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Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Recycled Debris for Public Works
Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab signed a decree recently that makes it obligatory to use recycled debris for paving and structures in public works projects.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Catholic Church denounces mining company
The Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (CEG) reported that the Canadian Gold Corp mining company may be polluting the Tzalá river and putting at risk some 5,000 people in the municipality of Sipacapa, on the border with Mexico.Ecobreves – CHILE: Step Forward for Blue Whale Protection
The Los Lagos Regional Commission for the Use of the Coastal Fringe in Chile has given definitive approval for a 46 square kilometre protected zone in the gulf of Corcovado and the sea surrounding Chiloé Island which is home to the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus).Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Film Explodes “Myths” About Pulp Mill
A documentary film criticising activists in the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú, who fear a pulp mill to be installed on the eastern bank of the border river between both countries will cause pollution, was shown for the first time in Uruguay on Jan. 12.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: More Action Demanded in the Year of the Ozone Layer
Governments and non-governmental and international organizations are way behind with preparations for the International Year of the Ozone Layer in 2007, Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga, promoter of this global initiative, told Tierramérica.Ecobreves – CUBA: Wind Turbine Park to Open
A wind turbine park generating 1,650 kilowatts will be opened on Isla de la Juventud within the next few weeks. The news was confirmed to Tierramérica by Armando Rodríguez, adviser to acting Cuban minister of Science, Technology and the Environment Fernando González.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Law Against Biopiracy
A new Brazilian regulation requires biotechnology patent applicants to prove that they had legal access to the genetic resources involved in the products and inventions they wish to register.
Multimillion Dollar Effort to Study Polar Ice Thaw
The International Polar Year begins in March, and will involve 50,000 scientists studying the impact of climate change at the poles. Canada is the main contributor, donating 160 million dollars.
Tourism Projects Trigger Conflict in Preserve
Experts and activists plan to take two mega-developments in the Mexican state of Jalisco to international courts, for threatening the Chamela-Cuixmala protected area.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Plants with Economic Potential
Brazilian plants with economic potential...Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: A Boost for Renewable Energies
A push / boost / for renewable energy in Argentina...Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Irrigation District On Its Way
Irrigation district on its way in Colombia...
Does the Environment Need a New Global Agency?
French President Jacques Chirac will make efforts to promote the creation of a UNEO this year. Environmentalists are divided over the proposal; some see it as useful, others as redundant.
Cell Phones Getting Greener:
Mobile telephones in Latin America and across the developing world will contain less toxic materials, thanks to strict European standards, analysts say.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Tourism project threatens fragile preserve
Tourism project in Mexico threatens fragile preserve...Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Birds Blamed for Arrival of West Nile Virus
The West Nile virus has been reported in Venezuela, north of the Orinoco River, likely carried into the country by migratory birds, researcher Juan Carlos Navarro, of Venezuela's Central University, told TierraméricaEcobreves – BRAZIL: Second Atlas of the Mata Atlantica
Less than seven percent of the Brazilian coastal forest ecosystem, the Mata Atlantica, remains intact, compared to its area in 1500, according to a study by the SOS Mata Atlantica Foundation and the National Institute of Space Research.Ecobreves – CHILE : Too Much Lead in Portezuelo
More than 3,200 milligrams of lead per kilogram of soil has been found in the area around the northern Chilean town of Portezuelo, 14 km southeast of Antofagasta, where there is a lead storage site.Ecobreves – CUBA: Farmers on Alert for El Niño
Cuban farmers are worried about excessive rains, blamed on the climate phenomenon known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that continued to fall across this island nation in December.
Hungry Whaling Ships Set Sail
Japanese hunters in the Southern Ocean, around Antarctica, will kill nearly a thousand whales, some in danger of extinction. Activists will try to stop the whaling ships, by sea and by air.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: A Study to Help Stop Rural Evictions
Students and professors from the National University of La Pampa, in central Argentina, are beginning a census this month of peasant farming families threatened with eviction in five departments of La Pampa province.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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