Tierramerica

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Alarm Over Damages to Lake Cocibolca

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Lake Cocibolca, also called Lake Nicaragua, the main source of potable water in the country, is being contaminated by chemicals and organic material coming from the southwestern city of Granada, said Salvador Montenegro, director of the Center for the Study of Aquatic Resources (CIRA).

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: What? Coffee Crisis? … Plant Cocoa!

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Agronomy students here are looking to cocoa to provide a substitute for coffee now that that industry is in a downturn. The students from San Carlos University are promoting cocoa cultivation on 10,000 hectares, 2,000 of which used to be in coffee.

Methyl Bromide on Its Way Out in Brazil and Cuba

By Mario Osava and - -
Pioneers in Latin America, the two countries have reduced consumption of this ozone-depleting substance by hundreds of thousands of tons.
Chainsaws in actio - Sergio Dorantes

Logging and Fire Lay Siege to Guatemalan Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Conservationists say they are faced with an environmental tragedy, as 95,000 hectares of Guatemalan forests are lost each year.
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Desertification

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Desertification and drought leave in their wake severe economic, environmental and socio-political troubles around the world. Every year, six million hectares of productive land disappear and millions of dollars in income are lost due to land degradation and declining agricultural yields.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Weather Radars Installed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Venezuela will set up the first of eight meteorological radars by the end of June, the initial step to enable the Environment Ministry to collect data on precipitation and weather throughout the country

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Environmental Policy Drafted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Brazilian government is preparing its first National Conference on the Environment, Nov. 28-30 in Brasilia, where a "new environmental policy" will be designed, with input from all sectors of society.

Ecobreves – CHILE: More 'Unleaded' Cars

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The portion of automobiles with unleaded gas catalytic converters expanded in the Chilean capital from 36 percent of the total in 1992 to 59 percent last year, says the National Institute of Statistics.

Ecobreves – CUBA: El Niño the Culprit for Drought?

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The prolonged drought affecting the eastern Cuban provinces of Las Tunas and Holguín is due to weather fluctuations caused by the phenomenon of El Niño-Southern Oscillations (ENSO), say meteorologists.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA:: Search for Origins of DDT Found in Breast Milk

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Nicaraguan scientists are testing ground water in a northwestern area of the country to determine if aquifers contaminated with pesticides are related to the presence of DDT found in breast milk.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Protecting Forests in Aguán

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The governmental Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA) began a program this month in sustainable forest management aimed at preserving 10,000 hectares in the eastern region of Aguán, along the Atlantic coast.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA AND MEXICO: Final Touches to Bilateral Environmental Agenda

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 100 officials from the ministries of the environment and natural resources of Mexico and Guatemala sat down for the first time on Jun. 19 in the Guatemalan capital to outline a binational agenda on environmental protection.

Mafia Dominates Garbage Industry

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An estimated 158 families in organized crime rings in Italy are getting rich off the trafficking of 35 million tons of garbage a year.

Whales in Search of Safe Seas

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Ecologists are celebrating the approval of the International Whaling Commission’s so-called "Berlin Initiative", which could go a long way towards saving whales, large and small, from extinction.

Doubts on Whether 20th Century the Hottest Ever

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some U.S. scientists question the theories that have served as the basis of the global fight against climate change, saying periods of unusually warm or cool temperatures are explained by natural fluctuations in the Earth's climate processes.

A 'Laboratory' for an Environmental Citizenry Is Born

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, from now until 2006, will serve as the laboratory for an experiment whose goal is to create environmental awareness among citizens.
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“I fear the world that my grandchildren will inherit”

By IPS Correspondents and - -
War can no longer resolve any problems and it leaves in its wake the destruction of the Earth, says Chilean author Isabel Allende. "I take comfort in knowing that the children of today have greater ecological awareness," she said in an exclusive interview with Tierramérica in the U.S. city of San Francisco, where she presented her latest book "My Invented Country".

A Bid to Save Honduran Hummingbird

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A legislative bill to declare the northwestern area of Aguán Valley in Honduras a protected area is feeding hopes for the survival of the brilliantly colored emerald hummingbird, a species unique to this Central American nation.
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Iguanas

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Iguanas have a look that seems to hark back to a life in the very distant past of this planet. These reptiles are found primarily in the Americas, and in modern times have become a sort of cult object, and in some cases the source of concern for the very survival of certain species within the extensive family.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Logging Threatens Las Yungas Jungle

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A large portion of Las Yungas jungle in northwest Argentina could disappear over the next five years if plans are approved for a company that wants to clear 1,400 hectares in order to expand its sugarcane plantation, warn environmentalists.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Youth Sustainable Development Summit

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Youth experiences, actions and projects for improving the status of the environment will be presented at the First Global Summit on Youth Initiatives for Sustainable Development, to be held Aug. 26-30 in the Colombian Caribbean city of Cartagena.
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