Tierramerica

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.
The toxic air of La Oroya is a time bomb for the city's children. - Courtesy of Peruvian newspaper La República

A Breath of Fresh Air for La Oroya?

By Milagros Salazar and - -
The Peruvian city of La Oroya will adopt a warning system to protect its residents from the worst moments of air pollution.
Marco González, executive secretary of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol. - UNEP

Global Fight to Protect the Ozone Layer Celebrates 20 Years

By Daniela Estrada and - -
The Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances eliminated emissions of around 11 million tons of greenhouse gases, benefiting the climate system, the Protocol's executive secretary Marco González told Tierramérica.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Green Rooftops to Clean the Air

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Azoteas Verdes (Green Rooftops) project, of the municipal government of the Historic Center of Mexico City, aims to improve household ecology by planting bushes and gardens on buildings' rooftops. The first will be completed in four months.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Excess Glyphosate Found in GM Soy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Some of the genetically modified soybean harvested in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná in 2005-2006 surpassed the limit of glyphosate herbicide permitted by the national health regulatory agency, Anvisa.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Mountain Film Fest in Ushuaia

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The southern Argentine city of Ushuaia will host the First International Mountain Film Festival, Aug. 19-24. The events include sports activities, photo exhibits and presentations on conservation issues.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: River Recovery Campaign

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The "Adopt-a-River" project, presented by the Honduran government, is an effort to prevent contamination and the use of water sources as dumps.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Mapuches Win Battle Against Dump

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The municipal government of the southern Chilean city of Temuco backed away from a project to construct a new sanitary landfill which came under fire from indigenous Mapuche communities and the University of the Border.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Tighter Regulations for Mines

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The reforms of the Honduran Mining Law, expected to be approved in August, entail stricter controls over the mining companies, ranging from higher taxes to potential fines of more than one million dollars, legislative sources told Tierramérica.
The Patagonia seas are home to much more than animal species. - Photo Stock

Argentina Aims to Expand Its Maritime Frontier

By Marcela Valente, IPS, and - -
The sea floor of the South American continental platform holds vast energy, mineral and genetic wealth. Argentina wants to claim its share.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Electricity for Rural Guantánamo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Peasant farmers who live near the hydroelectric dam of the Guaso River in the eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo will see their living conditions improve as a result of a project to take place in the second half of 2007.
Women opening babaçú coconuts. - Movimento Inter-estadual de Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçú

Amazon Fruit Gatherers Face Biofuel Dilemma

By Mario Osava and - -
Babaçú fruit gatherers in the Brazilian Amazon must decide if they will join or reject the biodiesel production boom, which will alter the economy of this traditional activity.

Ecobreves – VENEZUELA: 26 Million Trees Planted

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Tree Mission, which was launched in Venezuela a year ago as a five-year plan to plant 100 million trees on 150,000 hectares at the heads of the tributaries of the Orinoco River, has already completed a quarter of its target, reported the authorities.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Distance Dispute Between GM and Traditional Maize

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A distance of a minimum of 100 meters between a commercial field of genetically modified corn and another field of conventional or organic corn is enough to prevent genetic contamination, says a proposal by Brazil's National Technical Commission on Biosafety.
A faulty hydrology study can lead to serious accidents at dams. - Photo Stock

A Crack in Safety of Argentina's Dams

By IPS and - -
Argentina may face a human and environmental disaster if it doesn't pass a law on dam safety that takes into account the appropriate risk factors, warn experts.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: A Push for Small Hydroelectric Dams

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Four communities in the Río Plátano biosphere reserve, which connects the eastern Honduran departments of Olancho, La Mosquitia and El Paraíso, are promoting renewable energy projects to develop their communities.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: List Released of Slave-Labor Businesses

By IPS Correspondents and - -
In a study released this month by Brazil's Labor Ministry, 192 individuals and businesses were found to be exploiting workers in conditions similar to slavery. In the past few years, more than 20,000 workers have been freed.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Campaign Against Misleading Food Ads

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Mexican non-governmental group Consumer Power, whose complaint won the removal of children's breakfast cereal advertising from television, is now preparing action against similar ads and pushing for legislative regulation.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Alternative Energy for Rural Schools

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A project by ecologist and civil society groups in Argentina launched this month will bring wind and solar energy to 125 rural schools across the country that lack access to the electrical grid.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Sao Paulo Organic Oranges for the World

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Of every 10 glasses of organic orange juice consumed in Europe and the United States, 8.5 are produced from fruit grown in groves in the north of Brazil's Sao Paulo state that are members of Grupo Montecitrus.

Ecobreves – CUBA: Preparing Mangroves for Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Experts and residents of Cuba's Ciénaga de Zapata, one of the largest marshes in the Caribbean islands, are preparing for the impacts of climate change on the area's mangroves, coastal vegetation that provides a home to a great array of animal life.
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