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Ecobreves – CHILE: Solar Energy for Rural Families

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 3,000 families isolated in rural villages of Chile's Fourth Region, some 500 km north of the capital, will soon be supplied by energy from photovoltaic systems, in a project financed in part by the Inter-American Development Bank, with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Documentary on Vast Wetlands

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The documentary "Tierras de agua dulce" (Lands of Freshwater), about the vast Venezuelan wetlands of the plains along the Orinoco River, premiered July 9 "to show the potential we have and must take care of, as one of the 12 countries with greatest reserves of freshwater," the film's directory, Ana Cristina Henríquez, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Mercury Threatens Amazonian Population

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An environmental disaster is developing in the Tapajós River basin, in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, due to the mercury used by 'garimpeiros' (informal miners) to extract gold from the ore.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Taking the Planet's Pulse

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A high altitude climate observation center will begin operating in 2006 in Mexico, the first of its type in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions. Located at more than 4,000 meters above sea level, it will measure, among other things, levels of ozone and carbon dioxide, gases that are altering the planet's health.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Alarm over Uranium Accident

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of the mountain resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche, in Argentina's southern Patagonia, expressed to Tierramérica their concern about an accident involving uranium at a plant near the city.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Pollution Persists in Lake Atitlán

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Guatemala's Lake Atitlán, located 140 km west of the capital and considered the country's most beautiful, is contaminated with agrochemicals and human waste from nearby towns, restaurants and hotels.
Natural gas facility. - Photo Stock.

Natural Gas Drilling Takes Toll in Bolivian Sierra

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmentalists denounce threats to the Aguaragüe mountain region in Bolivia, the second leading South American country in natural gas reserves.

Ecobreves – AMAZON: Agro-Forest Management Agreement

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The promotion of agroforestry will be the economic strategy to improve the living standards of the population and protect the biodiversity of the Amazon and three other regions with rain forests, according to an agreement signed Jun. 24 in Washington by the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and Conservation International.
A lake formed in the quarry of the former El Cobre mine - René Camacho.

Centuries-Old Mine Struggles to Save Its Surroundings

By Patricia Grogg and - -
Experts are working to rehabilitate the ecosystem damaged by a mine that operated in Cuba for nearly five centuries.
Stevia growing in Paraguay. - Telnet.

The Rich Herb of the Guaraní

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Small farmers in Paraguay make the most of a sweet herb used by the Tupí Guaraní indigenous community. They hope to plant 5,000 hectares of this naturally powerful sweetener in 2007.
Young potato plants at the international in vitro gene bank in Peru - CIP

Biotech Opens Doors to Andean Development

By Humberto Márquez and - -
Colombia, Peru and Venezuela are the Andean vanguard in exploiting biodiversity for biotechnology, a global market that moves more than 90 billion dollars annually.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: New Environmental Coalition

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four non-governmental organizations created the Access Venezuela coalition, which aims to track the government's promises on environmental management issues, and to conduct training and distribute information, one of its leaders, Alcira Ascanio, told Tierramérica.
Nuclear power plant at Bugey, France. - Photo Stock

Dangerous Summer for Nuclear Power Plants

By Julio Godoy and - -
A wave of simmering heat could force some of France's 58 nuclear reactors to shut down. A warning has already been declared due to recent high temperatures.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Studying the Flora of the Amazon

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Sustainable economic exploitation of the riches of Brazil's forests gained a new tool with the book "Useful Fruits and Plants in Amazonian Life", a collection of scientific and traditional knowledge of 32 native species.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Regulations for Gas Emissions

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Guatemala's Environment and Natural Resources Ministry is drawing up regulations for gas emissions -- and could take effect before the end of the year.

In Search of the First Cubans

By Patricia Grogg and - -
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New archeological excavations could prove that the human presence in Cuba and the Antilles dates back much earlier than previously thought.
Chile is rich in glaciers, like those of Torres del Paine, in Patagonia - Photo Stock

Gold Mining Project Threatens Andean Glaciers

By Gustavo González and - -
Increasingly vocal groups oppose mining for gold and silver along the Chile-Argentina border because the project would mean removing three glaciers in the Andes Mountains.
View of the Haitian capita - Histarmar

A State Lost in the Trash

By Dario Montero and - -
Mountains of garbage are an obvious indicator of the environmental disaster in Haiti, where half of the capital's population lives crowded into precariously built houses.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Curbing Ozone Depletion

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil cut its production and consumption of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), used mainly in refrigeration and aerosols, by 82.8 percent. In absolute terms, the Environment Ministry announced on Jun. 10, the total fell from 10,000 tons in 1997 to less then 2,000 tons in 2004.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Volunteers to Take Census of Wetland Birds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 150 people took part in a workshop of the Ornithologists Union of Chile, UNORCH, in the nation's capital, and volunteers received training to count birds in wetlands and establish databases to be used in species protection.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Eco-Museum in the Works

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Artists, environmentalists, educators and historians have proposed to set up an Ecological Museum of Lake Maracaibo, upon a platform over this body of water near the shore of the city of the same name -- oil capital of western Venezuela.
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