Tierramerica

Biosphere Reserve Opens to Eco-Tourism

By Dalia Acosta and - -
A small community living in the biosphere reserve of Sierra del Rosario, in Cuba, is attempting to prove that "green" tourism is indeed possible.
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Rio+10 in a State of Emergency

By Haider Rizvi and - -
The United Nations and the South African government are leading a final attempt to resuscitate the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which gets underway in Johannesburg in less than a month.

Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Water Classes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Water Classrooms initiative will train 3,000 school children in the northern Colombian department of Atlántico to take care of water resources, through an agreement between the private sector and the departmental government.

Good-Bye Garbage Dumps

By Mario Osava and - -
The clean-up of several unregulated garbage dumps in the industrial Brazilian municipality of Sao Bernardo do Campo has served to raise the environmental awareness of the area's 700,000 residents.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Ecotourism in Antarctica

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina's tourism office is promoting ecological tourism in Antarctica, the frozen continent located 4,600 km from the nation's capital, and 1,200 km from its southern extreme.
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Adobe Stands Up to Quakes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A non-governmental organization in El Salvador is promoting the construction of adobe homes designed to withstand the relatively frequent earthquakes that hit Central America. Adobe is an ecological and inexpensive alternative, say experts.

Ecobreves – PERU: Transport of Dangerous Substances

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Peruvian government is launching a plan for the safe shipment of contaminating materials like petroleum, acids and other industrial products, with the support of United Nations agencies.
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Alternatives to Environmental Neo-Liberalism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The current globalization process, has imposed an "over-economization" of the world, is tarnishing the prospects for the upcoming Johannesburg Summit.

Ecobreves – MEXICO:: Cheap and Wasted Water

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexico's water consumers pay a third of the cost of purification and distribution, and just 30 percent comply with payments for the service, complain authorities.
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UN Conferences and Summits

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The international conferences and summits convened by the United Nations generate intense mobilization around issues of global interest. On the current agenda are two major gatherings, one about sustainable development, the other about the information society.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Tegucigalpa the Most Polluted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A report by the Swiss Foundation for Development Aid warns that the Honduran capital has the worst air pollution of Central America, which explains why there has been an increase in respiratory illnesses there.

Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Anti-Dengue Fumigation Criticized

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ecologists in El Salvador denounce the use of the insecticide permithrin in the government's fumigation campaign aimed at eradicating the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue fever among humans.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Promoting Clean Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Central America could cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 200,000 tons in the next 10 years through a plan encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, financed by the Global Environment Fund and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Ecobreves – CUBA: Fighting Desertification

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuban technicians are receiving training in Germany to recover an arid zone in the southeastern province of Guantánamo, one of the Caribbean island's most fragile ecosystems.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Wild Animals Released

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The wild animal rehabilitation center of the Pro-Defense of Flora and Fauna National Committee released two chilla foxes (Pseudalopex griseus) and two quiques (Galictis cuja), species threatened by hunters and smugglers.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Green Tourism in Los Roques

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Los Roques Science Foundation and Ecoportal Wildlife Venezuela are attempting to turn the Los Roques archipelago, located in the Venezuelan Caribbean, into a destination for ecotourists.
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Central America Wearies under Dengue Onslaught

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The tropical epidemic has been merciless in the region, and is revealing the vulnerability of the poorest sectors of the population.

Ecobreves – BRASIL: Agro-Ecology Is Growing

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Family farming provides 70 percent of the food consumed in Brazil, representing an important step towards agro-ecology, say experts.
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'Aqua' to Revolutionize Climate Predictions

By Mario Osava and - -
The Brazilian probe incorporated into the Aqua satellite will allow predictions of rains and drought for South America with 90 percent accuracy.

Ecobreves – PANAMA: Coffee Bees

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The presence of African bees led to a 25-percent increase in the production and weight of two varieties of coffee grown in the western Panamanian province of Chiriquí, according to a study by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
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Dengue

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Dengue has become a health problem for tropical areas of Latin America over the last several decades. But this disease, cause by four types of virus transmitted by a mosquito, has been known for centuries.
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