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Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Green Municipality
Residents of the western Honduran municipality of Tomalá opted one year ago not to burn any more forest to create farmland, and to protect the area's micro-watersheds.
Energy Debate in Turbulent Waters
Brazil is once again putting priority on hydroelectric dams, a strategy ecologists criticize because of its potentially high environmental and social costs. But officials promise strict prior evaluations.Learning to Live with Drought
In May, not one province in Cuba saw more than 60 percent of the historic average of rainfall. The government is taking emergency measures.Ecobreves – PERU: Ultimatum for Polluters
The environmental health division of Peru's Health Ministry gave 165 mining and industrial companies 30 days to install treatment plants for the residual liquid that they have been dumping into the Rimac River, the source of 72 percent of the water consumed by the seven million residents of the capital.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Climate Change Threatens the Capital
A study conducted by Argentine experts states that the water level of the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), which flows along the edge of the capital, could rise 60 to 100 cm this century as a consequence of global warming.
Low Scores for Technological Development
Latin America's development looks gloomy if countries fail to increase investment in science and technology, an area where the region spends an average of just 0.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
All-Terrain Contamination
European cities are debating the possibility of banning all-terrain vehicles from circulating on urban streets.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon in the Eco-Spotlight
The world's knowledge of the Amazon and its role in the global climate will expand Jul. 27-29 as a result of the 3rd conference of the Large-scale Biosphere Atmosphere (LBA) Experiment in the Amazon, the biggest international cooperation program for environmental studies.Ecobreves – CUBA: Saving the Beach Where Columbus Stepped
Cuban scientists were able to halt coastal erosion in parts of Bariay Key, in the eastern province of Holguín, whose sands were the first that Christopher Columbus stepped on when he reached the island more than 500 years ago.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Fisherfolk Take Water in Own Hands
On the arid Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná, 288 residents of La Sabaneta fishing community decided to take the matter of potable water into their own hands, organizing a cooperative that will install several kilometers of water pipeline.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: 'March for Life' a Success
More than 30,000 people took part in the ''March for Life'' across Honduras, arriving in the capital from all parts of the country on Jun. 30 to demand measures to protect the environment, defying a ban by the government.
Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Gas from Garbage
An environmental group in Argentina has designed a tank known as a ''biodigestor'', which produces gas for fuel from organic waste, to benefit remote communities of farmers and fisherfolk.Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Preventing Fires
The Colombian government is drafting a plan to curb environmental losses from forest fires, using equipment worth 86,500 dollars donated by the United States to the Ministry of Housing, Environment and Territorial Development.Ecobreves – PERU:: Regulating Hospital Waste Management
Peru will begin special processing of dangerous waste coming from hospitals, the treatment of which had not been included in the national Solid Waste Act of 2000.
Climate Change Worse for the South
Crop yields will decline, temperate zones will disappear and the number of people suffering hunger will increase, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The developing South will bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change, expert Prabhu Pingali told Tierramérica.'Narco' Land for Agrarian Reform
More than 100,000 hectares of land seized from drug traffickers in Colombia will be used for sustainable farming initiatives. Thousands of families displaced by the decades of civil war violence stand to benefit.Andean Coffee Growers to Protect Biodiversity
Coffee farmers in the Venezuelan Andes are to receive loans for developing projects that halt deforestation and protect endangered species.Ecobreves – CUBA: Drought Forces Survival Strategies
The persistent drought that has hit most of Cuba's rural areas has forced farmers and ranchers to seek alternatives for the survival of their animals, which are suffering shortages of water and adequate pastures.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: River Threatens Capital
A 20-meter gap opened in the cement channel that guides the Guaire River through the Venezuelan capital, and its waters, polluted by the sewage from slum neighborhoods has come into contact with the wall that sustains the canal and the main highway through Caracas.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Micro-Enterprise Recycles Trash
Ten Honduran provinces will be part of a Latin American project to produce organic fertilizer and thus reduce pollution, Agriculture Minister Mariano Jiménez told Tierramérica.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Fewer Forest Fires
Guatemala recorded 368 forest fires from January to early June of this year, just half the 731 that occurred in the same period in 2003.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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