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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 – HONDURAS: Ecologists Stop Construction on Reserve

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A group of Honduran ecologists has convinced the government to revoke an environmental permit to build houses in the mountains of La Tigra national park, an important area for water and forest resources surrounding the capital.

Ecobreves – PERU:: Oil Company Sanctioned

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Sixteen oil wells belonging to the Argentine transnational Pluspetrol, in the northeastern Peruvian department of Loreto, have been shut down as a sanction for contaminating some 100 hectares of forests and wetlands in the Huanganayacu gorge.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Successful Campaign Against Mining

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A campaign led by a coalition of Argentine non-governmental organizations led the governor of the southern province of Río Negro, Miguel Saíz, to announce on June 4 a decree banning the use of cyanide and mercury in gold mining.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA : More Land for Peasant Farmers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Colombian Agriculture Minister Andrés Arias announced on June 5, during the Peasant Day celebrations, that this year some 40,000 hectares of land -- worth some seven million dollars -- will be handed over to rural workers.
Photo Stock. -

Sweet Experiment with Organic Sugar

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Paraguay is the leading exporter of sugar produced without agrochemicals, a business that is forecast to move 26 million dollars in 2005.
A vast bed of dinosaur tracks, known as Cal Orko, on an 80-meter rock face. - Waldo Maluenda, Roxana Acosta, Sucre Municipal Tourism Directorate

Following the Dinosaur Tracks

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A cement quarry in southern Bolivia reveals secrets of 294 species of animals that disappeared 65 million years ago.

Activists Fear Return of Spanish Fishing Vessels

By Marcela Valente and - -
Environmental activists in Argentina warn about the negative impacts of potential international fishing agreements that would affect the South Atlantic fisheries.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: To the Rescue of Guaire River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Venezuelan government plans to invest 450 million dollars over eight years on the recovery of the Guaire River. Fifty-three of the river's 70 km cross the capital from west to east, receiving sewage and runoff.
A forest ranger patrols an area of mangroves in the Mexican Pacific - Claudio Contreras

Shrimp Industry Devastating Mangrove Forests

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Ecuador and Honduras have suffered the worst cases of loss of coastal mangrove forests, warned the United Nations Environment Program on the occasion of World Environment Day.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Bridges at Risk

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Around half of the 1,079 bridges in Guatemala are at risk, and their vulnerability only increases during rainy season, according to a study by the government's road agency COVIAL.
Gerd Leipold. - Greenpeace

Greenpeace's Glory Days Are Not Over

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Although its impact in the industrialized world has been on the decline, peaceful protest will continue to be the driving force behind Greenpeace activities, said the group's executive director Gerd Leipold in a conversation with Tierramérica. Greenpeace is now setting its sights on Latin America and Asia

Ecobreves – CHILE: Peasant Farmers Promote Reforestation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 90,000 small landowners are participating in Chile's Rural Forestation Program, aimed at recovering land. In 2004 the initiative was responsible for around half of all trees planted in the country.

Hope in Stem Cells for Thousands of Weak Hearts

By Mario Osava and - -
Brazilian doctors are beginning a pioneering study using stem cells in cardiac patients. If they are successful, in three years this new therapy could save as many as 200,000 lives in this South American nation.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Business Bets on the Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Ibero-American Congress on Sustainable Development reflected the growing concern of the business world for the Brazilian and the global environment, with 1,200 entrepreneurs and environmentalists participating in the May 31-Jun. 2 meeting in this Brazilian city.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Scientist Warns About Transgenics

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Genetically modified seeds and foods are not a threat to human health, but could have harmful impacts on the environment, says Mexican biotechnology expert Octavio Paredes, who on July 1 will become the first Latin American to receive an honorary doctorate from a prestigious Canadian university.
- Mauricio Ramos.

Lima's Poorest Want Water Privatization

By IPS Correspondents and - -
''We want water now!'' is the cry of the residents of the Peruvian capital's poorest neighborhoods, where they pay as much as 20 dollars for just five cubic meters of water brought by tanker trucks.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Sea Horses Found in Southern Waters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine scientists found sea horses (Hippocampus) along the country's Atlantic coast, the southern-most population of a sea creature found mostly in temperate and tropical waters.
Mario Molina -

Nobel Laureate Proposes an Equation for Optimism

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Scientist Mario Molina predicts that in 10 years the Mexican capital, one of the most polluted cities in the world, could have very clean air.

Ecobreves – PERU: Alarm Sounded for Arsenic in Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peruvian lawmaker Fabiola Morales has petitioned Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti to provide explanations to the congressional environmental commission on the level of arsenic found in the capital's potable water service.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Fomenting Rural Development

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Twenty-two families are to benefit from infrastructure projects for irrigation and an assistance plan from the Colombian Institute of Rural Development (INCODER) in the northern municipality of Santa Marta.
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