Environment

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Agriculture emergency in Magallanes Region because of the ongoing drought

  

  Chile's Ministry of Agriculture declared on Friday an agriculture emergency in the extreme south Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica because of the hydric deficit caused by the lack of rainfall. The decision was taken following on experts projections indicating the persistence of “meteorological and hydrologic drought conditions, both reflected in the shortfall of hydric surface and subterranean availability”

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Poorer harvests heralded due to bad weather would mean fewer dollars for Argentina

  

  Argentina's Agriculture exports are expected to drop by US$ 14,000 million due to the recent drought, according to projections from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange released this week in Buenos Aires. The new figures might have an impact on the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of between 1.1% and 1.8%.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Is Mass Cruise Tourism Safe for Antarctic Ecosystems?

  

  By Elizabeth Leane, Anne Hardy, Can Seng Ooi, Carolyn Philpott, Hanne E.F. Nielsen and Katie Marx – As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Traveling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage below Patagonia, destined for the polar continent of Antarctica.

• Friday, January 6th 2023 - 19:30 UTC

  Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon hit record highs in Bolsonaro's last year

  

  Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon during 2022, the last year of rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro in office, reached a surface akin to that of a country such as Lebanon, it was reported Friday.

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Brazil: Environment Minister announces National Authority for Climate Security

  

  São Paulo Deputy-elect Marina Silva was sworn in Wednesday as Brazil's new Environment Ministry, almost 15 years after leaving that office during President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's second term in office.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Paraguay River downspout nearing record lows

  

  Paraguayan shipping companies and authorities expressed their concern Tuesday after the downspout at the Paraguay River nears its third consecutive all-time low.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 09:39 UTC

  UK might contribute to Brazil's Amazon Fund

  

  The United Kingdom might join Germany and Norway as a donor to Brazil's Amazon Fund to boost sustainability in the rainforest, British Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  UK activists Extinction Rebellion promises an end to disruptions and targets public opinion support

  

  The UK environmental grassroots group Extinction Rebellion famous for staging acts of civil disobedience by closing key roads, train lines and bridges in central London, plus blockading oil refineries, smashing windows at bank headquarters and spaying fake blood over the finance ministry building is changing its aggressive policies to try and win more public opinion support for its campaign against climate change.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Message from Australia to cruise vessels, “brush your hulls before coming to Australian ports”

  

  The cruise vessel Viking Orion, with some 800 passengers, was denied permission to dock in Adelaide after Australian authorities discovered a “marine growth” on the ship, which is called “biofoul” and is considered potentially harmful.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 09:56 UTC

  Activity at Villarrica volcano warrants upholding yellow alert

  

  Authorities remain on yellow alert regarding the Villarrica volcano after a seismic episode was recorded at 1.07 pm local time on Jan. 1 which was directly linked to the movement of internal fluids, according to monitoring stations