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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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Ecobreves – CHILE: Award for Swan Defenders
The organization Acción por los Cisnes (Action for the Swans) won the prize for best defender of animals, awarded annually by the Chilean Federation of Animal Protection Institutions.
Contraband Transgenic Maize Causes Alarm
The illegal entry of transgenic maize seed into Brazil could have tragic effects on the South American giant's agricultural sector, say environmental officials.
Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Promoting Wind Energy
The first wind-generated power plant in Honduras will begin operating in late 2006 on Hula hill, south of the capital, and will supply Tegucigalpa and the surrounding areas with electricity.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: : Watch Out with Aluminum Cookware
Cooking with aluminum or stainless steel pots and pans can be harmful to one's health, reveals a study by Elaine Bocalon, a researcher at the Sao Carlos school of engineering at the University of Sao Paulo.
Ecobreves – COLOMBIA: Condor Population on the Rise
The number of Andean condors (Vultur griphus) in Colombia has grown by 10 percent this year, under a repopulation program of the environment ministry.
Carbon Market Still Green
The developing South can help fight climate change through the Clean Development Mechanism. But there is still much to be done before that scheme will be successful, said experts as the Montreal climate change conference drew to a close.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Filtering a Threatened Lake
The Guatemalan government has installed a plant to treat and filter water as it arrives at the southeastern Lake Amatitlán, which is in danger of turning into a swamp by 2015.France's Nuclear Waste Heads to Russia
France exports to Russia up to 6,000 tons of depleted uranium a year without adequate security measure, charges Greenpeace. The authorities say it is a "routine" matter.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Over-Fishing the Paraná River
The Proteger Foundation of Argentina, which promotes sustainable development around the Paraná River, warns that artisanal fisherfolk in the region face "an unprecedented crisis" due to over-fishing.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon Deforestation on the Decline
Brazil's environment ministry announced this month a 31-percent decline in the deforestation rate of the Amazon region.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Stan Leaves Bitter Taste for Coffee Growers
More than 5,000 people associated with coffee production in Mexico are looking at a gloomy forecast for 2006, following the destruction of more than 100,000 hectares by Hurricane Stan in October.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Cyber-Tongue Controls Beverage Quality
The Brazilian agricultural research agency Embrapa has invented an "electronic tongue" to taste and control the quality of coffee and other beverages.
Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Virtual Path to Nature
An Internet site based in Argentina is promoting environmental education among Latin American children and adolescents.Ecobreves – C HILE: Presidential Candidate Opposes Native Forest Law
Michelle Bachelet, candidate for the governing center-left coalition in Chile and favored in the polls for the Dec. 11 presidential elections, expressed her opposition to the native forests bill, which has the preliminary approval of a Senate commission.
Stan Was a Blow to the Poor, but Not the GDP
Experts are taking stock a month after Hurricane Stan blew through Central America: although thousands of people lost everything they had, the larger economy is set to come out just fine.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Green Horseback Ride
On horseback and bearing a message of respect for the environment and cultural diversity, a group of people is traveling across Mexico, reviving a sort of nomadic life.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Guácharo Cave Is Crumbling
Stalactites, stalagmites and other formations in Guáharo Cave, in northeast Venezuela, the largest in the country at 10.2 km long, are threatened by sewage, garbage left behind by visitors, and rats that are destroying birdnests.Ecobreves – CUBA: Horses for the Cure
Experts from Cuba and Uruguay are working to build a Latin American alliance to promote "equine therapy", using horses as a therapuetical tool.Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Promoting Fruit Growing
With the aim of developing Guatemala's fruit industry, the government will plant 6,149 new areas with fruit species, announced Alvaro Aguilar, agriculture minister.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Border Zone Development
A million-dollar project to promote ecological, tourism, agricultural and archeological development in western Honduras, in the area bordering Guatemala, was recently approved by the BCIE, the Central American Economic Integration Bank, as part of a bilateral plan between the two nations.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Conference to Set Environment Policies
"Integrated environmental policy and sustainable use of natural resources" will be the central themes of the second National Conference on the Environment, in which government and civil society delegates will participate in Brasilia, Dec. 10-13.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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