ENVIRONMENT Government creates new unit to probe ‘environmental crimes’ 16-01-2023 16:50 Argentina’s government has created a new unit to investigate and prevent environmental crimes, responding to the deliberate destruction of terrain for commercial purposes.
POLITICS & ENVIRONMENT Wetlands law remains stalled as intentional burns go unprosecuted 11-11-2022 13:26 Fires continue to destroy land at an alarming rate throughout the country, despite clear and repeated calls for government action. by Sam Forster
ENVIRONMENT Authorities demand action against ‘criminal’ Paraná fires 17-08-2022 22:46 Wildfires, believed to have been started intentionally rip through wetlands on islands of Paraná Delta, with heavy smoke hitting provinces of Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, as well as the capital.
Climate Change Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report 26-07-2022 14:22 Latin America is now experiencing the calamitous impacts of climate change: water shortages and food insecurity are making their impact on human life in the region. It will only get worse, says World Meteorological Organisation report.
Europe Sizzles UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France 19-07-2022 16:01 Western Europe continues to sweat under an intense heatwave: the mercury is rising on heat records across the region, Britain reaching 40C for the first time on Tuesday.
Climate Change Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves 18-07-2022 15:07 As Europe sizzles, experts predict more to come. Increased frequency of heatwaves here to stay, and an undeniable symptom of climate change.
Amazon Rainforest Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record 04-07-2022 13:06 Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, national space agency reveals.
Forest Fires Fires surge in May in Brazilian Amazon, Cerrado 01-06-2022 15:34 Brazil registered the highest number of fires in the Amazon for the month of May since 2004, and the highest ever for the Cerrado savanna region last month, according to official figures released Wednesday.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Fires ravage Iberá wetlands, causing incalculable damage 25-02-2022 22:48 Raging fires in Corrientes are ravaging the Esteros del Iberá and its native forests, threatening an area of great biodiversity that shelters numerous species threatened with extinction.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Wildfires in Corrientes spread to engulf key cattle farming region 23-02-2022 15:10 Blazes are tearing through the northeast of the country, consuming more land than a typical California wildfire season and threatening a key cattle farming region in this major beef exporter.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE More than 600,000 hectares destroyed by fires in Corrientes province 18-02-2022 18:34 Politicians play the blame game as provincial governor calls for urgent assistance; More than 600,000 hectares of land consumed by flames so far.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Unprecedented drought fuels devastating fires in Corrientes Province 16-02-2022 22:26 Fires fuelled by an unprecedented drought are ravaging hundreds of thousands of hectares of land in the northeastern province of Corrientes, causing serious economic and environmental damage.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Firefighters continue to battle forest blazes in Argentina 14-01-2022 19:25 With temperatures climbing upwards, firefighters were deployed ahead of the weekend to forest fires in nine of Argentina's 23 provinces, including one blaze that has been active for more than a month.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Two killed in helicopter crash as firefighters battle flames in seven provinces 29-12-2021 23:02 Two killed in tragic helicopter crash near town of Aluminé, Neuquén Province; Authorities declare nationwide fire emergency, with outbreaks now reported in seven provinces and more than 300,000 hectares destroyed.
ENVIRONMENT Firefighters battle against forest fires in Río Negro, Chubut and Neuquén 26-12-2021 08:37 Some 250 firefighters and national park employees battled blazes in Patagonia over Christmas, with thousands of hectares of forest destroyed. Fires are raging in high-altitude, little populated forest areas of the southern provinces of Río Negro, Chubut and Neuquén.
ENVIRONMENT Forest fires rip through Córdoba Province 06-10-2021 14:51 Forest fires continued to rage in the northern part of Córdoba Province on Tuesday, leaving destruction in their wake but thankfully no deaths or injuries.
BLOOMBERG Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, drought upends global markets 28-09-2021 09:32 Brazil's crops have been scorched, frozen and then dried out by the worst drought in a century, upending global commodity markets.
ENVIRONMENT Protesters denounce 'privatisation' of water, mining, forest fires 23-03-2021 14:19 Hundreds of ecologists protested this Monday in Buenos Aires against the privatisation of water, as well as open-pit mining and forest fires.
UNREST IN PATAGONIA President targeted by mob battling to keep mining out of Chubut 16-03-2021 08:20 Alberto Fernández forced to dodge protesters as they launch attack on minibus transporting president in Lago Puelo.
CHUBUT PROVINCE At least 7 arrested following attack on president's convoy in Chubut 15-03-2021 15:21 Police have made at least seven arrests following an attack on a vehicle carrying President Alberto Fernández in Lago Puelo over the weekend.
CHUBUT PROVINCE Protesters in Lago Puelo attack bus carrying President Fernández 13-03-2021 15:33 Dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying President Alberto Fernández on Saturday as he visited an area in Patagonia devastated by forest fires.
THE WEEK What we learned this week: March 6th to 13th 13-03-2021 09:16 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina. by Michael Soltys
ARGENTINA ABLAZE One dead, several missing in Patagonia forest fires 12-03-2021 14:04 One person has died and 11 are reported missing after days of blazing forest fires in Patagonia.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Forest fires in Patagonia leave 7 injured, 15 missing 10-03-2021 21:28 At least seven people were injured and 15 more missing on Wednesday as forest fires ripped through Patagonia.