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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
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Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Stock Exchange Joins Fight Against Climate Change
The São Paulo Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) have launched the Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2) to encourage companies to measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.Ecobreves – CHILE: New Actions Planned Against Mine Tailings Deposit
Residents of the northern Chilean community of Caimanes are planning new actions to fight for the closure of the mine tailings deposit operated by the Chilean-Japanese mining company Los Pelambres.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Glacier Protection Law Suspended
Environmental organizations in Argentina are protesting the delays in the application of the law to protect glaciers passed in late September 2010.
Climate Change Could Be Worsening Effects of El Niño and La Niña
Scientists believe that global warming could be affecting the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate cycle, whose cold phase, La Niña, is already taking a toll on food production.
Local Communities Protect Their Amazon
Residents and authorities of a Peruvian Amazon region take rainforest conservation into their own hands.
BRAZIL: Climate Change Means New Crop Health Concerns
Farming around the globe, already reeling from drought, heat waves and major storms, will have to prepare for the new challenges that global warming will bring, especially in the form of pests and disease.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Threats Churn in the San Juan River
The San Juan River, centre of discord and diplomatic conflicts between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is seeing its riverbanks fill up with economic projects that scientists and environmentalists say will irreversibly alter its course.
Q&A: “This Time There Will Be No Noah’s Ark”
"The market is not going to resolve the environmental crisis," says theologian and environmentalist Leonardo Boff, professor at Brazil's State University of Rio de Janeiro. The solution, he says, lies in ethics and in changing our relationship with nature.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Innovative Octopus Farm Expands
The Mexican Mayab Mollusk Cooperative will expand its production of baby four-eyed octopus (Octopus maya) in order to expand its sales.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Free Bicycles in Buenos Aires
To encourage the use of bicycles, the Buenos Aires city government this month made about 100 two-wheelers available to anyone interested.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Renewed Permit for Gas del Caribe
After eight months of hearings, the Honduran Secretariat (ministry) of Environment and Natural Resources announced the two-year permit renewal for the controversial Mexican company Gas del Caribe, which operates in the Atlantic region of Omoa, in the Honduran northwest.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Shell of Amazon Fruit Replaces Flour in Bread
A bread made from the shell of the cupuaçú (Theobroma grandiflorum), a typical fruit of the Amazon forest, was widely approved in a consumer test. This alternative product, developed by researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP), achieved a favorable rating from more than 90 percent of those surveyed.
Climate Change Means New Crop Health Concerns
Phytosanitary problems could see dramatic changes in the coming decades as a result of climate change. A Brazilian project is dedicated to researching the possibilities and providing solutions.
“This Time There Will Be No Noah's Ark”
The collective duty of humanity is to seek a balance with nature. Everyone has to do their part; be more with less. The problem is not money, says Brazilian Leonardo Boff in this exclusive Tierramérica interview.
Threats Churn in the San Juan River
The conflict between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over the San Juan River masks a series of endeavors with the potential to damage this valuable natural resource.
BRAZIL: ‘Green’ Schools Flourish in Porto Alegre
Living sustainably can be learned. That is the idea championed by two schools in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, where students are learning to become environmental citizens of the new millennium.
Legal Shortcuts Trap the Peruvian Anchovy
Exports of fishmeal made from Peruvian anchoveta, or anchovy (Engraulis ringens), is so lucrative that fishers have sought -- and found -- legal shortcuts to obtain permits that would have been impossible through formal channels. This practice is exhausting even the contingency stock that the government had set aside.Ecobreves – CHILE: Growing Opposition to Mining in the North
"Every day there are more organizations" that oppose the expansion of major mining in the northern Andean region of Chile, due to its harm to glaciers and water sources, activist Mauricio Ríos, of the Northern Environmental Network (RAN), told Tierramérica.
Good Omens for Climate Pact in Durban 2011
The fact that an international climate deal is possible at next year's climate summit in Durban, South Africa is a good omen for the future of our planet, writes South African Kumi Naidoo, head of Greenpeace International.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Most Support Environmentalism, But Few Practice
Although 59 percent of the Brazilians surveyed said that preserving the environment is more important than ensuring economic growth, just 18 percent considered it their personal duty.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: IDB Supports Programs to Fight Climate Change
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will make 30 million dollars available in loans for developing renewable energy in Honduras.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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