Environment

• Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Latin America needs to take climate change seriously, says Moody's

  

  According to a Moody's Analytics report published this week, Latin America will lose productivity to climate change if it does not take swift action. The document titled “Latin America under the risk of climate change” explained that governments, companies, and financial institutions should adopt preventive measures to reduce carbon emissions, in order to mitigate eventual damages caused by climate change.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Latin America lost over 39 million hectares of forests

  

  Agriculture has taken its toll on Latin American forests, particularly in South America's two largest countries. Argentina reached 444,535 hectares deforested to prioritize crops and cattle feeding.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Deforestation controversy: despite EU landmark legislation, Brazil will keep to its own legal system

  

  Brazil’s government said it could not interfere with a landmark EU law banning imports of commodities linked to deforestation but will keep farming according to its own laws. The law approved by the European Parliament on April 19 bans imports of coffee, beef, soy, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, wood, charcoal and derived products including leather, chocolate and furniture if they are linked to forest destruction.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Shortage of rain water threatens Panama Canal crossings forcing ships to reduce their draft and cargoes

  

  Insufficient rainfall has once again forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships crossing through the inter-oceanic route – another episode of the water supply crisis that threatens the future of the maritime course that handles 6% of global maritime trade

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  UK funds for Darwin Initiative to tackle nature-loss in Overseas Territories including the Falklands

  

  Efforts to boost biodiversity recovery in the UK Overseas Territories have been bolstered by the British government with large-scale projects funded for the first time to tackle nature loss.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 02:49 UTC

  Penguins Day and the Falklands as one of the world's great penguin capitals

  

  Monday, April 25th, was Penguins Day, an occasion closely linked to the Falklands and its identity with the iconic penguin. In effect, most people imagine the flightless seabird to be solely polar creatures, much more at home in a world of ice and snow than on the sandy beaches and sheep paddocks of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Uruguayan agricultural emergency extended until when?

  

  Uruguayan authorities Thursday announced the current declaration of agricultural emergency will be extended until September from April 24.

• Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  European Parliament approves law banning imports from deforested lands

  

  The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a landmark deforestation law to ban imports into the European Union that come from any land that was deforested since December 31, 2020.

• Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Escazú Agreement poses new challenges to Latin American countries

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday opened the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP2) of the Escazú Agreement at the Kirchner Cultural Center in Buenos Aires. The event will last until April 21.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands collecting info for the launching of its Business Climate Survey 2023

  

  The Falkland Islands Development Corporation has launched the Business Climate Survey 2023 in partnership with the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, the Falkland Islands Tourism Association and the Rural Business Association.