Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Rural March Hurts Eco-Tourism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thousands of impoverished farming families in Nicaragua staged a march from the coffee-growing region of Matagalpa to the capital, creating an "image of instability" that endangers the investments in eco-tourism centered on the "coffee road", complains the Institute of Tourism.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Green Literacy Campaign

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A literacy campaign geared towards environmental conservation, with a primer titled "Madre Tierra" (Mother Earth), will get underway next year, says Francisco Moscoso, director of the National Literacy Committee (CONALFA).

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Chopping Down Las Yungas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine government has given a company permission to log 1,000 hectares of the northwestern Las Yungas jungle, an area that UNESCO declared a biosphere reserve in 2002.

Ecobreves – PERU: Cocaine Contaminates the Amazon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Peruvian Amazon is suffering major environmental deterioration as a result of the production and trafficking of cocaine, said experts gathered for a seminar in the central-west city of Pucallpa, in the heart of the illegal drug production area.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Revitalizing Industrial Zones

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Public and private entities in Uruguay are working to revitalize abandoned industrial areas of the capital, building housing for low-income families and encouraging economic activity.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Aluminum Factory Rejected

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Organizations from Canada, United States and Australia have called on Chilean President Ricardo Lagos to halt the Alumysa-Noranda project, which plans to build an aluminum processing plant in the country's southern Patagonia region.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Rewards for Environmental Care

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The Honduran parliament is studying a bill that would reward municipalities that promote care of the local environment.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: Citizen Environmental Guarantees

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An initiative aimed at including an "environmental guarantees" chapter to the Costa Rican constitution, establishing the state's obligation to preserve the environment, could be approved by the legislature now in session, say activists.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Biodiesel to Fuel Buses and Trucks

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro hopes to supply its entire fleet of buses, trucks and other vehicles with biodiesel obtained from processing of urban sewage.

Ecobreves – CUBA: The Almiquí Lives

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The chance capture of an almiquí (Solenodon cubanus) in the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park confirms that the species indeed survives in Cuba, but continues to be threatened with extinction.

Ecobreves – PERU: Another Year of Leaded Gas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peru's Transport Ministry extended authorization to produce 84-octane gasoline with lead -- the most consumed fuel in the country -- until the end of 2004.

Ecobreves – MEXICO:: Youths Draft Environment Report

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Young Mexicans will present to the GEO Youth Report to their country's authorities in June 2004, summarizing their experiences, demands and reflections related to the natural environment.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Schoolbooks to Protect Natural Marine Wealth

By IPS Correspondents and - -
TEGUCIGALPA - The protection of marine and coastal resources will be included in Honduran textbooks for biology and geography classes in primary and secondary schools next year, reports the Education Ministry.

Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Subsidizing the Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Salvadoran Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will begin the process this month to select a firm to handle the administration of subsidies for new forestry plantings.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Cerro La May to Be Protected

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental officials in Guatemala have begun studies aimed at declaring the northern cloud forest Cerro La May, covering more than 100 square km, a protected area, reports the governmental National Conservation Fund.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Greens Grow

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) has established its place as the country's fourth political force after the Jul. 6 legislative elections, winning 50 percent more votes than it did in 2000. But environmental groups say they don't expect major changes from the party, which is seen as inconsistent.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Displaced Women in Organic Business

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty women who have been displaced from their lands as a result of the Colombian civil war are in business, producing and selling organic fertilizer in the northern city of Valledupar, an effort they hope will give them the wherewithal to rebuild their lives.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Alert on Dangers of Soy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Genetically modified soy, Argentina's leading export, could turn into a nightmare for the country's farm sector due to the restrictions on the international market and to the ecological damage this monoculture crop causes soils, say experts.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Forestry Database Complete

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The state University of San Carlos and the National Forestry Institute of Guatemala (INAB) are to present a compact disk of nearly 3,500 studies -- conducted between 1960 and 2002 -- on the state of the country's forest resources.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: 900 Eco-Crimes Denounced

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Environmental Prosecutor's Office recorded 900 reports of environmental crimes committed in the past year in the capital and in three other cities.

Ecobreves – PANAMA: National Park Law Postponed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Conservationists and scientists alike bemoan the Panama Legislative Assembly's decision to omit from its agenda a bill to create the Coiba National Park, which would protect the country's biological wealth along the Pacific coast.
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