In this regard, the National Service of Protected Areas by the State (Sernanp), supported by representatives of the Special Prosecutor in Environmental Matters, the Navy of Peru and the Division of Tourism and Environmental Protection of the National Police , who mobilized aboard the BAP ” Amazon “, arresting five and immobilized 7-wood forest tractor mounted an operation to counter illegal logging, especially in areas protected by the state. The intervention was conducted in the Puinahua River, near the communities of Worker I, Victoria Area, Father Lopez and Montebello, in the province of Loreto Requena. Read Article
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Volclayno I don’t post every volcano image that passes by, but there are a few that catch my eye for some reason or another. Like this one, the Ubinas volcano in Peru: Wow. Even though I know the power and fury of these mighty beasts, they are just so simply lovely when seen from space! […]
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Water, produced by floods and problems in treatment plants is exceeded Chilibre and officials said the health ministry said the water is potable and is not health DANIDA in several neighborhoods of the capital, sediment, yellow and other individuals produce doubt and fear. The online newspaper of Panama received complaints and reports of Cerro Viento, […]
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Indigenous leaders from the comarca Ngäbe Buglé are organizing a number of protests that will take place Tuesday against reforms to the mining code that were ratified this week. The protesters, who are concerned that the changes will allow copper mining at Cerro Colorado, are planning protests in San Félix and David, in the province […]
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The Peruvian government has been forced to offer talks with governors, the ombudsperson’s office and Catholic Church leaders, to stem the outcry over two emergency decrees that waive the requirement for environmental certificates for 33 investment projects, including hydroelectric dams in the Amazon rainforest. Read Article
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As freshwater disappears from the super-populated Peruvian coast, the most water-intensive crops are expanding unabated as highly profitable exports. Observers warn about the harm this is causing and demand greater responsibility from the government and all involved. Read Article
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Mining investment in Peru amounted to US$4.02 billion in 2010 exceeding the amount raised the previous years, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) estimated Saturday. The country attracted far more mining investment in 2010 than in 2009 (US$2.82 billion), 2008 (US$ 1.7billion) and 2007 (US$ 1.24billion). Read Article
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The always excellent Armin Wagner of GIZ, the German aid and development agency, has assembled his annual list of fuel prices around the world. It’s a “snapshot” of gasoline and diesel prices in November, 2010. While those in Europe get to nitter and natter over whether ’tis better to be as Romania, at 146 U.S. […]
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At least three consortia will bid in April for the right to build and run a high-speed railway in Brazil, the head of the nation’s transport regulator told Reuters on Friday. The auction for one of the key infrastructure projects ahead of the 2016 Olympics was delayed last year to allow time for more companies […]
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Lawmakers in Panama approved legislation to attract foreign investment to its mining industry, despite opposition from students and indigenous groups. President Ricardo Martinelli and his supporters in the national assembly argue that mining could be Panama’s second largest source of income after fees from the trans-oceanic canal. It becomes law with Martinelli’s signature. Read Article
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Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (SCC) today announced a restructuring that will create a newly named business unit focused on providing crop protection solutions in the Latin American agricultural markets. The new business unit, Sumitomo Chemical Latin America (SCLA) will focus on providing Latin American growers with leading crop management products and active ingredients developed, manufactured […]
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Cultivating coca bushes, the source of cocaine, is speeding up destruction of rainforests in Colombia and threatening the region’s “hotspots” of plant and animal diversity, scientists are reporting in a new study. The findings, which they say underscore the need for establishing larger protected areas to help preserve biodiversity, appear in ACS’ journal Environmental Science […]
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Designed as an apartment venue and later turned into a hotel, GEN is a 26-storey building designed by Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido located in Santiago de Chile with the usual green credentials but with two cool details: distributed energy generation with individual solar panels exposed to the front, and a second skin made with […]
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AT LESS than 8,000MW, Peru’s total electricity-generation capacity is modest, barely matching four modern nuclear power stations. But President Alan García’s government reckons it could produce almost eight times as much power just by harnessing the country’s Amazonian rivers, let alone using increasingly plentiful supplies of natural gas, and wind and solar power. The government […]
