Eco-briefs from Tierramerica

Brazil: Fruitful Irrigation with Sewer Water Urban household sewer water, processed to remove solid waste and some of the organic matter, is being used in Brazil as a fertilizer . . . Honduras: Dredging to Fight Floods The municipal government of Tegucigalpa last week launched an intense campaign to dredge rivers and ravines and to clean up the city - all to reduce vulnerability to flooding in some 135 neighborhoods considered at risk . . . Global: Mammals in Danger Twenty-five percent of the world's mammal species are in danger as a result of agricultural expansion, hunting and the introduction of exotic species, according to a meeting of experts from 50 countries last week in Argentina . . .