministry of Environment extended the fauna and flora sanctuary from six to 25 nautical miles from Malpelo Island, located in the Pacific Ocean.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA:: In Search of Young Eco-Leaders

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Around a hundred children and youths from Latin America are in the running to be part of the "Ecopibes" council, an Argentine organization dedicated to education for sustainable development.

Ecobreves – PERU: Herbal Viagra

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The pharmaceutical company Hersil de Peru, which works with endemic medicinal plants, is about to launch a new product based on 'maca' (Lepidium meyenii Walp), known popularly as "herbal Viagra" because of its supposed sexual stimulant qualities.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Smuggling Snakes by Mail

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Nine small boa constrictors were found last week by postal employees in Caracas, inside a package destined for the United States that raised suspicions because the return address was incomplete, reported Miguel Arévalo of the Postal Institute.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Protecting a Poisonous Lizard

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Guatemala's National Council of Protected Areas, CONAP, will begin a strategy for preserving the endangered venomous beaded lizard "Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti", native to the Motagua region, east of the capital.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Construction Put to Hurricane Test

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ecological and inexpensive building materials proved again this year how strong they are in withstanding hurricanes, according to a survey conducted in this city, 268 km from Havana.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Metro Grows, Pollution Declines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chile's President Ricardo Lagos announced on Nov. 15 the start of two projects to extend the Metropolitan Railroad, slated for 2009, to benefit several impoverished districts around the capital

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Negotiating Pay for Reducing Deforestation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil will propose negotiating some form of financing or compensating forest conservation during the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to take place Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 in Montreal, Canada.
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