Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Canadian Funding for Protected Areas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Canada has provided Honduras with 52,000 dollars to enhance the management of protected areas, through the Forest Conservation Institute (ICF).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL : Study Reveal Limits of Amazon Basin’s Resilience

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Amazon basin shows signs of a transition to a "disturbance-dominated regime", including changing energy and water cycles, concluded the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), a research initiative carried out over the course of 20 years.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Local Communities Lead Up Mitigation Efforts

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The residents of Costa de los Amates, a region of Honduras near the border with El Salvador, are gearing up for community work aimed at preventing the flooding of the Goascorán River during the winter season.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: First Energy Efficient Neighborhood

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A multi-stakeholder forum made up by civil society organizations, private companies, academic researchers and the government plans to create a neighborhood in Argentina with 100 solar-powered homes.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Future of Cities Depends on Sustainability

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Sustainability is decisive for the future of Mexican cities, concludes a new book on conditions in the country’s urban areas.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Analyzing the Impacts of Plastic Bags

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A study undertaken by the Technological Research Institute of São Paulo (IPT) will assess the impacts of plastic bags on a typically Brazilian environment. The statistics currently used in the country to measure these impacts come from foreign research.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Victory Over Yellowtail Moths

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Significant advances were made last year in the battle against yellowtail moths (Hylesia metabus) in towns along the northeastern Venezuelan peninsula of Paria. The moths inhabit the mangrove swamps of the Gulf of Paria which separates Venezuela from the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Website on Endangered Animals

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity (ICMBio), a Brazilian national government agency, has launched a new website with information on endangered species found in the various conservation units for which the institute is responsible.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Regional Loan for Wastewater Treatment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has approved a one-million-dollar loan to finance a wastewater management project in the Honduran capital, aimed at combating pollution in the Guacerique River basin, one of the city’s main sources of water.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Available in Clinics

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 500 lung cancer patients at 65 polyclinics in Cuba have begun to receive treatment with the CimaVax-EGF therapeutic vaccine, developed by the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) on the western outskirts of the country’s capital.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Sea Level Rising More Rapidly Near São Paulo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The sea level of the Atlantic Ocean is rising increasingly rapidly on the northern coast of the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo, according to a new university research study.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Air Pollution Standards Demanded

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The poor air quality in the Mexican capital points to the urgent need for regulations on the use of clean fuel and the control of motor vehicle emissions, warned a non-governmental organization.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: New Earthquake Shelter Opened

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has joined forces with the local beneficiary population to build the first earthquake shelter in Honduras.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Solar Power for Coffee Drying

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Small-scale coffee growers in the northern Honduran region of Subirana are promoting the use of solar power to dry coffee beans in order to mitigate the pollution caused by other processes. Similar initiatives are also underway in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: First Wind Power Project to Debut in Indigenous Region

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Twelve wind power turbines are really to be installed in Alta Guajira, a region in northwestern Venezuela bordering on Colombia, in what will be the first phase of a wind park that will supply electricity to some 10,000 families. Most of the project beneficiaries belong to the Wayúu indigenous ethnic group, whose members live on both sides of the border.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Cyanobacteria Could Be Used for Biofuel Production

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The use of cyanobacteria as an alternative source of biofuel production is being studied by a team of researchers at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) at the University of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Serious Flaws in Forest Mapping Denounced

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations in Argentina have raised the alarm over the destruction of the forests of El Espinal in the northeastern province of Corrientes, due to serious flaws in the mapping of the region.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Overlooked Waste Recycled into Plastic Products

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A technique developed by the Lorena School of Engineering at the University of São Paulo takes advantage of plastic wastes that are rarely recycled to produce plastic panels for automobiles, furniture and other uses.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Joining Forces to Save the Zambuco Lagoon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Idyllic Zambuco Lagoon in the northern Honduran community of Esparta is being restored through a joint wetlands conservation project involving the government, civil society and local residents.

Ecobreves – CARIBBEAN: Building a Common Natural Disaster Strategy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Academic institutions and cooperation agencies from Spain and Cuba are organizing a forum in Havana on natural disaster risks in the Caribbean, with the aim of contributing to the design of integrated regional response strategies.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Companies Violate Rules on Waste Tires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Tire manufacturers and importers in Brazil have been failing to fulfill their obligation to ensure the proper disposal of used and waste tires since 2002, according to a study by engineer Carlos Lagarinhos from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo.
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