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Latam Eco Review: Icon status for jaguars and fears over lithium mining

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Maria Salazar | 0 Comments

The environmental impact of the global demand for lithium and more jaguar protection in South America, plus profiles of five pioneering women in conservation science, and a newly discovered tree frog in Ecuador — these are among the recent top…

Brazil prosecutors say they are seeking arrest of senior Vale executive

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: A helmet with a logo of Vale SA is seen in a collapsed tailings dam owned by the company, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File photoRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors are seeking the arrest…

Exclusive: Safety problem found at Orano's Finnish reactor before start-up – regulator

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the unfinished Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor in Eurajoki, Finland August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos/File PhotoOSLO (Reuters) - Finland’s nuclear regulator has identified a safety issue at Olkiluoto 3, a 1.6-gigawatt reactor built by France’s Orano,…

Spain's Socialists present climate change strategy ahead of April election

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: Spain's Energy and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Juan MedinaMADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s government presented a draft proposal on how to tackle climate change…

Zambia to start hippo cull in May despite protests

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: A pair of hippos swim in the waters of St Lucia estuary, South Africa, April 12, 2006. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File PhotoLUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia will begin a planned cull of around 2,000 hippos in May, a senior government official…

Spain plans all new cars to be emission-free no later than 2040

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

Deep 7.5-magnitude quake hits Ecuador-Peru border region

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

QUITO/LIMA (Reuters) - A deep magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck the Peru-Ecuador border region early on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing tremors that the Ecuadorian president said were felt around the country. The quake’s epicenter was in a sparsely…

Forest soils take longer to recover from fires and logging than previously thought

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Mike Gaworecki | 0 Comments

According to Elle Bowd, a researcher with Australian National University’s Fenner School of Environment and Society, there have been very few studies about the long-term impacts of disturbances like wildfires and logging on forest soils. Based on what research has…

Botswana mulls lifting elephant hunting ban

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC A report by cabinet ministers in Botswana has recommended lifting a four-year hunting ban and the introduction of elephant culling. After months of public meetings and consultations, the report by ministers also recommends the “establishment of elephant meat…

Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Peru-Ecuador border region: USGS

Posted on February 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A deep earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck the Peru-Ecuador border region early on Friday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake’s epicenter was in a sparsely populated area 224 km (140 miles) east-southeast of…