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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has expressed interest in province Loja’s Palanda hydroelectric project, José Aguirre, manager of Loja’s alternative energies company Enersur, told BNamericas. Read Article
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Hundreds of people, including over 80 Amazonian Indians, gathered yesterday outside the Brazilian Congress and Presidential Palace to protest at the proposed Belo Monte dam in the Amazon rainforest. Read Article
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Brazilian UFO Magazine recently reported the Directorate of Civil Aeronatics of Chile has released videos and audio files of UFO sightings. The media was released through the Comite de Estudios de Fenomenos Aereos Anomales (CEFAA). Of 183 UFO incidebnts, 12 were unexplained. Source- Eltiempo.com
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Peru’s Lambayeque region is on the cusp of receiving a $190 million tunnel and dam system to provide water for new agricultural lands, which the government will auction off to both national and international investors. The Olmos Transandino Project is led by a subsidiary of Brazilian company Odebrecht and when construction is finished in 2012, […]
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In recent years Costa Rica has been characterized by its natural beauty and also for the care and cleaning of many beaches. According to the latest study by the Laboratorio Nacional de Aguas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) – national water laboratory – of the 100 beaches tested only eight have problems with pollution in […]
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Dengue illness, the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, has expanded from its Southeast Asian origins and is resurgent in countries such as Argentina, Chile and the continental United States.The economic burden of dengue (pronounced DENgee) in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new study from Brandeis University researchers published today in the […]
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Major droughts may have spurred the demise of multiple cultures and cities in pre-Hispanic Mexico over the last millennium. A new study, which used tree rings to add many hundreds of years to the region’s climate record, pinpointed four severe droughts in the region over the last 1,200 years. Read Article
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Opponents of gold mining in Colombia and its accompanying mercury pollution say social mobilization against the practice is growing. Read Article
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Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico’s “Riviera Maya,” research shows. Read Article
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A small success is being hailed as a big step forward for conservation efforts to protect the world’s largest aquatic frog, the critically endangered Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus). For the first time, frogs in captivity in their native country of Peru have laid fertile eggs, and although the resulting tadpoles did not survive, scientists […]
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East Coast seaports from New York to Miami are in a race for government permits and funding to dig deeper harbors. The ports need more room to handle giant cargo ships expected to sail through an expanded Panama Canal in just a few years. Read Article
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In Guatemala the Convention on Wetlands came into force on 26 October 1990. Guatemala presently has 7 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 628,592 hectares. Wetland ecosystems are part of Guatemala´s natural wealth. In Guatemala the sites are: Eco-región Lachuá, Manchón-Guamuchal, Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre. Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo. […]
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A team of Spanish researchers studied the impact of invasive species and shrub plants threatened the Galapagos Islands, to assess the loss of biodiversity in the Ecuadorian archipelago, reported the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain. Read Article
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Last year’s severe drought in the Amazon will pump billions of tonnes of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, a new report has found. Researchers calculate that millions of trees died in 2010, which means the Amazon is soaking up much less CO2 from the atmosphere, and those dead trees will now release all […]
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The expected impacts of hydroelectric generating alarm Inambari potential social, environmental and biological diversity, as released this week in various media. The weekly “Hildebrandt to his guns” played in its Friday edition February 4, an article published on February 2 in the daily El Pais, Spain, in which he states that the project’s environmental impact […]
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Four Cities were hit that will host World Cup A widespread blackout cut power to millions of people across Brazil’s northeast Friday, but officials insisted the accident should not raise worries about the energy supply in a nation that will host an Olympics and a World Cup. Read Article
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According to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, the biosphere of Platano River, a World Heritage Site, is in danger due to drug trafficking in that area. UNESCO stated that despite the actions of the army there are landing fields for aircraft that carry drugs from South America. Read Article
