Environment

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Marina Silva, an active environmentalist and defender of the Amazon is back in Lula da Silva's cabinet

  

  Marina Silva, an active environmentalist, has been appointed Brazil's next environment minister by president elect Lula da Silva. Ms Silva held a similar post in Lula's first government in 2003, but following strong differences stepped down and formed her own political party.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 01:16 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego fires still smoldering

  

  One month after the forest fires started in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, the authorities are still unable to put down the flames as new “hot spots” keep being found with over 100 firefighters deployed. Over 9,000 hectares of native forests burned down, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  SAERI: Climate change resilience in the Falklands Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

  

  The Falkland Islands (FI) historically lacked herbivorous mammals. The introduction of grazing animals has led to vegetation changes and soil erosion. The impact of these changes on wetland and aquatic habitats is not well-understood; limited past research suggests that water quality may remain fairly natural and is largely influenced by sea salt deposition and humic acids from peat runoff. Some studies, however, have shown evidence of human impacts, such as elevated nutrient concentrations in some ponds.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  Chile: Fire in Viña under control but red alert declared in La Araucanía

  

  Chilean authorities announced late Sunday that the fire in Viña del Mar was under control and declared a red alert for a similar incident in La Araucanía.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Cotopaxi volcano fumes have Ecuador under alert

  

  Ecuadorian authorities have been placed on alert after a 1,500-meter column of steam, gas, and ash emanated Sunday from the Cotopaxi volcano, it was reported.

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Chile: Two people dead, multiple homes burned down in Viña del Mar fire

  

  At least two people have been killed and over 400 homes were burned down in a fire Friday at Viña del Mar, 120 km west of the Chilean capital. Authorities foresee it will take several days to extinguish the fire and the national government has declared a state of catastrophe for the Valparaíso region.

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement

  

  By Henrik Svedäng (*) – To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards meeting targets such as the protection of 30% of Earth’s surface by 2030 and the restoration of degraded habitats.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:27 UTC

  Authorities on alert over poisonous stingrays on Argentine La Plata river shores

  

  Argentine authorities have issued a series of recommendations after the appearance of poisonous stingrays on the beaches of Punta Lara and Ensenada, south of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) was reported.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 14:18 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego creates a Protected Natural Area, covering 500,000 hectares of land and sea

  

  The provincial Executive of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, signed into law the bill creating the Protected Natural Area, Peninsula Mitre, unanimously sanctioned in early December by the local Legislative Assembly and covering some 500.000 hectares, 300.000 on land and the rest at sea.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Severe weather grounds numerous flights throughout US

  

  Bad weather led to the cancellation of a large number of commercial flights throughout the United States ahead of the Christmas Eve celebrations, it was reported.