A new disposition of Donald Trump. On this occasion, the president of The United States announced that it will sign an executive order to eliminate the use of paper sorbets in the departments Government, in order to bet again on the plastic. “Next week I will sign an executive order that will end the ridiculous […]
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Unesco sees mass tourism as a threat to protecting world heritage
The general director of the UnescoAudrey Azoulay highlighted mass tourism as one of the major threats facing the protection of world heritage and called for the implementation of sustainable practices to mitigate it during the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. “Mass tourism, which affects local populations affected by housing shortages, low wages […]
“Unomia stolonífera”, the coral that invades the coasts of Venezuela and threatens the Caribbean
A coral called “unomia stolofínera”From Indonesia, silently invades the coast of Venezuela for almost two decades, but its rapid spread has begun to disrupt human activities such as fishing and the tourisma problem that threatens to spread throughout the Caribbean. This exotic species, with no natural predators in the Caribbean waters, has colonized thousands of […]
55% of business leaders nationwide would invest in environmental management
Today, there are more and more companies that seek to be sustainable and participate in the environmental agenda, according to the survey by Vistage Perú and Libélula. There is still a long way to go, but the commitment of more than half of the managers and executives in the country points to an eco-friendly culture […]
UN: Gaza war causing unprecedented environmental crisis
The war in Gaza Strip is causing an environmental crisis “without precedents” due to the contamination of soil, water and air and “irreversible damage” in natural ecosystems, warned this Tuesday the Program of the United Nations for him Environment (UNEP). “Not only are the people of Gaza dealing with untold suffering from the ongoing war, […]
Study improves estimation of the capacity of mangroves to reduce waves
An international research team has developed a study that presents a formulation that allows improving the estimation of the capacity of forests to mangrove swamp Rhizophora to attenuate the waves, which contributes to the protection of these ecosystems against the climate change. The work, in which three researchers from IHCantabria, dependent on the University of […]
The Green Pact, from emblematic project to political problem
The ambitious Green Deal of the European Union It was born as a great unifying project of political wills, but it became the center of bitter protests and now runs the risk of representing a brake on environmental regulation. “The Green Pact is our growth strategy”said in 2019, when launching the project, the president of […]
Colombia: authorities announce agreement to stop environmental crimes in the Amazon
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Prosecutor’s Office of Colombia announced this Friday a collaboration agreement focused on confronting the mafias that commit environmental crimes and deforest the Amazon, informed the person in charge of this portfolio, Susana Muhamad. “We cannot continue allowing these large deforestation operations to continue in the light […]
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, more threatened than ever
Anne Hoggett, who has been diving for decades near the Great Barrier in northeastern Australiaconfirms, with fury, the massive bleaching of corals caused by the climate change. “It makes me angry to know that we have the power to prevent it and we don’t do anything fast enough,” underlines this marine biologist who, for thirty-three […]
The world suffers a new massive episode of coral bleaching
The world suffers a massive episode of bleaching corals due to record temperatures oceans, The US Oceanic and Atmospheric Observation Agency (NOAA) warned this Monday. For the second time in ten years, coral reefs around the world are affected by a major bleaching phenomenon linked to rising water temperatures, and parts of Australia’s Great Barrier […]