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Effect of violence on tourism brings new threat to the insect’s survival A soft afternoon sunlight cuts into a chilly forest of firs that provides winter haven for tens of millions of monarch butterflies. As their forebears have for time beyond memory, these monarchs have traveled as much as 3,000 miles, from across much of […]
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A total of 877 deaths were reported as a result of torrential rains in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro, a tragedy that President Dilma Rousseff wants to prevent in the future by changing the national civil defense strategy. Read Article
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Two years ago, when Los Angeles businessman Alejandro Viecco visited the agave-fields surrounding the Mexican town of Tequila—where the eponymous liquor is made—he made a startling discovery. The process of making tequila, it turns out, can be as messy, smelly and disgusting as the aftermath of drinking too much of it. Read Article
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Anthony Di Fiore, a primate biologist at New York University, writes from Ecuador, where he is using GPS technology and camera traps to study the behavior of male spider monkeys. Read Article
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In 2008, the government announced measures to stimulate the sales of vehicles friendly to the environment, but, today, three years later, it is stalled. Among the benefits discussed was the reduction of duty tax on hybrid cars. The deputy minister of the Environment, Andrey Bourret, says the economic situation prevented the lower tariffs. Read Article
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The National Institute for Industrial Technology is using naturally occurring waste products like onions, sunflower seed husks and peanuts to create natural alternatives to synthetic dyes. Read Article
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Brazil’s environmental agency, IBAMA, has issued a ‘partial’ installation licence for the Belo Monte dam, to be built on the Xingu River in the Amazon. Read Article
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Experts in environmental issues agree that Emergency Orders 001-2011 and 002-2011 threaten environmental protection, are unconstitutional and go against prior consultation. Both regulations promote 33 investment projects, such as hydroelectric power stations, roads and ports and include variations in the regulation of environmental requirements. Read Article
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On February 6, and 7, this event will take place “Defensores del Agua and prosecution of the protest, Ancashino regional meeting will bring together farmers’ leaders from around the country. In the struggle for the defense of natural resources, especially water, and the collective rights of peoples, about a thousand leaders, authorities and indigenous leaders […]
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While onshore wind farm activity in long-standing markets such as Spain and Germany slows, Latin America’s onshore wind sector is buzzing, with a score of recent milestones being reached. Mexico has seen considerable activity, joined by Argentina and Venezuela among others. Read Article
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Mina Invierno, a major coal mine project to be located in Chilean Patagonia, has sparked new controversy in the Magallanes Region. The coal mine will be located on Isla Riesco, Chile’s fourth biggest island, just 80 miles from the region’s capital of Punta Arenas. Read Article
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A new tragedy occurred this morning in a coal mine, this time in the department of Cundinamarca, which left five workers dead. The tragedy occurred in the mine “La Escondida, located in the municipality of Sutatausa, north of the department, where there was a loud explosion from methane gas accumulation. Read Article
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Severe floods triggered by torrential downpours have killed at least six people in southern Brazil and driven thousands from their homes. The Civil Defense department in Santa Catarina state says the floods that began in mid-January have forced nearly 21,000 people to leave their homes and 71 cities to declare a state of emergency. Read […]
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A tool developed by the owners of Edinburgh Zoo is helping preserve the wetlands of Brazil. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has created special software to assist in the conservation of the Pantanal freshwater wetlands in the South American country. Read Article
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WHEN last September government forces seized computer hard drives and memory sticks belonging to “Mono Jojoy”, the military commander of the FARC who was killed in an assault on his camp, officials said they had struck a gold mine of information about the inner workings of Colombia’s main guerrilla group. It turned out that they […]
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At least 34 people were killed when a river in southeastern Bolivia burst its banks, sweeping away a passenger bus and a truck, authorities said Sunday. Read Article
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New Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is in Argentina on her first foreign trip to talk about nuclear energy and trade with President Cristina Fernandez. It’s the first time both South American countries are led by women. Read Article
