Environment

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:37 UTC

  South Georgia consultation period for Special Protected Area Management Plan

  

  The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has announced the opening of the consultation period for the Specially Protected Area Management Plan and Regulations.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:32 UTC

  Argentina and Chile lobby for a Marine Protected Area west of Antarctica Peninsula

  

  Argentine and Chilean relations have not been traditionally smooth given the several borderline disputes both in land and in the sea, but there is a chance that this rivalry turns into a biodiversity milestone, with the joint proposal to create a Marine Protected Area in waters next to west Antarctica Peninsula and south of the Scotia arc, a project in which the Chilean Antarctic Institute and Argentina's Antarctic Institute have been working on since 2012.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Increased levels of fluorinated chemicals in Antarctic snow cores, scientific research

  

  Scientists have recorded markedly increased levels of ‘fluorinated forever chemicals’ in Antarctic snow which are thought to have originated from the use of CFC-replacements.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 08:56 UTC

  Japanese whaling industry on the brink of collapse: less demand, less subsidies for whale meat

  

  The whaling industry in Japan is on the brink of collapse as young generations tastes have rapidly changed and government subsidies are beginning to shrink. The industry employed thousands of people in the decades immediately after World War II, and sustained entire communities during those difficult economic times, is today losing the government subsidies that has kept it afloat.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 22:03 UTC

  Bolsonaro lashes back at DiCaprio over social media postings

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again aimed his cannons at US actor Leonardo DiCaprio for his denunciations of the devastation of the Amazon.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Unusual dead fauna appearance reported on Uruguayan shores: 80 penguins and a whale

  

  Over 80 penguins, many of them trapped in a fishing net, and a dead whale were reported Wednesday to have appeared on the Atlantic Ocean shores of the Uruguayan department of Maldonado by the NGO SOS Rescate Fauna Marina (RFM).

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands’ inshore waters recognized as globally significant seabird hotspot

  

  A Falklands Conservation project has identified the Falklands Islands’ inshore waters as globally recognized Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) for breeding seabirds, driving forward their aim for quality marine management practices in the Islands.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Downspout threatens Paraguay's foreign trade yet again

  

  Paraguayan exporters have decried over this weekend their latent concern about the Paraguay and Parana rivers' low levels which might affect the grain season in January and February if no improvement is recorded, it was reported in Asunción.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  Latin America up for increasingly worsening weather

  

  The consequences of climate change will continue to worsen in Latin America and the Caribbean, affecting health, development, and food supplies, according to a report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Friday.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 08:46 UTC

  Krill surveys in South Georgia conducted by fishery patrol MV Pharos SG

  

  The second of six winter krill surveys in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is underway. The first winter krill survey was completed successfully on board the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands fishery patrol vessel MV Pharos SG in May this year.