Tierramerica

Ecobreves – CHILE:: At Recycling's Cutting Edge

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ecologists applaud the municipality of Ñuñoa, one of the 33 communities of the Santiago metropolitan area, for launching an unprecedented waste-recycling program.

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Cement Company Promises to Stop Polluting

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican transnational Cemex recognized that its cement plant in Nicaragua was contaminating the surrounding area, and promised that in 2004 it will complete work on its 1.2 million dollar toxic substance emissions control program.

Ecobreves – PANAMA: Pageant Under Shadow of SARS

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- Panamanian authorities have set up a strict security apparatus to prevent SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) from entering the country with the numerous foreign visitors who will be arriving for the Miss Universe contest Jun. 3.
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'The clone would be uglier, sicker and dimmer'

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Human cloning would serve no purpose; all it would do is create imperfect beings, Carlos Alberto Redi, the Italian scientist who created the first mouse clone, says in an interview with Tierramérica.

Brazil Aims for Most Tender Beef

By Mario Osava and - -
In 18 months, Brazilian scientists expect to have figured out the genetic puzzle that will allow their country to raise cattle that are more resistant to disease and produce better beef.
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WHAT DOES THE RIGHT TO HEALTH MEAN?

By IPS Correspondents and - -
What does the right to health mean in a world where so many people live in desperate situations? asks Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Heath Organisation.

Environmental Legislation and Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The need to protect the environment produced the emergence worldwide of an environmental legal framework in the form of laws, agreements, regulations, decrees and treaties, of national or international scope, requiring a high level of expertise among environmental lawyers.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Culture in Benefit of Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With a full schedule of films, exhibitions of paintings and caricatures, Mexico is gearing up to celebrate World Environment Day, Jun. 5.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Youth Committed to Nature

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 400 young people from Colombia's Caribbean coast have made a pledge to work for the benefit of the environment and to prevent the irreparable harm that human activities often cause in nature.

Ecobreves – SOUTH AMERICA: Humboldt Current Alleviates Global Warming – Study

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The cold Humboldt current, which flows parallel to the South American Pacific coast from the south to the northern Peruvian coast, contributes to mitigating global warming, says a new study by Peru's Institute of the Sea (IMARPE).

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Controlling Sugarmill Fires

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An agreement aimed at regulating operations of sugarmills in Honduras in order to prevent pollution entered into force this month.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: US Proposes Fining Polluters

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The United States has suggested that five Central American countries should include in the provisions of the free trade agreement under negotiation economic penalties for companies that pollute.

Ecobreves – PANAMA:: Opposition to Environmental Bill

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The environmental protection bill that for the fourth consecutive year is attempting to make it through the Panamanian parliament has watered-down penalties for violators so much that it is meaningless, say environmental groups.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Kids' Environment Manifesto

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In Colombia, 3,500 children, parents and teachers took part in drafting the "Children's Manifesto for a Healthy Environment", a document that establishes actions and commitments to promote the well being of kids at home, at school and in their natural surroundings.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: The Return of Tuberculosis

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Tuberculosis, a disease that was on the decline in Argentina throughout the 1980s and 1990s, has been on the upswing since 2000, with more than 13,000 new cases each year, reports the Argentine Health Ministry's epidemiology department.

Ecobreves – IRAQ: Assessing the War's Environmental Impact

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five teams of biologists from the non-governmental alliance BirdLife International will spend 30 days in Iraq to evaluate the effects of the war on the environment, with particular attention to the situation of the country's bird populations.

Ecobreves – PERU: Bio-Trade under Scrutiny

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Peruvian Bio-Trade Committee, created through a 1996 initiative of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to promote sustainable use of biodiversity, is drawing up an assessment of the private and community enterprises that are involved in such activity.
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SARS Here to Stay

By Diego Cevallos and - -
So far there have been no fatal victims of atypical pneumonia in Latin America, but the first economic impacts of the disease are being felt in the region. Chilean copper prices have fallen and Brazilian chicken exports have declined.

Iraqi Children – The War Generation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Iraqi children suffer an "innate" fear, say experts. Now the psychological traumas caused by the second Gulf War are leaving them with even more scars, and a potentially long road to recovery.

Decoding the Environmental Genome

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The deciphering of 200 of the 554 genes considered "environmentally sensitive" has opened the door to greater understanding of our relationship with our surroundings and the human organism's reactions to specific problems, such as pollution.
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Nature Longs for Lost Woodpecker

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Every living species represents a library-full of knowledge, and the extinction of a type of bird, for example, means the disappearance of biological knowledge that will never be recovered.
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