Tierramerica - Ecobrief

Ecobreves – PANAMA: Critics Lambaste Environmental Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Panama’s new environmental law "grants polluters the right to contaminate and disparages the principle of environmental crime prevention," said the Association to Promote New Development Alternatives (APRONAD).

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Guatemalans to Learn about Genetic Forestry

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts from the United States and Guatemala will offer a course in genetic forestry seeking to train some 80 Guatemalans in the use of improved seeds utilized in reforestation programs.

Ecobreves – CHILE: The Goodness of Copper

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Copper has more than 25 biological functions vital to the development of the human being, a new book published here says.

Ecobreves – CUBA:: Out in the Sun

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Cuba plans to use solar energy to provide electricity to 20,000 homes over the next five years, many of them in rural areas that are not connected to the national grid.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA:: Protecting the Caura River Basin

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A nine million dollar plan to protect the southeast Caura River basin in Venezuela, with backing from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has been approved by the Global Environment Facility of the World Bank.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: The Poor Are Relegated to the Hillsides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 2 million Hondurans, one-third of the total population, live in extreme poverty on the country’s hillsides.

Ecobreves – PERU: More Precise Weather Forecasts

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The first regional weather forecasting system in Peru will begin operating in July, providing assistance to the Agriculture Ministry, the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service and the International Potato Center (CIP).

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: The Environment Takes a Bus Ride

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Buses in the Uruguayan capital are providing a moving theatre for an environmental message, spreading the word about the value of potable water, biodiversity, and promoting active participation in environmental affairs.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: PCB Spills Alert

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An increase in spills of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), a toxic liquid used to cool large transformers, has put the Argentine population on full alert.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Endangered Species Rescued

By IPS Correspondents and - -
At least 12 endangered species of snakes have been bred at a center to rescue wildlife in peril operating here in the Honduran capital.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Alarm Over Damages to Lake Cocibolca

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Lake Cocibolca, also called Lake Nicaragua, the main source of potable water in the country, is being contaminated by chemicals and organic material coming from the southwestern city of Granada, said Salvador Montenegro, director of the Center for the Study of Aquatic Resources (CIRA).

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: What? Coffee Crisis? … Plant Cocoa!

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Agronomy students here are looking to cocoa to provide a substitute for coffee now that that industry is in a downturn. The students from San Carlos University are promoting cocoa cultivation on 10,000 hectares, 2,000 of which used to be in coffee.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Weather Radars Installed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela will set up the first of eight meteorological radars by the end of June, the initial step to enable the Environment Ministry to collect data on precipitation and weather throughout the country

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Environmental Policy Drafted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian government is preparing its first National Conference on the Environment, Nov. 28-30 in Brasilia, where a "new environmental policy" will be designed, with input from all sectors of society.

Ecobreves – CHILE: More 'Unleaded' Cars

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The portion of automobiles with unleaded gas catalytic converters expanded in the Chilean capital from 36 percent of the total in 1992 to 59 percent last year, says the National Institute of Statistics.

Ecobreves – CUBA: El Niño the Culprit for Drought?

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The prolonged drought affecting the eastern Cuban provinces of Las Tunas and Holguín is due to weather fluctuations caused by the phenomenon of El Niño-Southern Oscillations (ENSO), say meteorologists.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA:: Search for Origins of DDT Found in Breast Milk

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Nicaraguan scientists are testing ground water in a northwestern area of the country to determine if aquifers contaminated with pesticides are related to the presence of DDT found in breast milk.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Protecting Forests in Aguán

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The governmental Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA) began a program this month in sustainable forest management aimed at preserving 10,000 hectares in the eastern region of Aguán, along the Atlantic coast.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA AND MEXICO: Final Touches to Bilateral Environmental Agenda

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 100 officials from the ministries of the environment and natural resources of Mexico and Guatemala sat down for the first time on Jun. 19 in the Guatemalan capital to outline a binational agenda on environmental protection.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Logging Threatens Las Yungas Jungle

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A large portion of Las Yungas jungle in northwest Argentina could disappear over the next five years if plans are approved for a company that wants to clear 1,400 hectares in order to expand its sugarcane plantation, warn environmentalists.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Youth Sustainable Development Summit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Youth experiences, actions and projects for improving the status of the environment will be presented at the First Global Summit on Youth Initiatives for Sustainable Development, to be held Aug. 26-30 in the Colombian Caribbean city of Cartagena.
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