Ecuador: people demonstrate against oil licensing granted by Correa “The goal is to plunder our resources, everything that is damaged is the environment.” A hundred people demonstrated today Ecuadorians with drums and spears against the Bid Opening of new oil fields in the Amazon region where there is currently little wells. The Indians gathered at […]
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Ecuador has more species per unit area than any other country, a unique ecology that is now uniquely protected under its constitution. But upholding these highly commendable conservation policies is a challenge. For example, a landmark legal precedent was set in a lawsuit brought in early 2011 against the local government for damages to the […]
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Author: Jordi Jaria i Manzano One of the most significant events in recent comparative constitutional law on environmental issues has been the recognition of rights to nature in the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008. A claim has been made of being a change of paradigm in the constitutional tradition, which goes beyond Western legal culture to […]
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Chile is listed ninth among the countries most money lost for damages from natural disasters disbursing, since 1992, 31 billion dollars from the claims, in a list led by the United States with U.S. $ 560 billion, with the only two countries in of the top 10 most affected. Read Article
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The Honduran National Congress is currently reviewing the law to geographically define the first four “Charter Cities” in the world, three sites along the Caribbean coast in Garifuna afro-indigenous territory, Trujillo, the Valle de Cuyamel and the Sico-Paulaya Valley, which includes Miskitu indigenous territory. One is proposed in the Gulf of Fonseca which would include […]
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$64m has been deposited and $187m pledged to help protect Ecuador’s biologically rich rainforest, figures show… More than $300m (£188m) has been promised to stop the exploitation of 846m barrels of oil below the Yasuní national park in Ecuador, one of the world’s most biologically rich areas of rainforest, new figures show. Ecuador’s idea to […]
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The emergence of 200 cases of dengue fever in the past three weeks in Guanacaste has the Ministry of Health asking residents to be on alert, especially in the areas of Liberia, Santa Cruz, Abangares, Nicoya and Carillo, where most of the infections have occurred. Mary Ethel Trejos, Director of Health Surveillance, said that the […]
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The Northern Gulf States are located in the fastest growing area where the dengue epidemic in the country, according to figures from the National Center for Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (Cenavece), 35 percent of cases in the country are located in the states of Veracruz, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon. In these […]
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Ecuador obtained a loan of 90.2 million from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) for the construction of a hydroelectric plant in northern Ecuador, reported Thursday the Ecuadorian Ministry of Strategic Resources. The loan was signed on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro by the head of the ministry, Rafael Poveda, and representatives of the Brazilian entity, […]
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The manufacturer of solar Isofoton invest 100 million euros to build a photovoltaic plant of 50 megawatts (MW) in Ecuador, the country’s first fully permitted to charge a regulated rate. In a statement, Isofoton explained that the plant, located 10 kilometers from Quito, employ 500 people during construction and, once in operation, will generate clean […]
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Peru.com reported that the Regional Council declared an emergency in the region Ucayali by rising cases of dengue. Pucallpa. To date, hospitals in Pucallpa , there are over a thousand cases of dengue , a situation that remains on alert to health authorities in the capital of the region Ucayali. According to the news ‘Latin […]
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Relief groups have launched fresh appeals for funds to feed over a million Haitians after hurricane Sandy devastated farmland, compounding agricultural damage from tropical storm Isaac which destroyed 40% of the harvest in August….. food security situation is threatened… Read Article
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Dengue cases now exceed two thousand and the number of confirmed deaths is increasing, according to the report of the epidemiological week 44 that announced the Ministry of Health in Oaxaca. “We have registered two thousand confirmed 12 cases, of which 827 are bleeding and therefore the greatest impact has been in seven deaths that […]
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To date, in Pucallpa hospitals have registered 800 cases of dengue, a situation that remains on alert to health authorities in the capital of the Ucayali region. Director of Epidemiology of Pucallpa, Key LeveauBartra said that these figures are very worrying and more so because there are many pieces that are not registered but already […]
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He arrived in Quito, from the province of Pastaza, Marco Guillen, head of fisheries projects and fish farming in the Amazon region, with the idea of submitting to national and foreign experts fishery products that exist in the Ecuadorian Amazon. It is estimated that in the five Amazonian provinces of the country there are about […]
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Earthquake Details SOURCE USGS This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.5 Date-Time Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 23:49:27 UTC Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 05:49:27 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 13.978°N, 92.335°W Depth 38.1 km (23.7 miles) Region OFFSHORE GUATEMALA Distances 57 km (35 miles) SW […]
