This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment. Thirteen new industrial clusters from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, …
Two lions rescued from circuses in Colombia and brought to a South African refuge in April have died, the organization that arranged the rescue and airlift operation said on its website. Animal Defenders International (ADI) said the lions died from a botulism toxin to which most lions are resistant. Other …
Colombia's constitutional court on Wednesday struck down a law which requires mining permits be issued exclusively by the national government, a decision which could open the way for provincial and local authorities to restrict mining in their areas. The 2001 law, which forbid regional and local authorities from declaring certain …
Five infants have been born with Zika-related microcephaly in Colombia since officials began monitoring the outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus, the country's health authorities said Saturday. The first two Zika-related cases of microcephaly—infants born with abnormally small heads and brains—were reported in mid-April, and three more were reported Saturday in …
Regrowth of tropical secondary forests following complete or nearly complete removal of forest vegetation actively stores carbon in aboveground biomass, partially counterbalancing carbon emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, burning of fossil fuels, and other anthropogenic sources. We estimate the age and spatial extent of lowland second-growth forests in the Latin …
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropodborne member of the genus Flavivirus of the Spondweni serocomplex and is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes (primarily Ae. aegypti in urban and periurban cycles). ZIKV emerged in Africa and has caused outbreaks of febrile disease that clinically resemble dengue fever and other arboviral diseases but …
Nearly 72,000 cases of Zika have been reported in Colombia since October, with almost 13,000 occurring in pregnant women, although the country is going through a decline in outbreaks, health authorities said Saturday. Additionally, four cases of microcephaly, the rare but irreversible condition in which babies are born with small …
Colombia has confirmed the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika. The National Institute of Health on Thursday said that of the 33 cases of microcephaly reported so far this year, two have been confirmed to have been caused by the mosquito-borne virus. …
MEDELLIN, Colombia – Officials and forward-thinking citizens in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin have decided to promote the use of bicycles by means of a digital application with specific benefits for users, as a means of lowering pollution levels in a city going through an environmental emergency. To complement …
MEXICO CITY – More than 85,000 people, including actor Eugenio Derbez and Cafe Tacvba singer Ruben Albarran, have signed a petition to ban bullfighting in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California, a measure that the state legislature is scheduled to take up on April 7. “The Congress of Baja …
BOGOTA – At least two people died Sunday in a mudslide in a rural portion of Colombia’s northwestern Antioquia province, the government’s Dapard disaster prevention and recovery department said. The landslide occurred in the town of Guatape and emergency rescue officials there rescued seven people, according to what Dapard said …
Researchers say they have discovered a new frog species with distinctive yellow eyebrows in Colombia. The frog has a dark camouflage pattern which allows it to blend in with the rocky soil on which it dwells. Researchers with the Humboldt Institute found the frog, which they named Pristimantis macrummendozai, in …
Prevalence of walking and cycling for transport is low and varies greatly across countries. Few studies have examined neighborhood perceptions related to walking and cycling for transport in different countries. Therefore, it is challenging to prioritize appropriate built-environment interventions. The aim of this study was to examine the strength and …
Colombia has registered 42,706 cases of people infected with Zika, including 7,653 in pregnant women, the country's National Health Institute reported on Saturday. The latest count represents an increase of 5,695 new cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the last week, including 1,300 in pregnant women. Although the disease's symptoms …
BOGOTA – More than 300 peasants from the Caribbean province of Bolivar were driven off their land by the intense drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, in the first evacuation for that reason in Colombia, the national ombudsman’s office said Monday. Nearly a hundred families moved to the …
New and potentially controversial techniques including releasing genetically modified or irradiated mosquitos could be deployed to hamper the spread of the Zika virus, according to a statement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) today. Zika is a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The disease originated in Africa, but …
BOGOTA – Colombia’s government said it would comply with a Constitutional Court ruling that bans all mining activities in the Andean nation’s “paramo,” or alpine tundra, regions. “We receive this decision with the utmost respect and will obviously abide by it,” Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Gabriel Vallejo said Tuesday. …
Colombia's constitutional court has banned mining in the country's moorlands, also known as "paramos". It argued that mining for gold and oil in the fragile ecosystem could cause irreversible damage. The court overturned a previous ruling that allowed mining companies which already held licenses to continue operating in the moorlands …
MARACAIBO, Venezuela—Health authorities say Zika is spreading quickly across Colombia and Venezuela, warning that the two countries’ porous border region could be the next hot spot after Brazil for the mosquito-borne virus. Infectious-disease specialists say there are at least tens of thousands of cases across the two countries, which have …
BOGOTA – The Colombian national ombudsman’s office said that even as the Andean nation suffers a drought, illegal mining activity annually contaminates 13 billion liters (3.4 billion gallons) of water with substances such as mercury and cyanide. Inspectors found those and other toxins in water in rural areas of Bolivar, …
More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country’s national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas. The virus has been linked to the devastating birth defect microcephaly, which prevents fetus’ brains from developing properly. There is …
