Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – PERU: River Tube Proposed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The contamination of the Rímac River, which supplies water to the Peruvian capital, can be reversed by running it through a tube of at least 70 km, says engineer Nicolás Morales in a proposal to the authorities.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Aquifers Exhausted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The aquifers that provide water to around two million people in the Guatemalan capital are running dry, say assessors from Empagua, the municipal water agency.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Eyes on the Cerrado Ecosystem

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Cerrado, a type of savannah that is the second largest Brazilian biome, surpassed only by the Amazon, has finally become the center of attention of concerned government officials and environmentalists.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Sculptures Denounce Impacts of Pesticides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Small sculptures made of clay and silicone, representing deformed fetuses inside glass jars, have caused a stir in Chile. They are part of a unique protest of the effects of indiscriminate use of pesticides on crops.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Electrical Weeds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The 'marabú' (Dichrostachys cinarea), a weed that has proved difficult to eradicate from fields in Cuba, could become the raw material for generating electricity, through a project that is the brainchild of experts from the University of Camagüey.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: A Vote Against Whales?

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations, led by the international watchdog Greenpeace, denounced that Guatemala would vote in favor of reducing protection of whales, especially the hunting of minke whales.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Women to Export Bio-Pesticides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the Marcala region, in the central Honduran department of La Paz, a group of women is preparing to export biological pesticides to other Central American countries and to Europe.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Measuring Air Pollutants

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Venezuelan Environment Ministry is testing vehicles traveling on one of the main access routes to Caracas to assess the emissions of contaminating gases.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Biological Vaccine for Cattle

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Colombian agricultural research agency CORPOICA last week released the first biological vaccine developed in this country to fight 'ranillas', a blood disease spread amongst cattle by flies and ticks.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Activists Condemn 'Illegal' Pier

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican government faces an international lawsuit if it does not order the demolition of a large pier built ''illegally'' just 50 meters from a reef along what is known as the Mayan Riviera.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: A Boost for Sustainable Tourism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Aboard a vessel anchored off the river port of Iquitos, capital of the Peruvian Amazon, representatives from 17 Latin American countries and Spain pledged on Sep. 3 to promote tourism activities that do not harm the environment.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS:: Ecologists Still Not Satisfied

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Olancho Environmentalist Movement (MAO), based in northeast Honduras and led by Roman Catholic priest Andrés Tamayo, is considering staging yet another ''march for life''.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Plague of Locusts

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Locusts have inundated several communities in the Guatemalan department of Jutiapa, east of the capital; an unprecedented event for that region.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Rangers Lacking to Protect Resources

By IPS Correspondents and - -
There are just 240 rangers in Guatemala to protect thousands of hectares of biological reserves that Congress has declared national natural heritage sites.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Development with a Dose of Conservation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Productive projects and environmental conservation efforts will be carried out in parallel in at least 80 communities in the desert south of Honduras, along the El Salvador border, presidential spokeswoman Armida López Contreras told Tierramérica

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Exotic Insect Attacks Local Crops

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Dozens of Venezuelan plantations of cacao (Theobroma cacao) and guanábana, or soursop (Annona muricata), and greenhouse-grown cayenne (Capsicum frutescens) have been hit in recent weeks by a plague of pink hibiscus mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Banana Trees Resistant to Sigatoka Fungus

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two banana varieties developed by Brazil's agricultural research agency Embrapa are providing hope for farmers in fighting black sigatoka, the most destructive disease afflicting this fruit.

Ecobreves – CUBA: More Hurricanes Feared

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Even before recovering from the damages caused by Hurricane Charley, the people of Cuba were crossing their fingers with the approach of September and October, the months of greatest cyclone activity.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Different Hooks to Save Sea Turtles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture launched a campaign to convince dorado and shark fishing operations to change the type of hooks they use as a means to prevent accidental capture of sea turtles, which are in danger of extinction.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Bacteria Produce Biodegradable Plastic

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine researchers announced on Aug. 20 that a new industrial process is available to produce a plastic that quickly degrades after being buried. The key in production is the Azotobacter chroococcum bacterium.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Water and Sanitation for Indians

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Colombian government will begin the second phase of the project ''Environmental Improvement in Indigenous Communities,'' which is to benefit some 100 Ticuna Indian families in the Amazon region.
« Previous Page — Next Page »
*#*