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Ecobreves – MEXICO: Researching a Male Contraceptive
Mexican researchers are developing a pharmaceutical that could be used as a male contraceptive, and which also promises to be an effective method to control populations of rats, dogs and cats.
The Amazon Possible
The Amazon is a privileged space where we can also achieve the invention of a sustainable policy, writes Marina Silva, former environment minister of Brazil, in this exclusive column for Tierramérica.
Inventory of Mitch's Cultural Destruction
Historians, restoration experts, filmmakers and geographers are researching and documenting the damage caused by Hurricane Mitch a decade ago to the cultural heritage of Honduras.
LATIN AMERICA: Elusive Right to Land Inflames Indigenous Protests
In the past two decades Latin America has made advances in signing international and national instruments that recognise and protect the rights of indigenous peoples. The problem is that these laws are not always heeded by governments, and the lack of enforcement has fuelled protests.
ENVIRONMENT: Haiti Can’t Face More Defeats
The worst natural disaster that Haiti has suffered requires far-reaching solutions in order to reduce this Caribbean country's environmental fragility, say officials and humanitarian workers.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Science Proves Warming of Antarctica
The Antarctic holds the world’s largest amount of fresh water in its icy grip, and it is most certainly warming as a result of greenhouse gases, say new scientific studies.
MEXICO: Cyclists Speed Up Transportation Changes
Cyclists in the Mexican capital who pedal nude once a year and organise tours through the city have overcome the suspicions of city officials and are now participating in designing plans to benefit this environmentally-friendly mode of transportation.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: How to Mitigate Climate Threats
Some 30 indigenous Lenca communities from the western Honduran departments of Lempira and Copán will develop projects aimed at preventing their vulnerability to the effects of climate change.Ecobreves – CHILE: Critics Point to Lack of Anti-Desertification Measures
"Desertification is one of Chile's most serious environmental problems, but there is no government policy" to fight it, Lucio Cuenca, of the Latin American Observatory of Environmental Conflicts (OLCA), told Tierramérica.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: New Book Highlights Threatened Animals
The Red Book of Endangered Brazilian Fauna provides detailed data about 627 animal species that could soon disappear from the planet -- three times the number of the previous list, from 1989.
Elusive Right to Land Inflames Indigenous Protest
The right of indigenous peoples to land is consecrated in most Latin American countries, although government compliance is subject to conflicting interpretations of that right.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Students' Eco-Ideas Win Prizes
María José Zavala, 20, and Enrique Pacheco, 23, traveled this month to Germany as part of the prize they won in a university contest for environmental ideas, sponsored in Venezuela by the environmental group Vitalis.
Science Proves Warming of Antarctica
Since 1950, a temperature increase of as much as three degrees Celsius has been recorded on the Antarctic Peninsula -- one of the largest temperature hikes on Earth.
Haiti Can't Face More Environmental Defeats
Haiti's environmental crisis could be the most desperate on the planet, says a high-ranking United Nations official in this Caribbean country.
ENVIRONMENT: Costa Rica at a Crossroads
The Crucitas open-pit gold mining project in northern Costa Rica could become an environmental cross to bear for the government of Óscar Arias.Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Elite Forest Troops
The Honduran Armed Forces announced the creation of a specialized elite military team to defend the forest and fight illegal trafficking of timber.
Costa Rica at an Environmental Crossroads
The Costa Rican government of Óscar Arias faces a charge of breach of legal duty for giving the go-ahead to a gold mining operation in the north of the country.
Cyclists Speed Up Transportation Changes
On pure pedal power, activists, academics and authorities are working to design policies that will make healthy bicycling a viable mode of transportation in Mexico's polluted capital.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Fees for Water Will Preserve Green Zones
A fund that will be financed by a five-percent hike in fees for potable water services will go to rural residents of 88,000 hectares surrounding the Mexican capital.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Costly Urban Pollution
The polluted air in Brazil's largest cities is costing the public sector at least one billion dollars a year, according to the University of Sao Paulo's air pollution laboratory.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: More and More Whales
Studies released in Argentina show that the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population is on the rise in the Atlantic, thanks to greater protection of the species.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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