Environment

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 07:39 UTC

  Chilean agriculture short of manpower: some crops could remain without harvesting

  

  Chile's National Agriculture Society, SNA, has warned that up to 30% of crops could remain without harvesting because of a lack of manpower. SNA head Cristian Allendes participated in a conference on the labor problem and incentives to attract people to work in the fields, which was presented under the title of “How is the 2020/21 season coming along?”.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Meteorologists meet to prepare report for the UN Glasgow climate change negotiations summit

  

  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, opened its meeting on Monday to approve its next report on the physical science basis of climate change, the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:20 UTC

  Raisins, victim of the chaotic climate conditions

  

  Chaotic climate conditions are having an impact on agriculture worldwide and in Chile the most recent victim of instability are raisins. Last January when grapes are expected to mature and develop a high content of sugar, torrential rains hit Chile's wines, and the excess of water harmed a high percentage of the harvest.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 18:05 UTC

  Orcas sighted off the coast of Argentine province of Rio Negro

  

  A calf of killer whales only a few days old has been sighted for the first time off the Punta Bermeja area, on the Rio Negro coast, leading specialists to speculate that its parents would not be far away.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 17:34 UTC

  Nobel Foundation divests from contaminating industries: sells coal and oil shares

  

  The Nobel Foundation which funds and organizes the Nobel Prizes announced it was selling all of its assets in the petroleum industry, following on similar actions regarding coal, and other contaminating industries.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  “State of Hydric Emergency” decreed throughout Argentine provinces within the Parana river basin

  

  Argentina Sunday declared a “water emergency” due to the historic downspout in the Paraná river.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:57 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego promulgates bill banning industrial salmon farming

  

  Three weeks after its approval by the local Legislative council of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, the provincial Executive finally promulgated the bill that bans the growth and farming of salmon species in the provincial sea and lakes jurisdictional waters.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  New force launched to help fight fires in Brazil's jungles and forests

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security Thursday announced that more than 6,000 so-called “guardians of the biome” will be deployed for the prevention of repression and investigation of fires in jungles and forests throughout the country.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Yacyretá's electricity output severely hit by Paraná river downspout

  

  The historical downspout of the Paraná River has led Yacyretá, Argentina's biggest hydroelectric plant, to work at around 50% of its normal capacity, which has a direct impact on supply to the electrical system.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  G20 environment meeting opens with ambitious joint document

  

  G20 environment and energy ministers Thursday held their first day of meetings in the Italian city of Naples, after which they issued a joint document on the protection of nature, especially ecosystems.