Stories for 2015

Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:07 UTC
NOAA Fisheries names three Latam countries in illegal fishing activities

United States NOAA Fisheries (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2015 Biennial Report to Congress highlighting U.S. findings and analyses of foreign illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and of by-catch of protected species and shark catch on the high seas for foreign fleets.
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 08:54 UTC
Griesa rules hedge funds entitled to details of recent Argentine bond offering and banks must comply

U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled that hedge funds suing over unpaid debt stemming from Argentina's 2002 default are entitled to details of a recent bond offering by Buenos Aires.
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 08:45 UTC
Brasil's third biggest builder contracting drastically after Petrobras scandal and bankrupcy

Brazilian engineering conglomerate Grupo OAS expects revenue to shrink more than 50% by 2017 as it sells operations and refocuses on civil construction after filing for bankruptcy protection due to a bribery scandal at a state-run oil company.
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 07:09 UTC
Petrobras reveals extent of its losses because of corruption and mismanagement

Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras which has been bashed by a wide-spread corruption scandal, reported on Wednesday a 2014 net loss of 21.6 billion Reais (7.2 billion dollars) after taking 50.8 billion Reais in charges.
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 05:06 UTC
South Chile volcano erupts: evacuation, flights cancelled, army moves in

Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky and prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency. Officials ordered an evacuation for a 20-kilometer radius around the volcano and the Interior ministry rushed in the army to temporarily take control of the province of Llanquihue and the town of Puerto Octay.
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 04:50 UTC
Cristina Fernandez invites Russian investors to Argentina; Thursday she meets Putin

“Argentina is a country where it is worth investing in and producing, not only because of its natural resources, also because of the human resources we have” said president Cristina Fernández in Moscow on an official visit to Russia. She praised the “recovery of Argentina's flag carrier that allows connectivity among all the zones in the country, not only the richest ones.”
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 02:09 UTC
Record high temperatures over land and sea in March, says NOAA and NASA

The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for March 2015 was the highest for the month since record keeping began in 1880. The year-to-date (January–March) globally averaged temperature was also record high, reports the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, together with data from NASA.
Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 02:00 UTC
“We have yet to change our ways” says Ban Ki-moon UN on Mother Earth Day

Humanity is well aware of the devastating damage and pollution it have wrought on planet Earth, and “even with this knowledge, we have yet to change our ways,” United Nations Secretary-General said on Wednesday, urging people to reset their relationship with nature and every living being it sustains.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 15:37 UTC
Spain to invest 421m Euros to promote and develop aquaculture

Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, MAGRAM, Isabel Garcia Tejerina, announced that 421 million Euros will be allocated to the Multiannual Aquaculture Strategic Plan 2014/2020. The plan outlines how aquaculture will be conducted in coming years in the framework of the new EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 15:31 UTC
South Georgia completes third phase of rodent eradication project

The Falkland Islands government will be holding this week a reception for the team involved in the world's largest attempted rodent eradication project, in windy South Georgia, which completed the current baiting phase at the end of March.