Supporting the Indigenous economy in Putumayo, Colombia

April 12, 2022 / by Jason Patlis / Conservation, Global News, South America, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Miguel Chasoy, a young Inga-Kamëntšá Indigenous man living in Putumayo, Colombia, started a business as an artisan and received a grant for financial and technical support. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/supporting-the-indigenous-economy-in-putumayo-colombia

The War for the Rainforest

March 16, 2022 / by William Langewiesche / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Set aside for an isolated Indigenous group, the Brazilian preserve Ituna-Itatá has now been heavily deforested — a grim illustration of the intractable forces destroying the Amazon. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/magazine/amazon-rainforest-ituna-itata.html

Ukraine War Ushers In ‘New Era’ for Biden and U.S. Abroad

March 12, 2022 / by Michael Crowley and Edward Wong / Asia, Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden is rethinking relationships with allies as well as rivals — including China, Iran and Venezuela — to counter President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/us/politics/biden-ukraine-diplomacy.html

Biden Administration Cancels Mining Leases Near Wilderness Area

January 26, 2022 / by HIROKO TABUCHI / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The leases, reinstated during the Trump years, would have allowed a Chilean mining conglomerate to dig for copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/climate/boundary-waters-copper-mining.html

Mining of Lithium, Key to the Climate Fight, Faces New Scrutiny in Chile

January 6, 2022 / by John Bartlett / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Politicians have called for a pause in new mining contracts for lithium, which is in high demand for electric car batteries but is at the heart of a debate in Chile over mines, water rights and inequality. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/climate/lithium-chile.html

Chile Writes Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On

December 29, 2021 / by Somini Sengupta and Marcos Zegers / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/climate/chile-constitution-climate-change.html

Chile, una nueva Constitución y el cambio climático

December 28, 2021 / by Somini Sengupta and Marcos Zegers / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chile tiene grandes reservas de litio que son esenciales para la transición del mundo a la energía verde. Pero el descontento por los poderosos intereses mineros, la desigualdad y la crisis del agua han hecho que el país empiece a repensarse. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/12/28/espanol/chile-consitucion-cambio-climatico.html

Brazil Flooding Kills at Least 20 and Displaces Thousands

December 28, 2021 / by Flavia Milhorance / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In northeast Brazil, local officials say they have never before seen flooding on this scale. Tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/world/americas/brazil-floods-climate-change.html

Chile Rewrites Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On

December 28, 2021 / by Somini Sengupta and Marcos Zegers / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/climate/chile-constitution-lithium-water-climate.html

A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land

December 3, 2021 / by Jack Nicas and Victor Moriyama / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brazil’s northeast, long a victim of droughts, is now effectively turning into a desert. The cause? Climate change and the landowners who are most affected. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/world/americas/brazil-climate-change-barren-land.html

Amazon Deforestation Soars to 15-Year High

November 19, 2021 / by Manuela Andreoni / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brazil committed this month to end illegal deforestation in eight years, but a government report raises questions about its intent and ability to meet that target. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/americas/brazil-amazon-deforestation.html

How Leather Seats in Luxury SUVs Fuel Amazon Deforestation

November 17, 2021 / by Jason Patlis / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, North America, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An examination of Brazil’s immense tannery industry shows how hides from illegally deforested ranches can easily reach the global marketplace. In the United States, much of the demand for Brazilian leather comes from automakers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/climate/leather-seats-cars-rainforest.html

Sea Shepherd Tracks Down and Exposes Notorious Chinese Squid Fishing Fleet off the Galapagos Islands

September 24, 2021 / by sscssite2017 / Asia, Conservation, North America, Oceans, South America, Species

Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On the 24th of September, The Associated Press and Univision released “Great Wall of Lights”–a landmark investigation into the Chinese squid fleet–after two journalists spent 18 days on board the Sea Shepherd vessel Ocean Warrior observing thirty notorious fishing vessels in the High Seas, an area outside of any national jurisdiction. Sea Shepherd’s shocking findings will be released […]

Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’

August 31, 2021 / by Jennie Erin Smith and Federico Rios / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A century after museum collectors surveyed Colombia’s avian fauna, a new generation of researchers returns to see what remains, and what has changed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/science/colombia-birds-expedition.html

Your Daily Coffee Habit Is About to Get More Expensive

August 12, 2021 / by Coral Murphy Marcos / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times, South America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate shocks in Brazil and shipping bottlenecks have pushed the price of coffee beans sharply higher. Starbucks says it won’t be affected for more than a year, but small cafes can’t hold off that long. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/business/coffee-prices-higher.html

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