Tierramerica

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Electrochemical Gold Purification

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Mexican researchers began operating a prototype electrochemical reactor that separates gold and silver from other minerals, without producing toxic residues.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Lawsuit Against Eucalyptus

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Seven environmental organizations from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul are demanding that federal justice authorities only authorize eucalyptus plantations if they comply with environmental impact studies.

Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Honduras and Guatemala to Protect Shared Ecosystems

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The governments of Honduras and Guatemala signed a cooperation agreement on Aug. 27 to protect the natural resources the two countries share along their Caribbean coastlines.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Whales in the Schools

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A plan for children to develop "a comprehensive appreciation of whales and their environment" will begin in late September in five schools of the southern Argentine province of Chubut.
Capoeira, one of the cultural legacies of Brazil's 'quilombos'. - Photo Stock

Brazil's 'Quilombos' Resist Exclusion

By Fabiana Frayssinet and - -
The historic melting-pots of Afro-Brazilian culture, "quilombos" persist, but they are marked by neglect.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon Deforestation Affects Everyone

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Deforestation produces more harm than social or economic benefits in the Amazon region, concludes a report published by the Institute of Man and Environment of the Amazon.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: A Bank for Depositing Garbage

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A "garbage bank" will premiere this year in Santa Teresa del Tuy, a bedroom community southeast of Caracas where some 300,000 people live, and who generate 100 tons of solid waste each day, the project's main promoter, ecologist Oswaldo Alvarado, told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Pink Flamingos Return to Nest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Active nests of pink flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber), which saw a sharp decline during the Cuban droughts of 2004 and 2005, underwent a boom last year when the rainfall returned to normal levels.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Permaculture Is Coming

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Permaculture, which promotes human habitat that follows the patterns of nature, will arrive in Chile with a meeting to take place in the capital in September.
Few things seem more harmless than a child's toy. - Photo Stock

Careful with the Toys

By Diego Cevallos, IPS, and - -
The scandal of toxic China-made toys has cast doubt over the health safety of products for children around the world, and in Latin America in particular.
Waste discharge into a tributary of the Tercero River. - Colegio Universitario de Periodismo

Sad Tale of Argentina's Tercero River

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentina's polluted rivers are not limited to Buenos Aires. The transparent waters that feed the Tercero River, in central Argentina, become a dark stew in just 300 kilometers.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: An Indigenous Future in Eco-Tourism

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Five communities in the Honduran jungle region of Mosquitia over the past four years have development micro-projects for ecological conservation that have drawn tourists but also generated jobs.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Wanted: Logging Assassins

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Mexican peasant farming family, whose loved one was murdered by loggers in May, lives under death threats and the authorities are doing little about it, say activists.

Ecobreves – LATIN AMERICA: Debate on Climate Change Risk and Adaptation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Coordinating efforts to confront the usual threats from the weather and finding ways to adapt to climate change were among the purposes of a Latin American workshop organized in the Uruguayan capital by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Atuel River Case Before the Supreme Court

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Entrepreneurs, trade unionists, farmers, environmentalists, politicians and students in the central Argentine province of La Pampa have denounced before the Supreme Court the abusive usage of the Atuel River in neighboring Mendoza province.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: Producing Natural Fertilizers and Pesticides

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In the Venezuelan southwest, near the Colombian border, the government has inaugurated the first of 21 laboratories to produce bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers.
An indigenous child next to a giant tree in the Peruvian Amazon. - Photo Stock

Satellites Show Logging Decline in Peruvian Amazon

By Stephen Leahy and - -
Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon, intense in zones near roads and mining operations, has had little impact in protected forests, say researchers.

Ecobreves – URUGUAY: Climate Change Threatens Coastline

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Uruguayan politicians and citizens must be aware of the threats of climate change, especially for the coastal areas, says Pablo Mandeville, the United Nations permanent representative in this small South American country.
Laguna de Apoyo, a volcanic crater lake in southwest Nicaragua, is threatened by deforestation. - Photo Stock

A Green Crusade in Nicaragua

By José Adán Silva and - -
Nicaragua is attempting to reverse the loss of water resources with a massive planting of trees, which are essential to capture rainfall in areas that recharge rivers and lakes.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Agro-Toxins Kill Bees

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A cocktail of agro-chemicals increasingly used in direct planting of soy is decimating bee colonies in Brazil's far south.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Peasants Tested for Toxins from Mining

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Thirty health experts finished tests of 62 inhabitants from El Pedernal, a village in the central Honduran valley of Siria, to determine if they have high levels of cyanide, lead, arsenic and mercury from mining operations nearby.
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