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The Reforestemos Patagonia campaign has been an unprecedented use of social networks to activate the public into action. With the target of 1 million trees still some way off, the organization decided to hold the first Reforestón. The idea builds Chile’s huge fundraising event, the Teletón, which will happen in December. The program was broadcast […]
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The water came when there was still trash accumulated in some places. There are already problems in Palermo, Villa Ortuzar, Barrio Norte and Belgrano. In Blanco Encalada Cabildo and flooding prevented the pedestrian and automobile. The warning also covers eight provinces. After the heat wave that occurred in the City of Buenos Aires in recent […]
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With the last shipment of 4400 tires made the evening and last night in San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands are free of the dangers that the accumulation of this waste is inadequate for both human health and fragile ecosystems of the islands. In an exercise that led the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS) and counted […]
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Abstract This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the region. The results indicate that, on average, the proportion of urban households […]
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Caparo Forest Reserve, located in Barinas, southwest Venezuela, has virtually vanished. More than 140,000 hectares were devastated and the threat of squatting prevails in the absence of authorities. Just right after walking on the road identified as Pica 8, up there, at the peak of a huge palm tree, a spider monkey looks at visitors […]
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The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) today urged the government of Raul Castro to accept international humanitarian aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, who last week caused havoc and extensive damage in the eastern part of the island. In a statement, the group led by activist Elizardo Sanchez asks, before the […]
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Occupying a total land area of 108,889 km2, the Republic of Guatemala lies in the heart of Central America and is bordered by Mexico and Belize to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and El Salvador, Honduras, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Two-thirds of the country are mountainous and dominated by […]
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Colombia encompasses an area of more than 1.1 million square kilometers and is the only country in South America with both a Caribbean and Pacific coastline. With an estimated population of 44.5 million, Colombia is the third most populous country in Latin America.1 Even though Colombia is ranked 77th in the Human Development Index and […]
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Haiti is a small impoverished country occupying the western half of the Island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti’s terrain is dominated by rugged mountains interspersed with river valleys and coastal flat lands. With its coastline spanning 1,771 km and a population of over 8 million, much of this densely populated […]
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The behavior of the rainy season in the coastal region may be similar to that of previous years, meaning that precipitation would begin in January 2013, said Juan Palacios, International Meteorological Institute expert as reported by andes.info.ec. At least the situation has presented a decline oceanic anomalies of sea temperature is an important index to […]
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PREPARED BY GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AND RECOVERY / APRIL 2011 Ecuador is located in the northwestern part of South America and borders Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean. The country has a total area of 248,513 km2 and a population of over 13.6 million inhabitants.1 Ecuador is highly exposed to El Niño events, […]
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The heavy rain and hail that fell last Friday in Loja serious effects left in homes, streets, avenues, schools … Yesterday, the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) declared the city in a state of emergency. Read Article
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The People’s Ministry for the Environment (Minamb), together with the National Institute for Farm Safety (INSAI), rescued 22 wild birds were being unfairly trasladas Simon Bolivar International Airport, located in Maiquetia , Vargas state. Read Article
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diario.latercera.com reported that representatives of a foundation challenged before the authorities of the Region V operating a collection point for these crustaceans. In Juan Fernandez fear for exports. The season starts in October. More than 60 people depart from the island Robinson Crusoe, on a ship towards Alejandro Selkirk Island, to begin the extraction of […]
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Latercera.com reported that Douglas Tompkins seeks support in Europe to create new national parks in Latin America. To date, the employer has created two national parks in our country and other three “are about will be donated” future Pumalín national parks of Patagonia and Ibera, Argentina. The U.S. couple Douglas and Kristine Tompkins, who in […]
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Greenpeace activists placed Argentina on Tuesday on the steps of Congress a “bomb” symbolic demanding the adoption of e-waste law. Dressed in suit and tie, dozens of Greenpeace activists sat on the steps of Congress “armed” with sticks and detonators to be prepared to detonate simulated a massive “pump” symbolic. Read Article
