The Consumer Electronics Show (THOSE), one of the largest in the world of its kind, began this Wednesday in Las Vegas despite the rebound in infections of COVID-19 in United States. “Despite some highly publicized cancellations among our exhibitors, we have more than 2,200 exhibitors here at CES 2022 in Las Vegas and they are […]
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Brazil suspends permits to explore for gold in preserved areas of the Amazon
The Brazilian government suspended on Monday the seven authorizations it had granted for mining companies to explore possible mines or gold veins in a highly preserved region of the Amazon rainforest, close to the border with Colombia and Venezuela. The government of the president Jair Bolsonaro, which defends mining exploitation even in indigenous reserves in […]
Amazon Cloud Draws New US Antitrust Scrutiny
Updated on 12/23/2021 03:39 am The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is moving forward with antitrust scrutiny of Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing business, according to people familiar with the matter. Lina Khan, a director of the agency and a critic of the online retailer, is working on an investigation started several years ago by her predecessor. […]
In the US, large companies are shielded to face the omicron variant
Faced with the rapid spread of the omicron variant, large US companies are forced to strengthen their anticovid arsenal and delay the return to face-to-face work. Among the toughest groups is Google, which at the beginning of the month notified its employees that it will not pay them or that they may even be fired […]
Amazonia, the accidental victim of the Colombian peace agreement
The high burning season is approaching in the Colombian Amazon. Near the township of El Capricho in the south of the country, cows graze among tree trunks in a strip of shattered rainforest. A land that is noticeable was razed less time ago seems flaked, full of branches that await the burning of the fire. […]
Amazon: keys to a sustainable industry for eastern Peru
The first day of the III Amazon Business Congress: “The urgent challenge of sustainable and inclusive development of the Peruvian Amazon” left notes on economic development with inclusion and environmental care from all levels of Government. During his speech, the Vice Minister of Economy, Alex Contreras, he assured that there is an “urgent challenge” to […]
Oceana denounces Amazon’s “great contribution” to marine pollution
Amazon generated a total of 211,000 tons of plastic packaging waste in 2019 and, of that amount, it is likely that 10,700 tons ended up in marine and freshwater environments, according to an Oceana report that highlights the “great contribution” of the company to pollution of the oceans. The environmental organization focused on the seas […]
Amazon Web Services would seek to open data center in Mexico
Updated 12/12/2021 04:25 am The cloud services division of Amazon.com Inc. is reaching an agreement to open a new data center in the central Mexican state of Querétaro, according to two people familiar with the matter. The announcement is expected soon, although a date has not been set, said one of the people, who asked […]
For better governance of natural resources
The Amazon is a very attractive space for its natural riches and for the resources it offers for their use in certain economic sectors, which turn out to be the focus for extractive industries and for large infrastructure projects, power generation or road clearance. . However, the socio-environmental impacts of these projects affect the ecosystems […]
Local knowledge allows improving the control of fauna in the Amazon
The knowledge of the Amazonian inhabitants could improve the control of the wildlife on the Amazon, according to a study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), in northeastern Spain. Experts from institutions in Spain, Brazil, Peru, […]