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Le géant danois Maersk a inauguré mi-septembre un porte-conteneurs fonctionnant au biométhanol. Cette avancée, saluée comme « historique », rappelle aussi que le défi est immense et que les écueils sont nombreux avant de convertir la flotte mondiale.

The photographer Victor Moriyama follows an Indigenous fire brigade as they try to fill the gap left by the Brazilian state in Rondônia, one of the most deforested regions of the AmazonPreserving the world's largest tropical forest poses an immense challenge for the governments of Latin America. This task is exacerbated by the inefficiency of public policies and the escalating land conflicts that plague various Brazilian biomes.In response to these threats, Indigenous peoples have taken matters into their own hands, rallying to oversee and protect their territories. Continue reading...

Koniambo Nickel, l'une des trois usines de l'archipel, a annoncé que son actionnaire Glencore cesserait de mettre la main à la poche en l'absence de nouvelles sources de financement. Cette annonce illustre les profondes difficultés auxquelles la filière néo-calédonienne doit faire face.

For decades the plundering of protected species went unchallenged, but new efforts are being made to halt traffickers across Latin America and the CaribbeanThe taskforce sets off from a military base on Colombia's main river at 2am. The operation has all the hallmarks of a drug raid it is led by armed police and naval officers and is the culmination of two years of intelligence-gathering in the capital, Bogotá. To avoid tipoffs, only a few of them know who the suspects are.Today's contraband, however, is not white powder but the spectacled caiman the smaller, bulbous-eyed relative of the alligator that is endemic to the wetlands and rivers of South America.Hoping to catch the suspects while they are still at home, the police navigate a boat down the Magdalena River in total darkness, except for the green hues of fireflies. Continue reading...

Sécheresses, inondations, cyclones : sans adaptation, les projections évaluent la mobilité intracontinentale à environ 86 millions de personnes d'ici à 2050.

In Venezuela, tourists and fishing communities are being encouraged to catch and eat the lionfish before it wipes out other speciesBeautiful, dramatically coloured and barbed with venomous spikes, the lionfish not only looks dangerous but is proving to be a grave threat to every other fish in the Caribbean. In Venezuela, William Álvarez, who lives in Chichiriviche de la Costa bay on the Caribbean country's central coast, has made it his business to see off the threat. Each day, he removes them from the water one by one. He is also encouraging tourists and others in the fishing community to catch and eat the lionfish in an effort to control its voracious expansion. The species is decimating herbivorous fish that are important to coral reefs and the livelihoods of coastal communities.William Álvarez (right), fisher Rafael Mayora and diver Ricardo Ferrebus discover the shell of an endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Continue reading...

Les petits fermiers n'ont plus accès aux financements, les acheteurs n'arrivent plus à écouler les stocks sur les marchés et les poids lourds de l'industrie agricole ont jeté l'éponge.

This new Guardian series will focus on climate justice in regions acutely affected by the global emergency. Andrei Netto, the series editor, explains why it is so important now'We defended our right to the land': Brazil's Indigenous people hail supreme court victoryLatin America and the Caribbean are witnessing devastating effects of climate change from the degradation of the Amazon and rampant biodiversity loss to forest fires, drought, glacial melt and ever more violent hurricanes.The true impact of this crisis must be understood within the context of corporate land grabs and deforestation, legal and illegal mining and logging, corruption and state capture that have long plagued the region and accelerated environmental damage. Continue reading...

Ce montant annoncé par Emmanuel Macron dans une vidéo diffusée à l'occasion du festival Global Citizen organisé à New York est actuellement le plus élevé promis par un gouvernement pour l'organisme onusien qui lutte contre la pauvreté et la faim.

Alors que commence à se dessiner au Maroc la reconstruction de la province d'Al-Haouz, il faut désormais s'atteler au développement des régions marginalisées, qui n'ont guère profité de la transformation du pays et du tourisme.