The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
SQM and Albemarle's Rockwood, two of the world's biggest lithium producers, have agreed to work together on "environmental administration" of the giant Chilean salt flats where they operate, SQM said on Thursday. As part of the agreement, Santiago-based SQM SQM_pb.SN said it was dropping a complaint it had been pursuing …
Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fueled by a growing demand for food, yet it is possible to feed the world without cutting forests, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. Most forest loss occurs in the world's tropical regions, which lost 7 million hectares …
Santiago de Chile, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) An medium intensity earthquake was registered today in the Chilean central regions of Coquimbo, Valparaiso and Metropolitana. According to the National Seismological Center, the 4.9 magnitude earthquake was felt in the central area. The epicenter was located 20 kilometers northwest of Los Vilos …
A few moments of relaxation for Chilean logger Nelson Hidalgo were shattered one day last month when 12 armed men piled out of a pick-up truck and demanded he step outside his work-site dining trailer. At rifle-point, the masked men forced Hidalgo and a handful of colleagues to the ground, …
Thanks to Chile’s major investments in renewables, the Latin American country is seeing an incredible solar boom. In a new Bloomberg report, “Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free,” solar capacity from the country’s central grid has increased four fold to 770 megawatts since 2013. …
LA PAZ – Bolivia plans to file a counter-suit against Chile at the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, over the alleged theft and illegal use of the Silala River, President Evo Morales said Tuesday. Morales discussed Bolivia’s legal plans a day after the Chilean government filed suit in the …
SANTIAGO – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked two regions in extreme northern Chile on Sunday, but no injuries or damage have been reported, officials said. The quake affected the regions of Tarapaca and Arica and Parinacota. This is the third temblor to hit Chile on Sunday. Two earthquakes affected the regions …
A Chilean appeals court has ordered the government's Sernapesca fisheries body to disclose the details of antibiotic use by salmon producers operating in the country, court documents showed on Wednesday. Salmon farmers in Chile, the world's second-largest producer of the fish, are using record levels of antibiotics to treat a …
The Metro of Santiago, Chile, will be the first public transport system to run mostly on solar energy, after a new agreement signed with Total and SunPower this week. According to an announcement from US solar manufacturer SunPower, in cooperation with Total, a global integrated energy producer and provider, the …
The species of mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been found in mainland Chile for the first time in six decades, the country’s health minister said Monday. Chile was, with Canada, one of just two states in the Americas said to be free of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which …
Heavy rains battered central Chile over the weekend, leaving one person dead, seven missing and millions without drinking water as landslides caused havoc and rivers breached their banks. A woman was killed by a landslide in the San Jose de Maipo valley, a mountainous region just southeast of the capital, …
SANTIAGO – A total of 19 forest fires continue to burn in five Chilean regions, according a statement released Sunday by the National Emergency Office, or Onemi. According to figures compiled by the National Forestry Corporation, or Conaf, up through March 12 the fires had burned some 763 hectares (about …
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale shook five regions along the coast of central Chile, according to the National Seismology Center (NSC). The number of casualties remains unknown, although there were reports of some landslides and power outages in some towns. The NSC …
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile on Tuesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said, although there were no immediate reports of major damage. The quake, centered 48 miles (79 km) southwest of Coquimbo, was around 20 miles (32 km) below the seabed. It struck at …
Chile health authorities on Tuesday identified the first three cases of Zika virus on the mainland but said the people were infected while travelling abroad and did not present a risk to the general population. A 28-year-old man was infected while travelling in Colombia, a 28-year-old man contracted the virus …
A novel H1N1 influenza A virus caused the first pandemic of the 21st century in 2009. Hospitals had an increased demand of health consultations, that made it difficult to estimate the incidence of infection in hospital personnel due to asymptomatic presentations and the under notification of cases. To estimate and …
Chilean ministerial committee upheld on Monday the environmental permit for Energia Austral's Cuervo hydroelectric dams, dismissing nearly a dozen complaints filed against the controversial project by environmental and citizens' groups. Energia Austral, a joint venture between mining and trading company Glencore Plc and Australian power producer Origin Energy, received the …
Within large uncertainties in the precipitation response to greenhouse gas forcing, the Southeast Pacific drying stands out as a robust signature within climate models. A precipitation decline, of consistent direction but of larger amplitude than obtained in simulations with historical climate forcing, has been observed in central Chile since the …
A project aimed at integrating the economic value of ecosystems into government policies has identified almost one billion dollars of benefits in four pilot countries, the importance of ecosystem conservation to the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ) is UNEP’s flagship project focused …
SANTIAGO – Around 70 earthquakes of magnitudes ranging from 3 to 6.7 struck Chile on Monday in the regions of Coquimbo, Valparaiso and the city of Santiago. This is the highest number of aftershocks recorded since last week’s magnitude-8.4 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Of the nearly hundred tremors recorded Monday, …
