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Woman Eco-Activist of Mountain Stock
The award-winning Mexican peasant Celsa Vadovinos assures Tierramérica that she will continue to defend the forests of Guerrero sierra, even though her life may be at stake.
The Amazon Needs More Local Scientists
Foreign experts conduct most of the scientific studies of this vast and biologically rich region. Brazil is trying to triple the number of local graduate students in related fields by 2010.
Environmentalism Arrives at the Factory
Some 300,000 workers are killed each year as a result of exposure to chemical agents. Trade union leaders from around the world have gathered in Kenya to discuss a new era of cooperation between organized labour and the global environment.Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Traveling Show of Spiders and Scorpions
Traveling spider show in ColombiaEcobreves – GUATEMALA: Lake in Final Throes
Guatemalan lake could disappear
Macaw Finds Safety in the Pantanal
Tierramérica travelled into the heart of the Brazilian Pantanal to visit the nests of the endangered hyacinth macaw. A successful conservation project has quintupled the population of this majestic bird in just one decade.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: The Sun as Water Heater
La Secretaría Municipal del Verde y Medio Ambiente aprobó la propuesta del alcalde José Serra de hacer obligatoria la instalación de calentadores solares de agua en nuevas edificaciones de São Paulo, dijo a Tierramérica el experto en energía Délcio Rodrigues.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Park Rangers Disappeared
Están por cumplirse dos meses de la misteriosa desaparición de dos guardarrecursos de la Estación de Campo del volcán Atitlán, una reserva al sur de la ciudad de Guatemala.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Group Released 35,000 Baby Turtles
Unos 35 mil tortuguillos fueron liberados, luego de ser protegidos en sus nidos, por el ambientalista Centro de Investigación y Conservación de Tortugas Marinas, entre 2001 y 2005, en la nororiental península venezolana de Paria.Ecobreves – CHILE: Controversy Over Park Admission Fee
Empresarios turísticos de la meridional región chilena de la Araucanía demandan libre acceso al Parque Nacional Villarrica, de 61.000 hectáreas, argumentando que la gubernamental Corporación Nacional Forestal (Conaf) carece de derechos legales para cobrar 6,5 dólares por persona como peaje de ingreso.Ecobreves – CUBA: FAO to Help Improve Soils in Guantánamo
Un proyecto en colaboración con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) que comenzará a ejecutarse este mes buscará mejorar y conservar suelos y aguas de la cuenca hidrográfica Guantánamo-Guaso en esa región, la más oriental de Cuba.
Tobacco Growers on War Footing
Latin American experts and activists charge that the cigarette industry is trying to weaken the international tobacco control treaty, whose first meeting is set to take place in Geneva next month.
Ecobreves – GLOBAL: More Resources for Ozone Layer
A new injection of resources for recovery of the ozone layer, which protects Earth from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet rays, was approved in Senegal's capital during a meeting of the signatory countries of the Montreal Protocol.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Super Pipeline Worries Environmentalists
The "super-pipeline" planned for distributing gas "from the Caribbean to Patagonia" could have disastrous effects, says Roberto Smeraldi, coordinator of Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Less Regulation of Big Investors
Neighborhood organizations in the southern Argentine province of Chubut are warning against new legislation that would reduce environmental controls of major investment projects.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Indians in Dispute over Deforestation
Residents of the indigenous villages of Canchún and Mangales are resisting the deforestation of an extensive pine forest by the people of Chitucán, located in the northern Guatemalan department of Baja Verapaz.
Spain's Appetite for Carbon Credits
Spain will invest some 57 million dollars over the next five years to buy carbon dioxide credits in Latin America to balance its greenhouse gas emissions. Madrid has its eye on clean energy projects like Mexico's La Venta II.
The Fate of the Condor's Flight
The world's largest flying bird no longer soars over the Venezuelan mountains. But the condor is reappearing gradually in other Andean countries, thanks to programs for protecting the species and its habitat.
Ecobreves – CHILE: Award for Swan Defenders
The organization Acción por los Cisnes (Action for the Swans) won the prize for best defender of animals, awarded annually by the Chilean Federation of Animal Protection Institutions.
Contraband Transgenic Maize Causes Alarm
The illegal entry of transgenic maize seed into Brazil could have tragic effects on the South American giant's agricultural sector, say environmental officials.
Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Promoting Wind Energy
The first wind-generated power plant in Honduras will begin operating in late 2006 on Hula hill, south of the capital, and will supply Tegucigalpa and the surrounding areas with electricity.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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