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Hoy.com.ec reported the province with more fire is Pichincha (to 2458), followed by Imbabura (with 209) and Canar (63). Already more than 3000 forest fires that have occurred in the country from June 1 until the present date. This sets the balance yesterday, prepared by the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR). According to the […]
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Hoy.com.ec reported that President Correa took up the debate on the use and transgenic research in the country, on September 1. That day regret not impose said “so many novelty” who-said – was driven by Alberto Acosta, which led to the approval of the art. 401 of the Constitution. In a study published in 2008, […]
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The coral reefs of the northeastern coast of Brazil have been reduced by about 80% in the last 50 years by the predatory logging and urban and industrial waste, according to a report released Sunday, which warns of threat to the ecosystem climate change. Read Article
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The Ecuadorian capital began the week with seven fire. One of them occurred in the area of kilometer 22 on the road to Chiriboga, in Southern District, which works to control it. Others have occurred in Pueblo, Czech and Pasochoa. In the fire of 47 people are working Chiriboga Corps Fire Quito and other provinces, […]
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In 180 Colombian municipalities wildfires have occurred as a result of the strong dry season facing the country. Since June, there have been 440 conflagrations that have spent thirteen thousand 820 hectares of territory. More than thirteen thousand hectares of Colombia have been consumed by forest fires, mostly caused by strong dry season facing the […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that………You hear the birds chirping. Crows, herons and hawks roam between ceibos, guayacanes or acacias, robust and impressive, rise in Cerro Azul, 11 km by road to the coast. Walking through one of the trails you get to an area where there are giant rocks and evidence that has been exploited stone material. […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the Natural Heritage own secretary, Tania Villegas, some 20 rangers commanded an operation to prevent the flames from reaching the Cotopaxi National Park (CNP). The official said the fire has not reached the PNC protected areas, reserves the Bowling and the Los Ilinizas but are grasslands that are in the buffer zone […]
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Yesterday at 08:50 AFB landed in Quito’s Mariscal Sucre the first of two UH-60 Black Hawk, Colombian Air Force (FAC), which will assist in the control of forest fires that have occurred in the last three months in Ecuador. The second aircraft arrived in the afternoon yesterday and joined the team intended to quell claims […]
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login.cl reported that mergency services in the region had to move last night to Route F-30E after the accident in the road that connects the towns of Puchuncaví and Quintero, left one dead and the possibility of radioactive contamination due to the destruction of a nuclear densimeter , which were used in the work carried […]
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Reuters reported The Fire in Guatemala volcano began spewing lava and ash on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of about 11,000 people from surrounding communities and the suspension of some flights, officials said. The volcano, about 40 kilometers southwest of the capital, launched a column of lava 30 meters long from the crater for about 20 […]
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igepn.edu.ec reported after the sharp increase in volcanic gas emissions (SO2) and abundant presence of seismic signals related to the internal movement of fluids recorded earlier this month of September, from day 4, the Tungurahua volcano has declined markedly its activity, showing seismicity with moderate to low levels, and occasionally a small steam emission and […]
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According to confirmado.net, The provinces of Pichincha, Imbabura, Chimborazo, Azuay, Canar, Carchi and Gold were declared orange alert due to forest fires. The announcement was made by Secretary of Risk Management, Maria del Pilar Cornejo, during the Expanded Security Cabinet met to discuss the threat. Read Article
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Eluniverso.com reported that at least 3957 hectares, in some cases protected forest have been destroyed by forest fires in a span of three months and a half in eight provinces, according to preliminary statistics from the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR). One person killed, dozens injured and semiasfixiados and economic losses are added as […]
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Wildfires continue to rage in Quito with three homes destroyed, a person with burns, another hit by a fall and 15 asphyxiated. That is the result we threw yesterday, Sunday, a wildfire proportions presented at the San Miguel neighborhood, parish Zámbiza, northeast of Quito. Read Article
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Elcomercio.comIn the parish of Zámbiza in northeast Quito, tense moments are lived by the wildfire that was reactivated this morning. The Fire Department has evacuated people living near the accident, are located in the Parish Coliseum. There is still no data on how many people have been evacuated. Through twitter Fabricio Councilman Villamar said three […]
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NEW FIRES THREATENING QUITO ECUADOR According to Eluniversal.com, Several fires, three of them of magnitude, occurred yesterday around the capital, with no casualties reported, but ended with large sections of vegetation, sparking concern in neighboring towns. Since early yesterday morning to press time, the Fire Department responded emergencies Lumbisí Quito, Guangopolo, Atacazo, Guápulo, Zambiza, San […]