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Brazil monitors many such tribes from the air, and they are known as “uncontacted” because they have only limited contact dealings with the outside world. Photographs of the same tribe were released to the world two years ago. Campaigners say the Panoan Indians are threatened by a rise in illegal logging on the Peruvian side […]
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/16/2015 TAGS: EMIN, PGOV, SNAR, ASEC, EINV, ENRG, PE SUBJECT: MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER REF: A. LIMA 1432 B. 04 LIMA 5874 Classified By: Ambassador J. Curtis Struble. Reason: 1.4 (b,d) 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Violent protests against British firm Majaz,s exploration for copper near the Ecuador border have resulted in […]
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The Galápagos National Park Service has launched a project to protect the famous archipelago’s endangered species by wiping out introduced, invasive rats. As has been done in other locations, such as Australia’s Christmas Island, the Galápagos rats will be targeted with poison bait dropped from helicopters, starting on nine of the chain’s small and medium-sized […]
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Americas Gateway Development Corporation (Amega) expects to begin the second phase of studies for a new transfer terminal near Costa Rica’s Moin port in the next few weeks, company CEO Aubrey de Young told BNamericas. The firm expects to invest some US$14.9mn in completing detailed designs which cover technical, legal, financial and environmental aspects of […]
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PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Brazilian government has issued a “partial” installation license allowing the Belo Monte Dam to break ground on the Amazon’s Xingu River despite egregious disregard for human rights and environmental legislation, the unwavering protests of civil society and condemnations by its Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF). The license was approved by Brazil’s environmental […]
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Dr. Liliana M. Dávalos, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook, and her colleagues note that the pace of deforestation in Colombia has accelerated over the past 20 years, even as population growth has slowed and the economy has shifted from agriculture to other revenue sources. This increase in deforestation overlaps […]
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In 2004, Argentina received a wake up call. The Latin American nation experienced a deep energy crisis as a result of a shortage in natural gas caused by the demand for energy skyrocketing and outstripping supply. Since then the country has made a conscious effort to diversify its energy sources, with wind power attracting particular […]
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More than 3000 individuals have arrived in Anorí, fearful of possible retaliation by the FARC for the fumigation of illicit crops and the installation of three Army bases in the northeastern population of Antioquia. Read Article
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A total of 108 incidents across the country have been served by institutions that are part of CONRED system during the first 25 days of this year. Among these include the low temperatures that continue to affect the night and early morning as well as seismic activity, volcanic and forest fire, considered circumstantial at this […]
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Argentine daily newspaper El Cronista on Monday reported that YPF will begin oil exploration in the Malvinas basin in February. The newspaper reports that exploration will begin 289 kilometres off the coast of Tierra del Fuego and cost U$ 150 million. Read Article
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Scientists are still hoping to mate the near century-old giant tortoise from the Galapagos — even though efforts over the past two decades have failed. The Galapagos National Park said in a statement Thursday said that they are providing two new female partners for George, who is believed to be the last living member of […]
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Twenty cases of leptospirosis have been detected in the province of Manabi during the first two weeks of 2011. Health officials believe there should not cause alarm but to raise awareness for extreme sanitary measures in their environment, as the disease arises from contact of water with the urine of animals such as rats, horses, […]
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UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said that the UN is paying close attention to the tragedy in Brazil caused by the rains and is waiting for its government to make a call for humanitarian help to send some aid. Nesirky said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is aware of the situation and is also extremely […]
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Heavy rains in Peru’s Cuzco region have caused a landslide on part of the Inca Trail that leads to Machu Picchu, state news agency Andina reported the regional director of Culture, Juan Julio Garcia, as saying. The incident occurred along the last leg of the trail close to the Wiñay Wayna ruin, the report said. […]
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Honduras’ first wind park, the 102-MW Cerro de Hula facility, will begin producing electricity in the first quarter of 2012, just as other developers could be breaking ground on three other projects, Jose Moran, development manager of developer Energia Eolica de Honduras (EEH) has told REW. Read Article
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Argentina is suffering from a fuel crisis with rising prices.
