Tierramerica

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Indians Fight Sale of Reserve

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Wichí Indians in northern Argentina last week filed a legal petition in Salta provincial courts to stop the sale of 16,000 hectares that, until two months ago, were part of a nature reserve.

Ecobreves – PERU: Peasants Ready to Cut Pipeline

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peasant farmers from the Convención Valley, in the southeastern Peruvian department of Cuzco, threaten to destroy one kilometer of the Camisea-Lima natural gas pipeline if the construction companies Techint, Plus Petrol and TGP do not agree to compensate them with 20 million dollars for environmental damages to the area.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Ozone-Depleting Substances Eliminated

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two Colombian companies based in the northern city of Barranquilla are implementing technology friendly to the Earth's ozone layer, thanks to a donation of 1.4 million dollars from the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol on Ozone-Depleting Substances.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Fomenting Clean Production

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The Honduran Business Council for Sustainable Development, with backing from the United Nations, will begin a program in July to promote alternative energy sources and sustainable waste management in the industrial zones along the northern coast.

A 'Green' Blessing on the Big Screen

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Despite its simplistic plot, "The Day After Tomorrow" is being applauded for tackling the prickly issue -- for the first time on the big screen -- of global climate change. Critics and audiences in Latin America share their opinions of the film with Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Anti-Coal Coalition Launched

By IPS Correspondents and - -
"No to Coal!" is the slogan of a coalition of two-dozen environmental groups formalized last week to demand a ban in Brazil on this energy source. Their priority is to prevent the construction of five coal-fired electrical plants in southern Brazil, where the country's coal deposits are located.
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Children from Latin America

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Children from Latin America share their visions as the planet celebrates World Environment Day, June 5. In this Tierramérica exclusive, they respond to the question: What is the environmental problem that most worries you, and how should it be solved?

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Getting Rid of Pesticides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela will invest 4.2 million dollars on destroying a thousand tons of pesticides, including DDT (dichloro dyphenil trychloroethane), toxaphene, lead arsenate and methyl bromide.

Water Kidnapped by the Mafia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Activists on the Italian island of Sicily charge that organized crime has taken over local water resources. They estimate that in two decades more than 1.4 billion dollars have ended up in Mafia pockets.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Dive-Fishing to End in 2005

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Honduras announced that beginning next year it will work to eliminate dive-fishing for lobster in the Caribbean department of La Mosquitia, a fishing technique that has left at least 4,200 indigenous divers injured.
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“If I am freed, I will continue to fight logging”

By Diego Cevallos and - -
NGOs are waging an international campaign for the release of Isidro Baldenegro, a Mexican Indian who has fought illegal logging and deforestation. From prison, where he has been held for more than a year, Baldenegro spoke with Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Protecting Rivers

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Guatemala's Ministry of Agriculture is set to protect the Xayá and Pixcayá rivers in the western department of Chimaltenango, which supply 38 percent of the potable water consumed in the capital.
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Water Lentils on the Offensive

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A weed species is posing a major threat to Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo, the biggest lake in South America. With rakes and poles, fisherfolk are fighting to eliminate this "intruder" that is a danger to many types of fish.

The Fantasy and Reality of a Film

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The new movie "The Day After Tomorrow" may be fiction, but its central theme -- global climate change -- is not, writes the United Nation's environment chief in this column for Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Saving a Natural Pool

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A canal to begin curbing the severe contamination of Los Cangilones del Río Máximo, a natural pool set 550 km east of the Cuban capital, is nearly ready to begin operating.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Eco-Activists Disappointed in President's Message

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The annual report to Congress by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, presented May 21, shows that "the government has not complied nor does it aim to comply with its promises" on environmental issues, said Sara Larraín, coordinator of the Sustainable Chile Program.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: No Sign of Environmental Report

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine Environment and Natural Resources Foundation asked the government for the official environmental report for 2003, which should have been published in November but has yet to appear.

A Victory for Free Speech'

By Haider Rizvi and - -
Greenpeace celebrated a ruling by U.S. courts to absolve the international environmental watchdog of charges involving its protest activities. Nancy Hwa, spokeswoman for the group, dialogued with Tierramérica about the case.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Proposals for Garbage Crisis

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Regional Autonomous Corporation, regional environmental authority for the Colombian department Atlántico, proposed construction of three landfills to remedy the crisis arising from poor management of solid waste.
Satellites help monitor the state of tropical forests. - Claudio Contreras

Oil Spills in the Middle of New York

By IPS Correspondents and - -
For decades oil leaks have been contaminating a creek that crosses two of New York's famed boroughs. Activists are taking legal action against Exxon Mobil and other oil companies.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Military Guards Nature Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Sixty soldiers from the Guatemalan army will back 50 agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) in fighting vandals and drug traffickers who threaten the Laguna del Tigre National Park, located in the northern department of El Petén.
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