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Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Studying the Impact of Climate Change on Estuary Birds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project carried out by the Mater Natura Environmental Studies Institute of Brazil will assess the potential impacts of climate change on estuary birds and propose ways to conserve their habitat.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Miners Move Into Canaima National Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Indigenous communities report that illegal gold mining has now penetrated into Canaima National Park, which covers 30,000 square kilometers in southeastern Venezuela.
"In the last 40 years, the mosquito has spread to many countries," says María Guadalupe Guzmán. Credit: Patricia Grogg/IPS

Q&A: Cuba Advancing Towards a Dengue Vaccine

By - - and Patricia Grogg
"We don’t like to talk about our specific goals," says Cuban virologist María Guadalupe Guzmán, as a subtle way to avoid going into too much detail about the research she is heading up to develop a dengue vaccine.
"In the last 40 years, the mosquito has spread to many countries," said María Guadalupe Guzmán. - Patricia Grogg/IPS

Cuba Advancing Towards a Dengue Vaccine

By Patricia Grogg and - -
In Cuba it has been demonstrated that as a dengue epidemic advances, the number of serious cases increases and changes take place in the virus genome, reports the head of a Cuban team of researchers working on a vaccine.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Sustainable Production Program Targets Two Thousand Poor Families

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 2,000 families in poor rural areas of Honduras will take part in pilot initiatives in ecotourism, sustainable agriculture and local marketing of their products thanks to 6.8 million dollars in financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
- Fabricio Vanden Broeck

A Rio+20 Activist Manifesto and Action Plan

By Bhaskar Menon and - -
If civil society activists create their own action plan to save the planet, there would be no need for governments to negotiate common standards for nations and communities widely unequal in wealth and technical capacity.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Land Donation Conditioned on Creation of National Park

By IPS Correspondents and - -
) The Conservation Land Trust (CLT) has conditioned the donation of 150,000 hectares from the Iberá Natural Reserve, in the northeastern Argentine province of Corrientes, on the government’s creation of a national park.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Marine Biology Image Bank Launched

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two researchers at the University of São Paulo have set up a public digital image bank comprising 260 videos and 11,000 super high-resolution photographs cataloguing Brazil’s marine biodiversity.
On the Yucatán coast, some species recover more quickly from hurricanes and rising sea levels than others. Credit: Courtesy of Víctor Vidal

Climate Change Arouses Scientific Curiosity in Mexico

By - - and Emilio Godoy
Climate change has inspired dozens of scientists at Mexican public universities to conduct research on its effects and seek ways to confront them.
Wind farm under construction in Bom Jardim da Serra, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Credit: Courtesy of Abeeólica

Brazilian Winds Fuel Green Job Creation

By Alice Marcondes
The term "green jobs", coined to describe employment that contributes in some way to preserving or restoring the environment, is increasingly entering the vocabulary of companies keen to respond to the social demand for a cleaner economy.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Cleaner Production Policy Proposed

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Ministry of Environment of Honduras will present a draft public policy later this year aimed at cleaner production through the combined efforts of the state and private sectors in the development of measures to conserve energy, water and raw materials.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agriculture That Protects the Environment

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project based on planting trees in combination with crops is aimed at reducing water consumption and agrochemical use in agriculture in two rural areas of the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Japanese Funding for Waste Collection

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The collection and treatment of household waste in the Cuban capital will be stepped up through a cooperation project funded by the Japanese government.
Port of the Amazon indigenous community of San Miguel on the Pirá Paraná River, in the department of Vaupés, Colombia. Credit: María Cristina Vargas/IPS

COLOMBIA: Amazonas 2030 – Indicators for the Climate Crisis

By - - and Constanza Vieira
"It's great news" that the Colombian government is studying the cancellation of mining titles that have been granted in protected areas and in border zones declared national security areas, anthropologist Martín von Hildebrand, director of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation, told Tierrramérica.
Bike sharing system in Changwon, South Korea. Credit: City of Changwon

EcoMobility Gaining Ground, Step by Step

By - - and Stephen Leahy
Berlin is a big capital city of a country famed for making excellent automobiles, but it can no longer afford roads and is now moving people by transit, bike and especially through walking.
Bike sharing system in Changwon, South Korea. - City of Changwon

EcoMobility is Gaining Ground, Step by Step

By Stephen Leahy and - -
Cities around the world are embracing a new concept, “EcoMobility” or sustainable mobility: transportation without private vehicles.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Mexico City Aquifer Could Be Recharged

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The aquifer that supplies water to Mexico City could be recharged in eight areas, according to a new university research study.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Activists Call for Common Front to Defend Whales

By IPS Correspondents and - -
More than 60 environmental organizations from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean have called on the region’s governments to use diplomatic action to stop Japan from beginning its annual whale hunt in the Southern Ocean this December.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Proposal to Compensate National Park for Water Supply

By IPS Correspondents and - -
This November the Honduran Congress will study a bill aimed at authorizing payment for environmental services to La Tigra National Park, the main green area and source of water for Tegucigalpa.
Port of the Amazon indigenous community of San Miguel on the Pirá Paraná River, in the department of Vaupés, Colombia. - María Cristina Vargas/IPS

Amazonas 2030: Indicators for the Climate Crisis

By Constanza Vieira and - -
Official figures on the Colombian Amazon region are so lacking that the researchers who developed a new regional sustainability index specified that "it was difficult to obtain a large part of the data."
Nothing is more dangerous than building a house on a river bank, like this one on the San Juan River in Nicaragua. Credit: Germán Miranda/IPS

Central America Slowly Learning the Value of Disaster Prevention

By Danilo Valladares
The growing frequency of weather-related disasters in Central America has led to greater organisational efforts for risk management and emergency response. But during the most recent storm in the region, the fruits of these efforts were still not visible.
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