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Laprensa.com.ni reported that from 8:40 am this morning the San Cristobal volcano, in Chinandega, started throwing ashes after three explosions conducted. International traffic is paralyzed by lack of visibility at this time, and it is said that the ashes and came to Puerto Morazan, Honduras. The districts are suffering from and the ravages of the […]
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Five measures include emergency plan proposed by the Emergency Operations Committee (EOC), which is permanently installed in Quito, once the emergency decreed by Mayor Augusto Barrera. Duplicate operational responsiveness is the first step. Emergency personnel of the Fire Department will join 150 members of Armed Forces, 100 members in the process of formation of the […]
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Eluniverso.com reported a wildfire that began at 14:00 on Thursday, until yesterday afternoon could not be controlled by fire crews from El Oro.As the political head of Chilla, Zoilo Matailo still unknown because of the fire that has consumed part of pastures, crops and trees in the hills Rusiococha, Chillacocha, Portete Chilola Mezaloma and within […]
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In less than a week there were 63 new forest fires of 2054 that have occurred since June 1 in Quito, which led yesterday to city authorities to declare a state of emergency in the city operating. Yesterday, noon, the fire occurred in the Bosque Protector La Mena 2, in the south of Quito. Firefighters […]
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According to lahora.com.ec, …..With masks over their nose and mouth, hundreds of workers of different contractors of the Korean company SK evacuated facilities Esmeraldas refinery, before a possible leak of a strong chemical. The event took place from 16:30 on Thursday, half an hour before the usual time of departure of the work. One of […]
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It marks the sixth day and the flames in Puembo not let up. In addition, the police captured the alleged arsonists Ilaló. Walking through the gorge in Puembo The Guambi feels hot as hell. The passage of fire in the five-day fire has focused on pastures and walking can feel like the heat penetrates through […]
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Lahora.com.ec reported the fire was unstoppable in Puembo. It details the hectares but Indaves affected farm. Furthermore, Nuns Madrigal, flames risked a residential complex. Two fires that persisted for several days kept busy members of the Fire Department of Quito. The first began on Saturday Puembo sector and until yesterday had consumed several acres of […]
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A real environmental disaster occurs in the northern province of Bolivar, because a bushfire that would have started at 09:00 last Thursday and until yesterday afternoon could not be controlled despite the efforts of firefighters and community members. In addition to the destruction of a pine forest and large areas of grasslands, the accident killed […]
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Lahora.com.ec reported that the cable theft caused the collapse of energy towers in El Oro The result: most of the province in the dark. Transelectric Staff working since yesterday in placing a tower emerging the El Carmen, in the parish the base in El Oro, to normalize the electricity of the 14 counties in the […]
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The Central American countries formalized today the creation of a fund for natural disasters, which in its first three years of implementation will reach 24 billion U.S. dollars, an official source. The resolution creating the so-called Central American Fund for the Promotion of Integrated Disaster Risk (Focegir) was signed today in Panama City by representatives […]
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At least 24 points from illegal logging were detected for three days Yapacaní Township, in the territorial jurisdiction and is adjacent to rivers and Ibabó Ichilo. This new tear to the main reserve forest of Santa Cruz, was detected in the area inhabited by settlers that form the core of peasants called Ibabó and Victoria, […]
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Venezuela’s state oil company confirmed today that there was an oil spill at its refinery on the Caribbean island of Curacao over “ten days” and is near completion with the “complete cleanup of affected area”. In a press release, PDVSA gave no details of the origin and size of the spill and said that “the […]
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This week’s preliminary ruling overturned an earlier ruling from a lower court that ordered construction of the dam, which crosses the Xingu River, to be stopped until local indigenous peoples could testify before Congress. Supreme Court President Carlos Ayres Britto’s decision could still be revised, however, when the case is further examined by the court. […]
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Canada is seen as a friendly nation but many indigenous communities say they have a dirty secret. Canada’s mining industry, the largest in the world, controls a majority of Latin American mining. Activists say they pollute and violate human rights without accountability from the Canadian government. Mining companies argue they build schools, health centres, roads […]
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On Thursday of last week, the network of seismographs installed by the Geophysical Institute of Peru ( IGP ) in the cone of the Misti volcano , located 17 kilometers from the city of Arequipa , recorded the highest seismic activity in the five years of monitoring conducted in this range. The engineer Orlando Macedo […]
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A construction project and recent monsoon rains have caused significant raw sewage problems in Nogales, Sonora that are affecting Nogales, Ariz., downhill. On Thursday, Bonnie Rae Greenwald, chief sanitarian for Santa Cruz County warned that parents who live in the Tricky Wash, Escalada Drive and Hudgins Street areas to keep their children and pets away […]
