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Added on the 09/06/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
San José, Sep 24 (EFE) .- Costa Rica has added more than 11,000 square kilometers to its marine conservation map in the last decade, thus making progress in paying off a historical debt with its oceanic biodiversity.
The United States will release 30 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of an international effort to stabilize the market after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden tells members of Congress in his first State of the Union address, adding that Washington stands "ready to do more, if necessary." SOUNDBITE
Taboga (Panama), May 21 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Carlos Lemos) Taboga, a small and exotic Pacific island of Panama, is now free of covid-19 and the population completed its plan against the disease, which opens a window for the recovery of tourism.
Buenos Aires, Apr 1 (EFE).- Uncontrolled fishing by commercial fleets just outside Argentine territorial waters is harming the ecosystem even as some operators violate human rights through the use of virtual slave labor, Greenpeace says.(CAMERA:Veronica Dalto - Greenpeace Julieta Barrera)
In the last 30 years, Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost 50% of its coral populations. According to CNN, experts say climate change is a key driver of the reef disturbance. Researchers assessed coral and their colony size on the Great Barrier Reef between 1995 and 2017. They found depletion of virtually all coral populations along the length of the reef. Coral reefs are some of the most vibrant marine ecosystems on the planet. A quarter to one-third of all marine species relies on them at some point in their life cycle.