Tierramerica

Ecobreves – NICARAGUA: Zoo's Residents in Danger

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 78 species of Nicaraguan fauna at the National Zoo lack the appropriate habitat for development and reproduction, the zoo's director, Marina Sacasa, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Mayan Sites Protected

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Congress has declared the Guatemalan Mayan archeological sites of Yaxhá, Nakum and Naranjo protected areas. Located in the northern department of El Petén, bordering Mexico, they are frequent targets for looters and vandals.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Ex-Ambassador Visits Threatened Forest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Former U.S. ambassador to Honduras and director of the Center for International Policy, Robert White, has called for protection of the forests in the northeast department of Olancho and the resolution of the June murder of environmentalist Carlos Reyes.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Fighting Ozone Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Sao Paulo government's environmental clean-up agency aims to reduce the proportion of olefins (volatile hydrocarbons) in gasoline from 30 to five percent in order to fight urban ozone pollution.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Ecological Museum Promoted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Residents and officials in the northern Honduran region of Choloma are promoting the creation of an ecological museum near Ticamaya Lagoon in order to protect marine species and promote tourism.

Ecobreves – SOUTH AMERICA

By IPS Correspondents and - -
- The environmental watchdog Greenpeace alerted the governments of Argentina and Chile about a nuclear waste shipment that left Australia last week and could pass through Cape Horn, a threat to the territorial waters of both countries.
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Indians Shake Up the Political Scene

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Despite their exclusion from society, indigenous communities in Latin America are gaining ground in the political arena. They have brought down two governments and wield increasing influence at the local and parliamentary levels.
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A Treasure Underfoot

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Little is known about the huge Guaraní Aquifer, an underground reservoir of freshwater for the countries of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). Experts are preparing long-term plans to preserve it.
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Mapuches Want to Shape Their Own Future

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Chile's principal indigenous community -- some 700,000 people -- is seeking a system for self-determination, but without undermining the integrity of the state.

International year of Rice

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In an effort to attend to the problems of hunger and malnutrition, among others, the United Nations General Assembly on Oct. 31 declared 2004 the International Year of Rice. Sixty percent of the world's 1.3 billion poor live in Asia, and rice is their principal sustenance.

Ecobreves – International Year of Rice

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In an effort to attend to the problems of hunger and malnutrition, among others, the United Nations General Assembly on Oct. 31 declared 2004 the International Year of Rice. Sixty percent of the world's 1.3 billion poor live in Asia, and rice is their principal sustenance.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Belated Sanitation Alert

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The sanitation alarm sounded by Uruguayan authorities last week in the southern Ciudad de la Costa, the country's fastest growing urban center, came two years after residents, experts and activists warned of the problem.

Ecobreves – PERU: On War Footing for Gold Mining Project

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Canadian mining company Manhattan, backed by Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines, called off the Nov. 7 public hearing on its gold exploitation plan for the northern city of Tambogrande after the mayor announced a general strike to protest the project.

Ecobreves – COSTA RICA: The Disappearing Amphibians

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Populations of 23 species of frogs and toads in Costa Rica have decreased, and 11 could become extinct, according to the studies conducted by biologists Gerardo Chaves and Federico Bolaños, from Costa Rica's National University.

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Monitoring Caribbean Reefs

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Guatemala's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources this month delivered aquatic research equipment for monitoring the Mesoamerican Reef System, which extends along the Caribbean coast from the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, to Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
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Crucial Colombian Reservoir a Guerrilla Bastion

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Politicians are demanding the recovery of control over the strategic Sumapaz Basin, which they say is used by the insurgent FARC to traffic people, arms and drugs.
Mario Molina - El Universal

We don't need scientific certainty in order to take action'

By Diego Cevallos and - -
The consequences of failing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on curbing climate change could be very serious, Mario Molina, Nobel laureate in chemistry, says in a dialogue with Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – UNITED STATES: Greens Seek Commitment from Schwarzenegger

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Ecologist groups say the environmental proposals of the governor-elect of the U.S. state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, are vague -- and they are going to demand concrete answers.

Saving Patagonia's Wild Cattle

By Marcela Valente and - -
Some 80 head of cattle, direct descendants of the livestock brought to the Americas by Christopher Columbus, have been removed from the glacier-covered mountains of southern Argentina. Experts aim to study their genetic makeup.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Protecting Wetlands and Aquatic Birds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An internationally backed project for the western Cuban province of Pinar del Río aims to protect the area's wetlands and waterfowl.

Ozone-Depleting Gases

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Although they are responsible for destroying the barrier that protects life on Earth from harmful solar rays, ozone-depleting gases continue to be used around the world, especially in developing countries.
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