Tierramerica

Ecobreves – CHILE: Forest Monitoring Network

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean forestry research institute, INFOR, announced on Jun. 21 that it is creating an environmental monitoring network for the country's forests, thanks to two projects that demanded state investment of one million dollars.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Drought Forces Survival Strategies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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

By IPS Correspondents and - -
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.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Santiaguito Volcano Threatens Rivers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Guatemala's disaster relief agencies have set up a center at a farm 170 km west of the capital to monitor the dangerous emissions of the Santiaguito Volcano, which are affecting the Samalá River.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Government Protects Protesters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran government has promised to protect Roman Catholic priest Andrés Tamayo and the rest of the participants in the National March for Life, after an attempt was made on the life of another priest last week in the northeastern department of Olancho.
The capybara, the world's biggest rodent, is a resident of Bolivia's Madidi Park - Mauricio Ramos

Chainsaws Threaten Bolivian Nature Preserve

By Franz Chávez and - -
Residents of the town of Apolo, in northeast Bolivia, are preparing to use chainsaws to open a path through Madidi National Park, while the government and defenders of biodiversity say the route would mostly benefit illegal exports of precious wood.
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Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Activists Denounce Logging in Preserve

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine non-governmental Foundation for Environmental Defense issued a warning that the indigenous Mbya community could disappear if a logging company continues operations in their territory

Europe's Greens Have Reason to Celebrate – and to Mourn

By Julio Godoy and - -
Despite their strong showing in Germany, the Green parties won just 34 seats in the European Parliament. And in the Eastern European countries not one Green lawmaker was voted in.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Indigenous Hands, No Glyphosate

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Indians in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta nature reserve in northern Colombia began an effort on Jun. 15 to manually eradicate illegal crops of coca and marijuana as part of a governmental plan to fight the drug trade.

Ecobreves – GLOBAL: Photo Contest for Environmental Diversity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has organized a worldwide photo contest around the theme of challenges confronting environmental diversity.

Ecobreves – PERU: Species Patent Proposal Rejected

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peru will not agree to the system on patents for plants and animals that the United States proposed in a bilateral free trade agreement, ''because it does not adequately protect the wealth of Peruvian biodiversity, nor does it guarantee the ancestral rights of indigenous communities.''

U.S. Nuclear Policy Bombarded by Environmentalists

By Haider Rizvi and - -
Environmental and peace activists condemn the U.S. Senate's decision to maintain a provision in the Department of Energy's budget bill to leave millions of liters of liquid radioactive waste at a site in South Carolina, where plans are afoot to process more plutonium. The 2005 Defense budget includes more than six billion dollars for research and development of new nuclear weapons.
The scent of the victoria regia, a giant Amazonian plant, is recreated in a new cologne. -

The Scent of Biodiversity

By Mario Osava and - -
The Amazon's plants and fruits are serving as the raw material for Brazil's perfume and cosmetics industry. Exports for this sector, which promotes environmental preservation and fair trade, are growing 20 percent a year.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Erosion Takes Toll on Beaches

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ninety percent of Cuba's beaches are seeing some degree of erosion, according to a study released this month by the island's Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Condor Hatches in Captivity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela has produced a hatchling of the condor of the Andes (Vultur gryphus) at its Bararida Zoo in the city of Barquisimeto, 250 km west of the capital. The proud parents are Bud and Rana, a condor pair brought from the United States.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Storing Precious Water Underground

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Underground depositories could be a new solution for the population in Brazil's semiarid northeast, where frequent droughts have caused human tragedy and the migration of millions of people to the country's southern regions.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Ecotourism Alliance with the Private Sector

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean government's National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) is planning to increase partnerships with private enterprise for ecotourism projects in protected natural areas that currently are not tourism destinations.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA:: Alliance Against Species Trafficking

By IPS Correspondents and - -
El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua this month launched a joint strategy to fight illegal trafficking of plant an animal species in the Gulf of Fonseca region, on the Pacific, Honduran Environment Minister Patricia Panting told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA:: Great Potential for Ethanol

By IPS Correspondents and - -
This Central American country has the capacity to supply itself with ethanol fuel and reduce vehicular air pollution, but currently lags behind in regards to this technology.
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