A substance from a previously unknown blue-green alga, also known as cyanobacteria, that lives on ground nettles in freshwater lakes is responsible for making various birds and other animals sick, according to research by teams at the University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany and the University of Georgia. The harmful substance finds its way into herbivorous … Read more
Unlike in the US and Europe, the political left in South America is often mum on climate change, says an analysis by Americas Quarterly, which identifies a trend of diverging goals between leftist leaders and environmentalists in the region. The report notes how Bolivia’s Evo Morales opened up the Tipnis Protected Area for energy exploration, … Read more
JUBA, South Sudan – South Sudan’s government has directed a full audit into its oil resource management after years of reports of mismanagement of the environment in the oil producing areas. Caesar Oliha Marko, deputy chairperson for a government oversight committee to oversee implementation of the audit revealed that a U.S.-based firm will audit production … Read more
A male jaguar named Joujou has returned to his home sweet home in the wild. In Brazil he has become a symbol of the efforts of environmentalists, volunteers and firefighters to protect and restore a much affected strip of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland area, which was ravaged by the fires last year. … Read more
Plots as large as 2000 acres are being sold on the hyperlocal Marketplace section of the platform. The Bolsonaro administration has taken criticism for looking the other way on encroachment into protected areas and deforestation, and indigenous groups have told the BBC that it is unwilling to stop these sales. “A common strategy is to … Read more
Global head of commodities research at Goldman, Jeff Currie, stated his position on the future of the sector this week, citing two big factors why commodities would continue to go up. One was that while historically stimulus benefited high-income households, current stimulus benefits low-income, who spend a lot more on commodities. The second factor was … Read more
Something that didn’t exist eight weeks ago. With U.S. President Joe Biden rejoining 190 other countries in the Paris Climate Agreement, basically all countries on Earth are participating in a unified movement to combat global warming. Under the agreement the U.S. plans to cut carbon emissions 25% from it’s 2005 levels by 2025 and contribute … Read more
A recent study by U of Bern researchers has identified the major causes of increasing endangerment of plant species in the country. Anne Kempel, author of the study that involved 420 botanists and worked together with the Swiss data and information center Info Flor, said that micropollutants, fertilizer pollution, the loss of natural flow dynamics … Read more
SAO PAULO – Recently, London-based YouGov conducted the poll that surveyed people in several European countries and reported that only 12% of those interviewed supported moving forward with the pact if the current rate of Amazon deforestation continues. Unfavorable European public opinion may, it is thought, threaten the loss of the EU-Mercosur commercial accord, worth … Read more
Continuing a trend of European businesses moving independently to protect the Amazon, France’s BNP Paribas announced it will no longer finance companies that buy cattle or soy produced on deforested or converted Amazon lands after 2008. The measure also applies to deforested lands in Brazil’s Cerrado region, a threatened tropical savanna eco-region covering 20% of … Read more
A Bolivian farmer accidentally killed 35 condors with strychnine while trying to protect his livestock from a puma living in the area, according to Bolivian authorities after a slow and much-criticized investigation. The large number of deaths was likely due to the behavior of the species at the time of feeding, with sometimes as many … Read more
A week after Trump said the U.S. would leave the Paris Climate Agreement, the governor of California made an agreement with China to develop more green tech. People are talking widely about states possibly making lots of climate deals now that the U.S. is out. Read more