Environment

• Sunday, May 13th 2012 - 09:05 UTC

  Torres del Paine reforestation: 200.000 trees to be planted annually during five years

  

  The reforestation of Chilean Patagonia world famous Torres del Paine National Park started this week when 50 volunteers arrived to plant the first round of trees after fires devastated the park in January.

• Saturday, May 12th 2012 - 09:14 UTC

  Sightings of blue whales in the south of Chile has grown significantly

  

  The number of blue whales sighted in the south of Chile increased significantly this austral summer as the cetacean approached the area to feed on the rich waters of the south Pacific according to a scientific report from the Austral University Blue Whale Centre released this week.

• Thursday, May 10th 2012 - 04:43 UTC

  Warmer waters and lack of food most probable cause of pelicans’ death in Peru

  

  The increase in water temperature to the north of Peru kept away the schools of fish on which marine birds feed causing the massive death of pelicans recorded in that area, which could extend to other parts of Peru, if conditions persist.

• Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 07:46 UTC

  Sao Paulo and Santiago, most attractive cities in Latam for urban investment

  

  Brazil’s Sao Paulo is the most attractive city for investments in Latin America followed by Santiago de Chile and Mexico City according to the latest results from a paper by Colombian and Chilean experts released on Tuesday in Bogotá.

• Saturday, April 28th 2012 - 05:09 UTC

  Brazil will increase military presence in the Amazon to protect natural resources

  

  Brazil will boost its military presence in the Amazon region to protect its huge natural resources from any external threat, Defence Minister Celso Amorim told the Senate on Thursday.

• Saturday, April 28th 2012 - 03:03 UTC

  Mexico sets ground-breaking global benchmark on tacking deforestation

  

  By MP Barry Gardiner and Ignacio Pichardo (*) - Below the global radar, a major victory was secured in Mexico on Tuesday 24th April in the world-wide battle to prevent deforestation and forest degradation, which are collectively the world's second largest sources of greenhouse emissions.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 23:30 UTC

  Royals celebrate with British personnel re-edition of South Pole Scott-Amundsen race

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated on Wednesday the achievements of British Service personnel who recreated the famous Scott-Amundsen race to the South Pole.

• Thursday, April 26th 2012 - 06:07 UTC

  Brazilian congress approves forest bill that further threatens Amazon basin

  

  Brazil’s Lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that weakens the country’s benchmark environmental law protecting the Amazon and other areas, a move that some fear will lead to a spike in deforestation.

• Saturday, April 21st 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Peru gives conditional approval to major controversial mining project

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said on Friday that US-based Newmont Mining should carry out a more ambitious environmental mitigation plan if it hopes to build its 4.8 billion dollars Conga gold mine project.

• Saturday, April 21st 2012 - 06:57 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil agree to jointly develop and expand wind power

  

  Uruguay and Brazil agreed this week to jointly set up a 100MW wind farm in Uruguayan territory demanding an investment of 200 million dollars and which should become operational by 2013.