Cali, Colombia. Colombian guerrillas detonated explosives on Monday as a military vehicle passed by in Cauca, near the headquarters of the COP16 on biodiversity, a region where the massacre of three civilians also occurred, authorities reported this day. The rebels known as the Central General Staff (EMC) threatened those attending the largest United Nations summit … Read more
As far as the eye can see, the blue of the Pacific and a few green patches of forest. Underwater, a rare biodiversity which gives it its nickname “Galapagos of the North”. The Great Bear Sea, a region of western Canada, dreams today of serving as a model for other marine protected areas (MPAs). After … Read more
Lerm-et-Musset (Gironde), report Near the pavilion that was set up in this meadow surrounded by forests in the South Gironde, the people, dressed in black, are coming together. Forty-eight hours earlier, the meeting place was announced on a Telegram thread by the organizers of the event, the local group. LGV Ingratitude and Earth Revolution: a … Read more
EL PAÍS offers the América Futura section openly for its daily and global information contribution on sustainable development. If you want to support our journalism, subscribe here. Biodiversity is the foundation of our existence. The ecosystems that support it are essential for food security, public health and the global economy. However, during the last decades, … Read more
The definition of biopiracy also has a direct relationship with the ancestral knowledge of indigenous peoples and nationalities. On many occasions, the properties of a plant are discovered by certain communities that have used it, for thousands of years, for common purposes. Target 13 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework on “benefit sharing of genetic resources, … Read more
During World War II, German submarines used a peculiarity of ocean physics to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar without being detected by the British: Those who wanted to enter the Mediterranean went up to the shallowest waters, turned off their engines and let themselves be carried by the current. Those who wanted to cross … Read more
We were wrong. When we created Reporterre In 2013, we thought that the ecological issue lacked media coverage. We said to ourselves that it would be enough for the population and political decision-makers to be informed, for newspapers and television channels to take up the subject, for things to move. We know today that we … Read more