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According to the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC), the cuts resulted in 2444 hours without power in different parts of the country. The Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) issued a call to self, when kite flying during the Fiestas Patrias, then that in 2011 there were more than 1,300 outages by events related […]
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Delivered 60,000 mosquito nets In order to protect the residents of the mosquito that transmits malaria and dengue, the Ministry of Health will provide 60,000 bed nets in 20 communities of Nuevo San Carlos and San Andres Villa Seca, Retalhuleu, which were donated by the World Health. Read Article
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The Amazon -recently declared one of the new seven natural wonders of the world, presents a serious threat: in Peru, have lost 15 million acres of forest from 2000 to 2010. This was revealed by a study done by deforestation Amazon Network Socioambiental Georeferenced Information (RAISG), which consists of 11 organizations from eight countries within […]
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Eluniversal.com reported at approximately 1:11 am on Saturday a very powerful explosion occurred in two areas of propane-butane Amuay refinery in Paraguaná Refining Complex (CRP) in Falcon state, causing a loud noise in the area and affecting the homes in nearby communities, according to the Oil and Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez. The official did not […]
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Heavy rains in the province of Buenos Aires amounted to 200 new evacuated 420 people who were still out of their homes due to flooding last week. The Development Ministry announced that the emergency can be extended in the next few hours with a greater number of people affected by the rising rivers.The National Weather […]
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Ultimanoticias.com reported yesterday – At 15:45 they were alerted on Avenue Simon Bolivar, the circle of the cyclist, Metropolitan Park sector, flames consumed the vegetation of the area. 12 firefighters rushed to the site. At 16:30 the fire was brought under control in the sector. The other emergencies were reported in Yaruquí, Tababela and Pasochoa. […]
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The volcano’s activity decreased in the last 24 hours. Gas and steam are directed westward. The Tungurahua volcano continues to emit light emission of gases, steam and ash in the last hours. The winds directed to the western sector of the Colossus. Technicians Tungurahua Volcano Observatory (OVT), which monitor the Massif based on Patate Guadalupe, […]
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Rpp.com.pe reported cases of asthma in the city of Arequipa has increased in recent years due to environmental pollution registered, currently, as revealed, the director of Environmental Health at the Regional Health Management, Percy Madariaga. He said that cases increased by 25 percent, a fact that is worrying since 30 years ago, Birmingham was a […]
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The presence of tourists has doubled in recent days in the canton Baths (Tungurahua) as Xavier Mayorga, head of the Risk Management Unit of the Municipality. He said that the reactivation of the volcano focuses the attention of visitors. “He has made known the presence of tourists from the Coast, as of Esmeraldas. Busloads of […]
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About 100 families settled in the southern end of the river Hair, in 1998 the site was devastated by Hurricane Mitch, destroying 200 homes. Las familias ya comienzan a construir viviendas de madera y material a las orillas del río Pelo. High-risk areas in Progress, Traces of Hurricane Mitch still not cleared after almost 14 […]
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime announced the start of a program dedicated to monitoring illicit crops growth in Mexico. This system will produce statistic concerning the production of marijuana, poppy, and coca. The UN will work with officials in Mexico to train them on the methodology of using satellite maps, Noticias Grupo […]
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Potential impacts For Esmeraldas, potential impacts of climate change are related to the increase in superficial temperatures at sea and land. For the area of the Esmeraldas river basin, increase projections in the superficial temperature varies from +2°C to a maximum of +3°C.17 This means an increase in the demand for energy for refrigeration, air […]
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The Tungurahua volcano activity is regarded as a moderate to high level, unlike previous days activity today has been characterized by the generation of explosions moderate to high, with few events of continuous issues, the explosions were accompanied by guns of varying intensity that caused the windows shake. The observed emission columns amounted to 5 […]
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Columns of ash and gases up to a mile above the crater continued yesterday emanating Tungurahua volcano. Meanwhile, in the towns and agricultural areas located west of the giant ash fell persistently, that the damages were rising, until last Sunday, leaving 6,200 ha of crops lost and at least 10,000 cattle without food. Read Article
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Sunday, August 19, 2012 13:58 From early on Thursday August 16 and so far, maintaining high energy seismic signal amplitude tremor and emissions associated with steam, gas and ash. This activity is manifested by constant surface noise and roar of moderate to strong intensity, moderate intensity sporadic gunfire, a constant emission of ash and pyroclastic […]
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Tungurahua, (play /tʊŋɡʊˈrɑːwə/; from Quichua tunguri (throat), rahua (fire): “Throat of Fire”[4] or from Panzaleo) is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua. Volcanic activity restarted in 1999, and is ongoing as of 2011, with major eruptions on 16 August 2006, 6 […]
