Tierramerica

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: : Watch Out with Aluminum Cookware

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cooking with aluminum or stainless steel pots and pans can be harmful to one's health, reveals a study by Elaine Bocalon, a researcher at the Sao Carlos school of engineering at the University of Sao Paulo.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Improved Radars for Climate

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba aims to finalize automation of its eight climate radars during the first half of 2006, with notable improvement for the early warning and alert system for extreme weather.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: : Deforestation Advances

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An environmental study by the private Rafael Landívar University indicates that Guatemala has lost 50 percent of the forests it had in 1950.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: The Dangers of Eating Tilapia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Consumption of tilapia fish from the Valencia Lake area, some 100 km west of Caracas, can be dangerous, due to the high concentration of mercury in its meat, which is nearly four times the limit of 1.6 milligrams per kilo allowed under the standards of the World Health Organization.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Cyber-Tongue Controls Beverage Quality

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian agricultural research agency Embrapa has invented an "electronic tongue" to taste and control the quality of coffee and other beverages.
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Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Condor Population on the Rise

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The number of Andean condors (Vultur griphus) in Colombia has grown by 10 percent this year, under a repopulation program of the environment ministry.
Carbon dioxide emissions lead to global warming - Photo Stock.

Carbon Market Still Green

By Stephen Leahy and - -
The developing South can help fight climate change through the Clean Development Mechanism. But there is still much to be done before that scheme will be successful, said experts as the Montreal climate change conference drew to a close.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Filtering a Threatened Lake

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Guatemalan government has installed a plant to treat and filter water as it arrives at the southeastern Lake Amatitlán, which is in danger of turning into a swamp by 2015.

France's Nuclear Waste Heads to Russia

By Julio Godoy and - -
France exports to Russia up to 6,000 tons of depleted uranium a year without adequate security measure, charges Greenpeace. The authorities say it is a "routine" matter.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Over-Fishing the Paraná River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Proteger Foundation of Argentina, which promotes sustainable development around the Paraná River, warns that artisanal fisherfolk in the region face "an unprecedented crisis" due to over-fishing.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon Deforestation on the Decline

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil's environment ministry announced this month a 31-percent decline in the deforestation rate of the Amazon region.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Stan Leaves Bitter Taste for Coffee Growers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 5,000 people associated with coffee production in Mexico are looking at a gloomy forecast for 2006, following the destruction of more than 100,000 hectares by Hurricane Stan in October.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Horses for the Cure

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts from Cuba and Uruguay are working to build a Latin American alliance to promote "equine therapy", using horses as a therapuetical tool.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Promoting Fruit Growing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With the aim of developing Guatemala's fruit industry, the government will plant 6,149 new areas with fruit species, announced Alvaro Aguilar, agriculture minister.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Border Zone Development

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A million-dollar project to promote ecological, tourism, agricultural and archeological development in western Honduras, in the area bordering Guatemala, was recently approved by the BCIE, the Central American Economic Integration Bank, as part of a bilateral plan between the two nations.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Conference to Set Environment Policies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
"Integrated environmental policy and sustainable use of natural resources" will be the central themes of the second National Conference on the Environment, in which government and civil society delegates will participate in Brasilia, Dec. 10-13.
- Mauricio Ramos.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Virtual Path to Nature

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An Internet site based in Argentina is promoting environmental education among Latin American children and adolescents.

Ecobreves – C HILE: Presidential Candidate Opposes Native Forest Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Michelle Bachelet, candidate for the governing center-left coalition in Chile and favored in the polls for the Dec. 11 presidential elections, expressed her opposition to the native forests bill, which has the preliminary approval of a Senate commission.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Green Horseback Ride

By IPS Correspondents and - -
On horseback and bearing a message of respect for the environment and cultural diversity, a group of people is traveling across Mexico, reviving a sort of nomadic life.
- : Hugo Guerra

Stan Was a Blow to the Poor, but Not the GDP

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Experts are taking stock a month after Hurricane Stan blew through Central America: although thousands of people lost everything they had, the larger economy is set to come out just fine.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Guácharo Cave Is Crumbling

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Stalactites, stalagmites and other formations in Guáharo Cave, in northeast Venezuela, the largest in the country at 10.2 km long, are threatened by sewage, garbage left behind by visitors, and rats that are destroying birdnests.
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