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Fires in El Salvador destroyed 2,000 hectares

Published on: April 13, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) About 2,000 hectares (17.2 square kilometers) of land were destroyed by fires in El Salvador in recent months, firefighters reported.

Díaz-Canel congratulates Cuba’s Forest Ranger Corps

Published on: April 10, 2024
11:34

Havana, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated Cuban's Forest Ranger Corps on its 65th anniversary on Wednesday, and praised its work in defending the country’s natural heritage.

Cuba approves incentive payment for forest carbon removal

Published on: February 27, 2024
13:54

Havana, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba approved the payment for environmental services for the removal of sustainable forest carbon, a financial solution, the first of its kind in the country, which allows supporting environmental policies.

Parlatino expresses solidarity with Chile due forest fires

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:52

Panama, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina ) The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), based in Panama since 2006, expressed its solidarity with the people of Chile, due to the devastating forest fires in Valparaiso and the surrounding areas.

Paraguayan agents seize 75 tons of marijuana in forests

Published on: January 25, 2024
14:20

Asunción, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan anti-drug agents seized 75 tons of marijuana in extensive natural forest reserves in the northeast of the country, the government informed today.

Bolivia awaits arrival of Venezuelan firefighters

Published on: November 20, 2023
12:56

La Paz, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Minister of Defense Edmundo Novillo told a press conference on Monday that Venezuela will send 30 firefighters specialized in forest fires in response to Bolivia's request for international aid.

Bolivian Civil Defense remains mobilized by fires

Published on: November 7, 2023
12:13

La Paz, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Deputy Defense Minister Juan Carlos Calvimontes said on Tuesday that forest firefighters are fighting seven fires across the country, four of which are in the department of La Paz.

Kenya: 12 bodies dug up in cult investigation

Published on: July 11, 2023
14:37

Nairobi, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) The sequence of horrors unleashed by the murder of cult followers in a forest in the Kenyan city of Kilifi (southeast) came to light again after 12 local authorities managed to dig up 12 corpses.

Forest fire in eastern Cuba affects thousands of hectares

Published on: March 2, 2023
13:09

Havana, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) More than 3,600 hectares of pine forests, grasslands and coffee trees have so far been affected by a big fire in Pinares de Mayari, in eastern Cuba, environmental authorities reported on Thursday.

Restoration of South America’s Atlantic Forest is moving forward

Published on: December 25, 2022
00:10

Asuncion, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The restoration of the Atlantic Forest of South America is advancing and is currently a clear example that nature can heal itself when given the opportunity, a UNEP senior executive said.

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