The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast expanses to scorched earth. Known for its lush landscapes and vibrant wildlife, including jaguars, caimans, macaws and monkeys, the Pantanal is...
It's still spring in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping across large swathes of the country, forcing Rio de Janeiro's vendors off the streets due to health alerts and driving up energy demand amid reports of power outages.
Venezuela’s vice president has vowed that her country will press ahead with a referendum on the future of a large tract of mineral-rich territory that it claims in a long-running dispute with neighboring Guyana.
This is a map of the locations of the four facilities of the European Southern Observatory in northern #Chile 🇨🇱. South America’s unique geography sees it being rarely visited by tropical cyclones and the central Andes is also an effective rain shield making Chile’s #Atacama Desert 🏜️ the driest hot place on Earth. This area is thus an ideal location to host telescopes due to its clear weather. ☀️
The 30 [#women who make up #Asmucotar , the majority of whom are #Indigenous , found their invaluable ally in #WildFruits traditionally part of their diet, but considered exotic in the rest of #Colombia . They include the #cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), #araza (Eugenia stipitata) and #açaí (Euterpe oleracea). It is the #CamuCamu (Myrciaria dubia), however, that is the star of the show for these women.]
"In 1991, archaeologists made an unprecedented discovery in a remote region of #Brazil - a massive collection of prehistoric rock art spanning over 8 miles within the #SerradaCapivara mountains. Carbon dating revealed the drawings dated back approximately 12,600 years, offering a unique window into the late #Pleistocene era in #SouthAmerica." #Archaeology
Witches in Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.
An extract:
A mysterious cave very close to Chachapoyas in northern Peru was once used as…
a) a unicorn’s home
b) a prison
c) a capybara hotel
The correct answer is b. It was a prison for heretics– that is, people who the government thought weren’t following the Catholic religion well enough. The government labelled some of the female heretics “witches”... (1)
#Bird#flu kills over 1,300 baby elephant seals in Argentina
"The Chubut Department of Flora and Fauna in Southern Argentina confirmed they have registered more than 1,300 bird flu-caused deaths of baby elephant seals on the province’s shores, the largest number of deaths since they started keeping records.
The Valdés Peninsula is home to the largest elephant seal colonies in #SouthAmerica "
Venezuelans will vote on Sunday in a primary to choose a unity opposition candidate to face President Nicolas Maduro in his probable re-election bid next year, amid pledges by the United States to roll back sanctions relief if the government fails to lift bans that prevent some opposition figures from holding office....
The Chilean regions of Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo, which play host to these observatories, have thus had special lighting regulations for years to protect their dark-sky status for astronomers. Now, a New National Lighting Standard established by the Chilean Ministry of the Environment is being rolled out across the rest of Chile to emulate the dark-sky success of these science locations.
“• Geospatial intelligence contributes to the formulation of public drug policies
• Concentrated individual cocaine seizures linked to specific geographical features
• News websites provide valuable insights into drug trafficking dynamics
• The identified routes and trends align with current literature on drug trafficking
• São Paulo - key node for Brazil's cocaine traffic and its international distribution”
Over the last few years, Guyana has been working to transform its food security efforts, while increasing interventions to provide farmers with more access to local and regional markets for their agricultural produce....
'Out of control' fires endanger wildlife in Brazilian Pantanal wetlands (phys.org)
The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast expanses to scorched earth. Known for its lush landscapes and vibrant wildlife, including jaguars, caimans, macaws and monkeys, the Pantanal is...
It's not yet summer in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping the country (phys.org)
It's still spring in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping across large swathes of the country, forcing Rio de Janeiro's vendors off the streets due to health alerts and driving up energy demand amid reports of power outages.
At the UN's top court, Venezuela vows to press ahead with referendum on future of disputed Essequibo region (apnews.com)
Venezuela’s vice president has vowed that her country will press ahead with a referendum on the future of a large tract of mineral-rich territory that it claims in a long-running dispute with neighboring Guyana.
Venezuelans vote in opposition primary clouded by uncertainty (www.reuters.com)
Venezuelans will vote on Sunday in a primary to choose a unity opposition candidate to face President Nicolas Maduro in his probable re-election bid next year, amid pledges by the United States to roll back sanctions relief if the government fails to lift bans that prevent some opposition figures from holding office....
Guyana's Proactive Approach To Food Security Continues, Says International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) Country Director (menafn.com)
Over the last few years, Guyana has been working to transform its food security efforts, while increasing interventions to provide farmers with more access to local and regional markets for their agricultural produce....