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Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Wanted: A Market for Ecological Cacao

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Twenty farmers from Ocumare de la Costa, 120 km northwest of Caracas, produced 5,000 kilograms of cacao without using agro-chemicals in their cultivation, qualifying it as an "organic product" for the certifying entity Biolatina, based in Peru.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Ayahuasca Consumption to Be Regulated

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's National Anti-Drugs Council decided to create a multidisciplinary work group to draft norms and create a list of the institutions that use in religious rites the Amazonian plant ayahuasca, which has hallucinogenic properties.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Million-Dollar Losses in Lumber Trafficking

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An annual average of 145,000 cubic meters of latifoliate and 600,000 cubic meters of conifer lumber are illegally traded in Honduras, costing the country 18 million dollars a year in lost revenues, according to an official source.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Opposition to Four Mega-Dams

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An international offensive led by the U.S.-based International Rivers Network seeks to prevent financial agencies from funding the Spanish transnational Endesa for building four huge hydroelectric dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers, 1,800 km south of the Chilean capital.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Peasants Prevent Disasters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Drought and hurricanes are the greatest climate challenges for small farmers in Cuba, who are reducing the impact of disaster through preventive measures, technology, and cultivating crops that require less water.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Oil Reportedly Not Cause of Dolphin Deaths

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A respected marine researcher said there is no evidence to confirm, as environmentalist groups do, that the periodic death of dolphins on the Pacific coast at Ciudad del Carmen are caused by oil exploration and drilling activities.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Map to Show Threatened Bird Species

By IPS Correspondents and - -
SAVE Brazil, a non-governmental organization here representing BirdLife International, has completed the first map of threatened Brazilian bird, indicating 163 key areas for bird conservation in 15 states.
France and the Netherlands have begun to vaccinate poultry. - WHO

Anxiety in Europe Over Avian Flu

By Julio Godoy and - -
In France, people are excluding chicken from their diet, and they even fear the pigeons on their balconies. Meanwhile, in Germany there are calls to cancel the soccer World Cup scheduled to take place there beginning in June.

New Studies Back Benefits of Organic Diet

By Stephen Leahy and - -
Foods grown organically protect the body from the harmful chemicals in pesticides, but they are also more nutritious, say researchers.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Youths Organize “Faunival”

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Around 100 young people paraded Feb. 25 at the start of Carnival in this northern Colombian city, wearing costumes representing animal species that are threatened or on their way to extinction.

Satellites Uncover Maya Secrets

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Images taken from outer space by NASA helped locate previously unknown ruins of the ancient Maya culture in Guatemala.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: EU Promotes Environmental Protection

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The European Union will launch a program in March to protect ecosystems in the Caribbean, including the coral reefs shared by Honduras, Guatemala and Belize, said a government source.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: A Reserve for Springs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan government plans to build bridges and paths in the Cerro San Gil Spring Reserve, in the eastern department of Izabal, to promote ecotourism.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Focus on Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay have agreed to draw up a joint program for evaluating the impacts of climate change in the Rio de la Plata basin and preventing potential natural disasters.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Transgenics on the Table

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The international small farmers' group Vía Campesina has pledged to stage a broad protests against genetically modified crops at the world conference on agrarian reform to be held Mar. 7-10 in Porto Alegre, and another on biosecurity, Mar. 13-17 in Curitiba.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Bio-Gasoline Use Expands

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 450 service stations in Colombia have sold bio-gasoline -- a mix of 90 percent gasoline with 10 percent carburant alcohol -- to more than 1.5 million drivers since Feb. 1.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Eyes on Dangerous Chemicals

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Delegates from more than 100 countries agreed to pass on to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) the formulation of a strategic management plan for the more than 70,000 chemical products existing in global markets.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Expo for Amazonian Products

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Dozens of products deeveloped by indigenous peoples of the Amazon will be presented at the eighth conference of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mar. 20-31 in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba.
Gold production at a Canadian-owned Crystallex plant in Venezuela. - Crystallex.

Government Claims a Stake in Mining

By Humberto Márquez and - -
Greater government participation in gold and diamond mining in Venezuela doesn't worry the foreign mining companies, but local environmental groups are apprehensive.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Alert for Loss of Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental group Finis Terrae has denounced the "irrational" forest management in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina's southernmost province, and warned that if things continue as they are, there will be no forest left in seven years.
Pulp mill under construction by the Botnia company on the banks of the Uruguay River - Guillermo Robles.

Pulp Mills Pit 'Greens'Against Labor

By Dario Montero and - -
Two pulp mills being built along the Uruguay River are fueling hopes for jobs, but are also stirring up fears about environmental harm and threats to human health.
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