Tierramerica

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Lack of Oxygen Killing Fish

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Three tons of sardines, sable fish and crustaceans were found dead in mid-February along the shores of Carenero Bay, on the Venezuelan Caribbean coast.
The tropical humid forests of Mesoamerica are home to great biodiversity - Claudio Contreras

Fund Launched for Preserving Plant Genetics

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than forty million dollars are at hand to fund plant genebanks this year. But activists doubt that the fund will ensure equal North-South access to biodiversity.

Ecobreves – PERU: Lead Poisoning in El Callao

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four impoverished districts in the port city of El Callao have high levels of lead contamination, which the World Health Organizations considers one of the greatest urban environmental dangers, because it affects the neurological development of children.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Shrimp Waste Turned Fish Food

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers from the Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico found a formula to turn the waste from shrimp production, a source of contamination, into a valuable source of nutrition for fish.
View of Mars - NASA/jpl/msss

A Long Trek to Mars

By Julio Godoy and - -
The directors of the European space program explain to Tierramérica the challenges that must be surmounted in the next 30 years in order to send humans to the "red planet".

Fishing Divides Europe

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The European Union's fishing policy reform is intended for the northern seas, ignoring the unique characteristics of the fishing sector in southern European seas, say critics.

Argentina Measures Climate Change Impacts

By Marcela Valente and - -
A 1.14-million-dollar project announced for assessing Argentina's vulnerability to the effects of global warming.

COP7 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 2,000 experts in biodiversity and sustainable development are participating in the 7th Conference of Parties (COP7) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 9-20. The central theme of the two-week debate is how to reduce biodiversity loss at all levels.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Indians Out to Protect Sea Turtles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Indigenous Miskito communities are promoting the creation of a hatchery preserve in northeast Honduras to protect green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys cariacea) sea turtles, all in danger of extinction.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Vicuña-Friendly Wool

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine scientists and shepherds have shown they can obtain the valuable wool from the wild vicuña (Lama vicugna) using methods that do not harm these cousins of the llama.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Network of Environmental Investigators

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Strengthening and coordinating the networks of regional environmental investigators is one of the recommendations for fighting environmental crimes that emerged out of the first World Summit of Attorneys General, Prosecutors and Justice Ministers, held in Antigua, Guatemala Feb. 2-5.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Better Forestry Practices

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The World Wildlife Fund is promoting voluntary certification programs in Nicaragua for lumber processors and furniture factories committed to sustainable development of forests.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Stolen Flamingoes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Hundreds of pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chicks -- perhaps as many as 1,500 -- have been stolen during the past few weeks from Los Olivitos Marsh wildlife refuge, near the Caribbean and Maracaibo Lake, in northwest Venezuela. The authorities were tipped off by anonymous reports.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Ban on Building Near Dams

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Honduran Environmental Prosecutor and the Secretariat of Natural Resources are to issue a new regulation on Feb. 13 that bans construction near the dams and reservoirs that supply water to the capital.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Wind Blows, Fields Watered

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuba has introduced wind energy into its farm irrigation systems. This renewable energy source has long been used to pump water for most of the country's cattle and dairy farms.

Ecobreves – CHILE: New Environmental Chief

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Paulina Saball, a social worker with a background in urban development, was named by Chile's President Ricardo Lagos to head the National Environmental Commission (CONAMA) after the contentious resignation of her predecessor, Gianni López.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Alert Against Bird Flu

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian government is preparing preventive measures against avian flu, a disease that has spread among birds in a dozen Asian countries, and is considered unlikely to reach this South American country.
The ocean's waves transformed into electricit - Mauricio Ramos

Brazil's Clean Energy Effort Rides Ocean Waves

By Mario Osava and - -
Surfers are not the only ones who will be enjoying the massive power of the Atlantic Ocean's waves on the Brazilian coast. For the first time in the Americas, ocean waves are to be used to generate electricity -- enough for 200 families in Ceará state.
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Advance of Oil Companies Alarms Indians

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Foreign companies are restarting oil exploration in Nicaragua, a process that was interrupted in 1979. Indigenous communities along the Caribbean coast are worried about the potential for environmental damage.
Fabricio Van Den Broeck -

Can We Afford to Wait for Hydrogen Energy?

By IPS Correspondents and - -
This clean energy source is at the center of a new utopia, but it will take decades before hydrogen is consolidated as a true energy alternative.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The discovery on Feb. 2 of the toxin ricin in the mailroom at the offices of the U.S. Senate majority leader has reawakened fears about the scope of bioterrorism.
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