We Need to Slow down and Reconnect with Our Ocean for the Future of the Planet
By Stuart Minchin COVID19 has brought the world to a halt. The devastating impact of the global pandemic on people’s lives and the world’s economy…
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#ForNature | The Planet Unites on World Environment Day 2020
All people are called to join the #ForNature (#PorLaNaturaleza) campaign through digital platforms. PANAMA CITY/NAIROBI – Today, on World Environment Day 2020, citizens, companies, organizations…
Global Environment Fund approves $27mln for new projects in Latin America and Caribbean
The projects will take place in Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay and will be implemented by FAO. SANTIAGO – The Global Environment Facility (GEF)…
Chile and Colombia outperform neighbors in 2020 Environmental Performance Index
Guatemala and Haiti lag behind on many indicators of ecosystem vitality and environmental health NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Chile (1st in region, 44th globally) and…
Over 200,000 public health workers to benefit from Chile’s life insurance
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – About 235,000 public health officials, both from hospitals and primary care, will benefit from life insurance, which includes…
Ensuring Biodiversity Now will Prevent Pandemics Later
By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS – A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by…
Climate change turning Antarctica “green”
LONDON – Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge….
Black Death and Coronavirus: a brief general comparison
Gonzalo Díaz Ponce The Black Death (or Bubonic plague) devastated Europe between 1347 and 1351, and it killed more lives than any war or other…
First doctor dies from coronavirus in Chile
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Sótero Del Río Hospital has confirmed the death of a doctor, who had contracted COVID-19. In a…
