ENVIRONMENT

China: high ozone levels, another challenge in environmental struggle

Published on: May 26, 2022
08:32

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Beijing, May 26 (Prensa Latina) China reported high concentrations of ozone in many cities since the beginning of the year, and described as complex the process to control the gas, which affects health, crops and infrastructure.

Urgent action against the asbestos repeated in Italy

Published on: April 28, 2022
08:21

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Rome, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The Legambiente association repeated here the need to act in Italy against asbestos, a harmful substance that provokes serious effects in the citizens´s health.

UN chief warns that Earth is facing multiple crises

Published on: April 22, 2022
14:05

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

United Nations, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the Earth is facing a triple planetary crisis: climate disruption, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.

Cuba makes progress in agricultural rehabilitation projects

Published on: April 20, 2022
12:55

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Authorities from the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag) on Wednesday reported on the efforts to develop a rehabilitation project at the local level in favor of the country's economy.

Cuban president highlights environmental scientific work

Published on: April 13, 2022
13:28

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday highlighted the work done by the Environment Agency (AMA), which is in charge of over 90 research projects in Cuba.

Growing attention on Cuba’s natural sites

Published on: April 12, 2022
00:45

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) As a counterpart to the impact of Covid-19, the attention on nature and adventure tourism in Cuba, and particularly in its Ramsar sites, is growing in the world.

More pressure on Latin America’s natural resources, ECLAC says

Published on: April 11, 2022
00:15

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Santiago, Chile, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) South America is currently putting more pressure on its natural resources than in the last three decades in order to obtain benefits, according to a report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Cuban efforts on environmental pollution

Published on: April 7, 2022
18:23

By: Pavel López Lazo

Cienfuegos, Cuba, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists at the Cienfuegos Center for Environmental Studies (CEAC, in Spanish) are currently involved in a new project on pollution in aquatic environments in Latin America and the Caribbean.

UN calls to improve planet’s health

Published on: April 7, 2022
12:28

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

United Nations, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) On the World Health Day on Thursday, the United Nations is also urging to improve the planet's health situation due to pollution, which is currently causing illnesses such as cancer and asthma.

UNESCO calls for responsible, sustainable management of groundwater

Published on: March 21, 2022
12:06

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Paris, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday called for the responsible and sustainable management of groundwater, which accounts for 99 percent of all freshwater reserves on Earth.

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