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Bali Forecast: Low Expectations
Don't expect clear actions to come from the climate conference in Bali. The mission is to hammer out an agenda for negotiations and a measurable threshold of commitments to fight global warming, say experts.
Pots and Pans Against Climate Change
To minimize its impact on the climate, a restaurant in Santiago is making more efficient use of heat and energy, purchasing "clean" electricity and carbon certificates.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Critics Aim at Genetic Resources Law
The public consultation for a legislative bill on genetic resources in Brazil only allows comments by mail or Internet, which impedes the participation of many traditional communities who possess vast knowledge on the use of biodiversity, criticize social justice groups.Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: A Push for Renewable Energy
The Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE) over the next five years will finance small and medium scale renewable energy projects with 89 million dollars.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Warning to Real Estate Investors
If legal actions against the Paraíso del Mar real estate project are successful, those who invested in the western Mexican state of Baja California enterprise will lose a lot of money.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Whale Deaths Double
The unusual spike in the number of dead whales found on the beaches of the southern Argentine province of Chubut in October and November has caused concern at the Whale Conservation Institute (ICB).Ecobreves – BRAZIL: National Plan Announced Against Climate Change
The National Plan for Climate Change to be elaborated by the Brazilian government is much welcome, though it should have been done and implemented long ago, say activists.
Nascent Biofuel Market Has Congenital Defects
It will take a long time to root out the distortions caused by economic and political interests in the budding market for biofuels, say experts.Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Fishers Save the Dolphins
Dolphins that are part of the Caribbean seascape of the Venezuelan coastline have won the respect of artisanal and sports fishers, ensuring that these mammals are enjoying good health, biologist María Gabriela Silva, of the environmentalist group Seavida, told Tierramérica.Ecobreves – CUBA: Protecting Pets from Natural Disasters
The Cuban Animal Protection Association and the governmental Cuban Society for Veterinary Medicine will work together to devise ways to protect household pets during natural disasters or war.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Solar Energy for Sao Paulo's Public Buildings
Public buildings to be constructed in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, with 40 million inhabitants, will have solar energy units to heat at least 30 percent of the hot water consumed.Ecobreves – CHILE: Everyone Against Whale Hunting
Government, Parliament and non-governmental organizations in Chile rejected Japan's announcement of renewed hunting of more than 1,000 whales, for supposedly scientific purposes, in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, near the costs of Australia and New Zealand.Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Fish Farm Concessions for Government Dams
Brazil's Fisheries and Aquaculture Secretariat is offering concessions for raising fish in areas near dams and other public water bodies, with the aim of legalizing the status of clandestine fisherfolk.Ecobreves – MEXICO: Consumer Watchdog Blames Tobacco Companies
Corporate interests are feeding the "I Smoke" campaign in Mexico, an effort by smokers against reforms that would put stricter limits on cigarettes, according to the non-governmental organization Power of the Consumer (El Poder del Consumidor).Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Activists Demand New Forestry Agency
The Olancho Environmentalist Movement (MAO) in eastern Honduras is urging the government to create the Institute of Forestry Conservation to execute the related law, approved two months ago.Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Youth Concern for Water
More than 200 young people will gather in December in the eastern Argentine city of Chascomús to celebrate the first National Water and Youth Conference.
Hope-Filled Venom
Cuban scientists will conduct clinical trials of the anti-cancer properties of the venom from a scorpion native to the Caribbean island. They have administered it to more than 8,000 patients since 2000.
Sanitation a Reality on Paper Only
An enormous sanitation project, with the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre at its epicenter, so far has seen 12 years pass, an investment of 220 million dollars, and no results.
Emergency Brakes Needed to Stop Climate Crash
The only mention of goals for reducing emissions of climate-changing gases was eliminated from the document that will serve as the basis for the world's governments to take action.
Chile in Search of Its Energy Treasure
Chile's efforts to develop its non-conventional energy resources are well under way, but are still insufficient, say experts and environmentalists.Ecobreves – CUBA: Bio-Pesticides for Export
Cuba will soon begin production of bio-pesticides effective against disease vectors. The products will be available on the domestic market and for export, according to sources from the business group Laboratorios Biofarmaceúticos.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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