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Stories for January 26th 2022

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

    Bukele needs to eliminate bitcoin as legal tender, IMF says

    Bitcoin's possible impact on the country's status with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has always been feared

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele to drop the use of bitcoin as legal tender in the country, on the grounds that there are “great risks associated” with this practice. Bukele officially adopted bitcoin last September.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Wastewater testing can improve and enhance the response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

    The new report highlights that wastewater testing can facilitate the collection of useful information about vulnerable populations or groups in remote locations

    Wastewater testing provides a relatively economic method whereby countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can improve their detection, diagnosis, control, and monitoring systems for viruses that cause diseases like COVID-19 and its variants. This tool, which complements clinical studies, allows public policy makers to have a comprehensive, sustainable, early warning, and equitable tool to improve public health responses, according to a new World Bank report.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    IAATO officially marked Antarctic Ambassadorship Day, April 25

    Gina Greer, IAATO Executive Director hopes the first Antarctic Ambassadorship Day this year ”will inspire more people to join this exciting community.”

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO has announced that the first international day dedicated to Antarctic Ambassadors will be held on 25 April 2022. Last August IAATO as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations, anticipated the creation of Antarctic Ambassadorship Day. The membership organisation formalised its definition of an Antarctic Ambassador in May to be someone who:

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    OECD to evaluate Argentina, Brazil and Peru as potential members

    “It is an opportunity that we cannot miss,” former President Macri said regarding Argentina's candidacy to the OECD.

    The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has decided to discuss the admission into the group of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, it was announced Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Stamps release on the centenary of the Death of Sir Ernest Shackleton

    The set of stamps celebrating the great Antarctic explorer's life

    To mark 100 years since the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory and the Falkland Islands, have joined together to release a series of stamps celebrating his life and achievements.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

    Research and Monitoring Plan for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area

    The RMP aims to guide scientific activities an increased understanding of the SGSSI marine ecosystem, and assess the nature and extent of change

    A new Research and Monitoring Plan has been launched to help support the management of the South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area, MPA. The announcement was done in the January edition of the Sough Georgia Newsletter.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Spatial Segregation of Seabirds at South Georgia

    Albatross nesting with chick

    The latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter refers to seabirds, which are amongst the most globally threatened birds, often as a consequence of incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries. At South Georgia, wandering albatrosses have declined since the 1970s, and are listed by the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) as one of nine global High-Priority populations for conservation.

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