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The National Secretariat for Risk Management, SNGR, yesterday declared an orange alert in four provinces in areas of influence of the Tungurahua volcano, which in recent days has seen an increase in activity, reported that institution. The Tungurahua volcano shows an increase in emissions of gases and ash, and explosions of varying intensity, according to […]
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Elsalvador.com reported Between 12 January and 13 June this year, Funzel reported 21 stranded turtles (see map), most of them died and only five were released. This figure is joined by two more turtles, you have nervous system problems and another had two hooks in the esophagus and died. According to the report of the […]
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The United Nations has reported that indigenous populations in Mexico are becoming more and more threatened by severe drought and narco-trafficking activity. Drug cartels in indigenous regions are reported to exploit these populations and implicate them in their illegal activities. According to Mi Morelia, the upsurge in drug trafficking also hurts indigenous livelihoods. The indigenous […]
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Colombian officials hope to eradicate 5,000 hectares of illegal coca plantations along the Ecuadorian border by October 15, 2012. This plan calls for manual destruction of the crops, according to Fox News Latino. The areas in focus include Narino, Putumayo, and Guaviare, where officials say coca production increased dramatically between 2010 and 2011. In 2007, Colombian […]
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Major Fire Cuenca Ecuador – August 15, 2012 Eltiempo.com.ec reported Wednesday night, the historic center of the city into chaos. Around 22:00, a fire broke out on the roof of the Seminary St. Louis, near the Cathedral Immaculate, and spread because the structure of that building is made up of old timbers. Firefighters and witnesses […]
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The Public Services Regulatory Authority (Aresep) revealed that gasoline distributed here by the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (Recope) contains an additive that causes damage to cars and health of users. The chemical detected is methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in English) and is present in gasoline plus super and distributing Recope since January, threw a Aresep […]
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One of Spain’s richest men has been implicated in the illegal bulldozing of a South American forest where the last uncontacted Indians outside the Amazon are hiding, following a recent raid by Paraguayan officials. Jacinto Rey González is President of ranching firm Carlos Casado SA, which is a subsidiary of Spanish construction and property giant […]
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Portoviejo (Manabi). – The National Secretariat for Water (Senagua) is channeling streams in areas that were affected last winter. These prevention works aim to mitigate the effects it may cause the presence of the phenomenon “El Niño”, between January and April next year. The streams located in Mapasinque sites, Pachinche Middle and El Pollo, Santa […]
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Ecuador’s national water authority Senagua is moving forward with construction of the Bulubulu-Cañar-Naranjal flood irrigation system, after signing the contracts for the construction of the Cañar and Naranjal projects. China International Water & Electric (CWE) will carry out the construction of both projects, located in coastal Guayas province, the authorities said in separate releases. Read […]
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Five forest fires between Sunday and Monday in the provinces of Azuay and Canar put on alert the Fire Department of Cuenca. The two largest fires that have occurred have been in Ricaurte (Cuenca) and Adobepamba (Delek). In each consumed over 100 acres of forests and grasslands. In the last two, which adds a St. […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that a court ruled that Ecuador announced that U.S. oil company Chevron pay, within 24 hours (until tomorrow), about USD 19 000 million, set in a conviction for environmental damage. Juan Pablo Saenz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said that this period will be fulfilled on Monday as Saturday and Sunday are not […]
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It is assumed that the Valley of Copiapo in Chile is a picturesque grape-growing region. However, along this sector of the Atacama Desert today, only kilometers from dried grapes. Until recently, these vineyards in northern Chile were green, as they were supplied water coming from an underground tank. But in the driest desert in the […]
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In July 2012, 157 poppy crop fields, 494 marijuana fields, and 59,489 total hectares of these drugs were found in the states of Sinaloa and Durango in Mexico. Five clandestine factories used for the production of synthetic drugs were also discovered during this time period. According to Periodico Correo, officials seized 113 rifles, 112 handguns, […]
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Two boats bearing the Venezuelan flag were stopped by the French Navy Patrol near Kourou, off the coast of French Guyana. The captains on board the vessels were arrested for engaging in illegal fishing activities, El Universal reports. After the arrests, the captured fish were released into the ocean. The boats, which are currently held […]
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PORTOVIEJO-MANTA-SANTO DOMINGO The lectures in educational institutions, training medical staff and the spraying and mingas neighborhoods remain in the provinces where the highest number of dengue patients, according to the directions of Health. But these measures have not slowed the number of cases, because dengue has attacked so far 14,258 people. Of this figure, the […]
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