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The Matanza river also known as Riachuelo or little river, defines the southern boundary of Buenos Aires and according to a number of studies it is one of the most polluted places in the world. The area has become a dumping ground for industrial, chemical and household waste.
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Three Guatemalan departments are under yellow alert, as a preventive measure in the face of the sustained activity of Fuego Volcano. Sacatepequez, Chimaltenango, and Escuintla keep a wary eye on the evolution in coming days of the colossal, volcano, 3,763 meters above sea level. Read Article
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Rescue crews are working to reach survivors after torrential summer rains devastated the area around Rio de Janeiro. Nearly 14,000 have been left homeless. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff promises aid for the region. Read Article
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More than a million Panamanians are without drinking water for a month, because the December rains affected the water treatment plants that supply the capital city of Panama. According to reports, our neighbors to the south suffered the worst rain in the last 200 years and for the first time in decades, can not drink […]
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More than 300,000 people in eight municipalities of the Isthmus are at risk of suffering a tragedy such as occurred in San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, on 18 December last year, because they are seated near pipelines of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), warned the director of Civil Protection State Institute of Oaxaca, Manuel Sánchez Maza. Read Article
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Initial results from a comprehensive exploration program consisting of detailed mapping, hand-supported radiometric surveys, trenching and channel sampling from a portion of the Alpi-1 target have returned significant widespread uranium mineralization from intensely fractured volcanic ash and ignimbrites. The mineralized area is characterized by a radiometric anomaly striking for 1.5 kilometres that was outlined during […]
Environmental organizations in Argentina are protesting the delays in the application of the law to protect glaciers passed in late September 2010. Read Article
Ecuador is currently under the influence of the ‘La Nina’ climate phenomenon. Last Friday there was a climate forum held in Babahoyo, Ecuador. Below are some of the forum’s conclusions and forecasts for the next several weeks throughout Ecuador. The forum believes La Nina pattern in the pacific is weak, which would allow low temperatures, […]
Heavy flooding in Brazil kills 35, leaves thousands homeless, and submerges nearly 60 cities in four states. Brazilian authorities said the number of people left homeless by flooding has risen to about 100,000 in four southeastern states. Reports from regional civil defense authorities showed that Minas Gerais state had been hit the hardest, with 16 […]
Solaria of Spain is to build its first solar power plant in Brazil with the help of Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais, according to Spanish newspaper Cinco Días. The photovoltaic (PV) plant is scheduled to become operational in the first half of 2011, the report said. Read Article
razil is set this year to authorize building four additional atomic atomic energy stations, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said on Friday. “We will approve the construction of these four (plants) this year,” the Xinhua News Agency quoted Lobao as saying. Read Article
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According to SOS Mata Atlantica Foundation, an NGO which works for the protection of the Atlantic Forest, 30 percent of Brazilian water sources have poor quality, an official news agency informed. After analyzing 43 water sources in 12 States and in the Federal District the foundation reported that 25 percent of them have poor quality […]
The intense rains throughout Panama and other parts of Latin America have resulted in million of Panamanians having their water rationed while at the same time they are unable to drink it due to contamination. The water supply in the country is dependent on local lakes and though at their highest levels in December due […]
Nicaragua is working at full speed to complete the dredging of the San Juan river and the construction of a canal, a situation which Costa Rica says is a serious risk of irreversible environmental damage to the area. According to the Nicaraguan daily, La Prensa, the government of Daniel Ortega hopes to have ready by […]
Thanks to its experience with community forestry projects, Mexico can provide tips on how to manage forests while fomenting the development of local economies in 2011, the International Year of Forests. Every year, some 13 million hectares of forests are lost worldwide, and deforestation is responsible for 20 percent of total emissions of carbon dioxide, […]
