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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 19:04 UTC

Environment

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 21:44 UTC

    “Global South” objects to EU deforestation focus and 'risk assessment' qualification policies

    The “Global South”, is made up of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Thailand

    Argentina was part of the “Global South”, which this week made a presentation before the European Union expressing deep concern about the distorting effects of the new EU ruling, from June 2023, referred to goods that are demanded to be free of deforestation consequences.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    At least 46 people still missing in post-cyclone southeastern Brazil

    Acting President Geraldo Alckmin will visit the area on Sunday

    Brazilian authorities said Friday that at least 46 people were missing after a devastating cyclone hit the southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul since early Monday, where already 41 casualties have been reported. The federal government also pledged R$ 800 (US$167) for each of the over 3,000 people who have lost their homes to the storm.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    More rain forecast in southeastern Brazil as cyclone death toll rises

    Pimenta admitted he had found “a sad and desolate scenario”

    Brazil's National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) said on Wednesday that more rain was to be expected in parts of the State of Rio Grande do Sul throughout the September 7 holiday as the death toll from the recent extratropical cyclone rose to 37 (including one victim in the neighboring State of Santa Catarina), Agência Brasil reported. Rio Grande do Sul's government was to declare a state of public calamity.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Cyclone in southern Brazil causes death, floods and destruction

    Eduardo Leite, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, told a news conference that 15 more bodies had been found in Mucum on Tuesday, with the death toll at 21.

    Some twenty-one people have been killed as a consequence of the torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone in southern Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul neighboring Uruguay and Argentina. Local authorities said it was the state's worst-ever weather disaster given the number of deaths so far and the thousands left homeless.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Alarm: dredging industry extracts a million dump trucks of sand from the sea each day, UNEP report

    The new data platform, Marine Sand Watch, tracks and monitors dredging activities of sand, clay, silt, gravel, and rock in the world’s marine environment

    The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is digging up 6 billion tons per year, the equivalent of more than 1 million dump trucks per day. This is significantly impacting biodiversity and coastal communities.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Extratropical cyclone kills 4 in southern Brazil

    An extratropical cyclone forming in the west of Rio Grande do Sul had been forecast

    At least four people were killed in Brazil's southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul after an extratropical cyclone hit the area Monday leaving hundreds of homes without electricity, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    South Georgia Biosecurity Handbook Update Released

    The Handbook details the procedures which are in place to help reduce the risk of harmful non-native species and disease entering the Territory,

    The latest version of the Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Biosecurity Handbook is now available online. The Handbook details the procedures which are in place to help reduce the risk of harmful non-native species and disease entering the Territory, along with the steps in place to detect them and limit their spread should they arrive.

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:26 UTC

    Peru: State of Emergency around Ubinas volcano extended

    The Ubinas is, together with Sabancaya, the most active volcano in Peru

    Peru's Government extended for another 60 days starting Monday the State of Emergency decreed around the erupting Ubinas volcano in the Moquegua region, some 1,250 km south of Lima, it was published Sunday in El Peruano (Official Gazette).

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:17 UTC

    “El Niño” arrives in Argentina

    ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) brings on more or less rain than usual, depending on the region

    Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN) issued a report stating that the El Niño phenomenon had arrived in the country after water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean remained above those considered normal, thus triggering an atmospheric response to the warming.

  • Saturday, September 2nd 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Iceland resumes whaling after temporary ban

    Killing whales would now be admissible, albeit in a more humane way, according to Iceland's government

    The government of Iceland announced whaling was to resume effective Sept. 1 after banning the practice two months ago. The new measure sparked rage among environmentalists concerned about the endangered species. However, more effective hunting methods and equipment need to be used, the authorities said.