Tierramerica

Flu on the Wing of Migratory Birds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Activists are calling on the European Union to ban the hunting of migratory birds, the main vector for the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu from Asia.

Agriculture, a Minefield for Trade Talks

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Farm exports from Mercosur -- Latin America's Southern Common Market -- to the European Union are growing at a snail's pace, but negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two blocs have been at a standstill for over a year, with no hope for progress in sight.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Communities Against Mining Exploration

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents of the southern Honduran department of Valle oppose the permit that the government granted mining companies to explore and exploit some 5,000 hectares in the area.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Electrical Energy from Hydrogen

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With support from the Argentine government, experts at an experimental hydrogen factory are studying the technical-economic possibilities of producing large quantities of electrical energy through turbines fed by this clean fuel.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: World Forum on Sustainable Tourism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Tourism that is not seasonal or destructive, that preserves biodiversity and has cultural and social content is the aim of the World Forum on Tourism for Peace and Sustainable Development, whose second annual meeting, DestiNations 2005, takes place Oct. 24-26 in this Brazilian city.
- El Universal.

Indigenous Peoples Left Vulnerable to Disasters

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Disaster prevention plans often fail to take into account the cultures and world views of indigenous communities. If the plans were more inclusive, say activists, there would be fewer tragedies resulting from climate phenomena like the recent Hurricane Stan.
CryoSat Satellite. - AOES Medialab.

A New Satellite for Measuring Polar Ice Melt

By Julio Godoy and - -
The European Space Agency hopes to launch the CryoSat II satellite within three years -- following the failure of the first mission on Oct. 8.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: War on Invasive Species

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Of the 204 exotic land species recorded to date in Brazil, 130 have become invasive, spreading rapidly because they had no predators, and destroying the local biodiversity.

Ecobreves – CHILE: “Smart” Traffic Signals

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four computer science students at the Federico Santa María Technical University in Valparaíso, 120 km west of the Chilean capital, have developed the "Smart Traffic" program, which will modernize the coordination of traffic signals along urban vehicle circulation routes.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Protest Against Ban on Scrap Exports

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Hundreds of workers at recycling companies protested Oct. 3 outside the Venezuelan Parliament against a government decree that banned the export of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Re-investing in Sustainable Heritage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Declared Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations in 1982, the historic center of Havana in 10 years generated 160 million dollars in tourism, services and taxes, most of which was reinvested in rehabilitating the district itself.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Misquitos Challenge World Bank Project

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The indigenous Misquito peoples of Honduras and Nicaragua have expressed their doubts about the World Bank's Mesoamerican Corazon Biosphere project, saying it is exclusive and an attack on the preservation of their population and culture.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Recycling Vehicle Air Conditioners

By IPS Correspondents and - -
By the end of the year the Brazilian government will deliver most of the 335 machines used for recycling the gases used in the air conditioning units of cars, trucks and other vehicles.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Maradona Defends Wichí Indigenous Peoples

By IPS Correspondents and - -
On his television program "La noche del 10", the most watched show in Argentina, former soccer star Diego Maradona asked the government to prevent the clearing of the Pizarro reserve, in the northeastern province of Salta, where a community of Wichí Indians lives.

Ecobreves – PERU: Denunciations of Mining Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Community leaders in the mining province of Oyón, 160 km northeast of Lima, are demanding that the government take immediate steps to prevent the contamination caused by the company Buenaventura, world leader in silver production.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Companies for Cleaner Production

By IPS Correspondents and - -
From May 3 to May 6, 2006, in Bento Goncalves, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the second International Ecological and Environmental Fair (FIEMA) will promote new technologies for sustainable development.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Accelerating Fruit Maturation with Chemicals

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Cuban experts warn that the indiscriminate use of chemicals to speed up the maturation process of fruits and vegetables threatens the health of consumers in this Caribbean country, which officially favors ecological farming methods.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Aquatic Species Discovered

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Two fish species, five new types of crustaceans and two micromollusks were found in the delta of the Orinoco River, in northeast Venezuela, by researchers from the LaSalle Foundation for the Natural Sciences.

Ecobreves – CHILE:: Defending Water Against Mining Company

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Los Caimanes, a small rural community in northern Chile, launched a signature collection campaign to convince the government to prohibit a big mining company from building a reservoir that would contaminate the area's aquifers, the only local source of potable water.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Forests Produce More Intact than Cleared for Farming

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Amazon forests that remain intact are more ''competitive'' than farming in this globalized economy, according to a doctoral thesis recently approved by the University of Brasilia.
Mystical Venice - www.rrm.cl

Venice Doesn't Want to Be Another New Orleans

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A gigantic engineering project, slated for completion in 2010, aims to save the mystical Italian city of canals from the encroaching sea. Environmental groups sound the alarm on the work's potential environmental impact.
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