Tierramerica
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The Lesson of the 'Monster of Los Muermos'

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The remains of a sperm whale turned a Chilean beach into a pilgrimage site for the curious and for scientists. The mystery surrounding the carcass calls attention to the lack of environmental education, say scientists.
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Protecting Underwater History

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Panama is the first country in the world to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage.
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Birds of Prey

By IPS Correspondents and - -
With their powerful hooked beaks they tear the meat from the kill, which they capture thanks to incredibly keen eyesight. These attributes apply to vultures, eagles and hawks, as well as other species known as birds of prey, or raptors.

Ecobreves – PANAMA: Critics Lambaste Environmental Law

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Panama’s new environmental law "grants polluters the right to contaminate and disparages the principle of environmental crime prevention," said the Association to Promote New Development Alternatives (APRONAD).

Ecobreves – GUATEMALA: Guatemalans to Learn about Genetic Forestry

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts from the United States and Guatemala will offer a course in genetic forestry seeking to train some 80 Guatemalans in the use of improved seeds utilized in reforestation programs.

Peasant Farmers Step Up Efforts to Obtain Land

By Mario Osava and - -
Tension between peasant farmers and large landholders is on the rise in Brazil, where a landless workers’ organization is demanding land for some one million families by 2006. Leftist President Lula is making no concrete promises.

In Search of Columbus’ Bones

By IPS Correspondents and - -
"Our verdict will be irrefutable," the leader of the scientific team searching for the final resting place of the man credited with discovering the Americas told Tierramerica.

“La Nina” Ignites Energy Debate

By Gustavo González and - -
A debate about diversifying Chile’s sources of energy has been ignited by fears that a La Nina-spawned drought could lead to rationing of electricity.
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Peyote

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peyote, a bitter plant containing some 60 different alkaloids, has been revered as sacred by many indigenous Mexican cultures throughout the centuries. Today, however, the plant is far better known for the hallucinogenic effects it produces once ingested.

Ecobreves – CHILE: The Goodness of Copper

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Copper has more than 25 biological functions vital to the development of the human being, a new book published here says.

Ecobreves – CUBA:: Out in the Sun

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Cuba plans to use solar energy to provide electricity to 20,000 homes over the next five years, many of them in rural areas that are not connected to the national grid.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA:: Protecting the Caura River Basin

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A nine million dollar plan to protect the southeast Caura River basin in Venezuela, with backing from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has been approved by the Global Environment Facility of the World Bank.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: The Poor Are Relegated to the Hillsides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some 2 million Hondurans, one-third of the total population, live in extreme poverty on the country’s hillsides.

Ecobreves – PERU: More Precise Weather Forecasts

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The first regional weather forecasting system in Peru will begin operating in July, providing assistance to the Agriculture Ministry, the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service and the International Potato Center (CIP).
Members of the Huaorani indigenous group from the Ecuadorian Amazon. - Hoy newspaper, Ecuador.

Isolated Indigenous Groups Face Extinction

By Diego Cevallos and - -
Native South Americans shunning contact with “civilization” are facing cultural genocide, warns a top United Nations official.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: The Environment Takes a Bus Ride

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Buses in the Uruguayan capital are providing a moving theatre for an environmental message, spreading the word about the value of potable water, biodiversity, and promoting active participation in environmental affairs.

Farmers Rescue Native Potato

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Seven farming communities in Peru are trying to revive cultivation of original varieties of potatoes, knowledge of which is in danger of being lost.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: PCB Spills Alert

By IPS Correspondents and - -
An increase in spills of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), a toxic liquid used to cool large transformers, has put the Argentine population on full alert.
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If the Jaguar Vanishes

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The rare sight of a jaguar moving stealthily through the jungle is a good indication that the forest is a healthy one, for without this frightening animal, the jungle’s ecosystem is not as it should be.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Endangered Species Rescued

By IPS Correspondents and - -
At least 12 endangered species of snakes have been bred at a center to rescue wildlife in peril operating here in the Honduran capital.
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The Well

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Natural wells are sacred to today’s Maya as they were to their ancestors. Tradition holds that the water in these wells were “virgin or pure” because they never came in contact with light.
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