The Peruvian government has announced the creation of two new private conservation areas that will help develop eco-tourism and protect threatened flora and fauna species.National Service of Natural Protected Areas (Sernanp) said Selva Botánica and Herman Dantas have been declared private conservation areas (ACPs in Spanish) for a ten-year period during which the owners will […]
Peru exceeds Chile in number of approved environmental projects in the mining sector during 2010 with 267 projects against 62 projects from the Chilean country. Read Article
Staff of the security forces detained three individuals suspected of killing 15 lizards (much like the reptile iguana). The discovery was made possible when authorities received an anonymous call. Immediately, the police mounted a roadblock on the road where intercepted the car, a Mitsubishi Nativa black, within which located the 15 iguanas in a pot, […]
The clear waters of Lake Nahuel Huapi, in Bariloche, have changed color in the last several hours. Scientists believe the change in color is a result of the recent earthquake in Chile.Read Article
Currently, the poorest households in the country’s highlands suffer moderate food insecurity due to the spread of the annual lean season, as well as the consequences of this year’s heavy rainy season. Poor households in the rest of the country suffer moderate insecurity, as some still depend on external help to fill their food requirements, […]
Yesterday was a historic day in Brazil, and the end of an era for President Lula da Silva, whose leadership over the last eight years has made Brazil one of the most rapidly developing countries in the World, as well as a nation on the leading edge of environmental policy. Read Article
Two and a half years ago, the Baker River in Chilean Patagonia suddenly tripled in size, causing a virtual river tsunami. In less than 48 hours, roads, bridges, and farms were severely damaged and dozens of livestock drowned. Residents were in disbelief. Read Article
There have been a number of small earthquakes today in Chile as reported by the University of Chile. The USGS has just reported two larger earthquakes in the last hour. Map below refers to 7.1 earthquake. Magnitude 5.0 Date-Time Sunday, January 02, 2011 at 21:10:19 UTC Sunday, January 02, 2011 at 06:10:19 PM at epicenter […]
A diplomatic officer from Hong Kong is being charged for possession and transporting endangered species from the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. The police report indicated that the diplomat’s luggage was checked at the airport on Baltra Island after being alerted by a search dog. His luggage contained 20 dried seahorses, 37 unknown marine species, and […]
The Sian Ka’an nature reserve, which boasts some of the most beautiful scenery on the Mexican Caribbean, received Monday another 319,000 hectares (787,654 acres) of protected land, officials said. Sian Ka’an, which means “gateway to the heavens” in Mayan, has been under pressure for years from the hotel business, the chief driving force of the […]
One person died and at least three were injured in a fire this afternoon destroyed a service station in the town of Rodeo de la Cruz, 12 miles east of Mendoza. The Civil Defense director of the province, Rafael Garay, said there was “a person who died” as a result of the fire, also caused […]
Why Bolivia stood alone in opposing the Cancún climate agreementWe were accused of being obstructionist, obstinate and unrealistic. But we feel an enormous obligation to set aside diplomacy and tell the truth Diplomacy is traditionally a game of alliance and compromise. Yet in the early hours of Saturday 11 December, Bolivia found itself alone against […]
A bi-national pact to allow Mexico to store a portion of its annual allocation from the Colorado River, up to 260,000 acre-feet over three years, in the largest US reservoir, Lake Mead, sets the stage for progress on environmental issues in ongoing talks between the two countries, according to Environmental Defense Fund. Read Article
The weather phenomenon has cuased dramatic rains in Colombia and has caused fifteen villages to be abandoned. Read Story
La Compania Peruana Forestal (Copefor), which has concessions in the Amazon forest, reported that the dispute over an area of 300 thousand hectares to keep the regions of San Martín and Amazonas is encouraging the illegal trade in timber and land invasion in the area. Read Article
Two Chinese-built Youngman Neoplan Centroliner hybrids have entered service in the city of Guadalajara. They are among Mexico’s first hybrid buses and have a Cummins/Eaton drivetrain with a diesel engine and lithium-ion batteries. Read Article
According to projections by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) study “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America: Summary 2010” released in late November, this country of 6.1 million people will be hit hardest by water shortages in the region. The United Nations agency reported that population growth in the […]