Environment

Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:18 UTC
Desperate need for medicines, food and shelter in Bahamas ravaged by hurricane Dorian

More than 76,000 people out of a population of 395.000, could require food and other aid in the Bahamas after the Caribbean nation was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the UN's World Food Program said on Thursday, with eight tons of supplies ready to arrive.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Bolsonaro accused Bachelet of meddling in Brazil´s affairs for condemning police violence

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused Chile's former leader Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations human rights chief, of meddling in his country's affairs after she criticized a rise in police violence and an erosion of democracy.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolivia admits forest fires has destroyed 1.7 million hectares

Wildfires raging in Bolivia's forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares, officials said on Wednesday, amid a US$11 million effort by the government to contain them.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:06 UTC
The Caribbean cruise industry suffers the consequences of hurricane Dorian battering of Bahamas

For the Atlantic's major cruise operators, deadly Hurricane Dorian has meant nothing but trouble in paradise as ships have been diverted from the Bahamas. But as the widespread devastation becomes more apparent on the ravished archipelago, a bread-and-butter staple of the tourist industry, the companies are pledging to help fund major relief.
Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Polls bash Bolsonaro: 38% say the president is doing “a bad or terrible job”

Brazilians saying that President Jair Bolsonaro is doing a “bad or terrible” job rose to 38% from 33% previously, in the first major poll since the government faced global outcry over its handling of record fires in the Amazon rainforest.
Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:11 UTC
Bolsonaro ready to speak about Amazon fires at the UN General Assembly

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he was eager to speak about the Amazon fires that have drawn world attention at the next U.N. General Assembly in September, as the issue appeared to erode his support at home.
Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil thanks Trump for being “on the same page” in the Amazon controversy: no foreign interference

Brazil and the United States believe the international community should have no say in confronting fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Friday after meeting President Donald Trump.
Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Thousands of new fires ignited in the Amazon; Bolsonaro says Europe has nothing to teach Brazil on environment

President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that Europe has “nothing to teach” Brazil about preserving the environment, as data showed thousands of new fires were ignited on the first day of a ban on burning.
Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Johnson at G7 summit led the way in ocean protection; Ascension island declares 100% of its waters an MPA

During remarks at the close of the recent G7 summit in Biarritz, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the Aichi targets—goals set nearly a decade ago as part of the United Nations’ Strategic Plan for Biodiversity—must be “replaced with new, more ambitious targets to help us get back the biodiversity that this planet is losing, and has lost.”
Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:02 UTC
Bolsonaro bans burning forests for 60 days, and insists Macron must apologize for calling him a liar

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree to ban burning throughout the country for two months, government sources said, as the authorities scramble to defuse the Amazon fires which have triggered a global outcry.