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Coalición pro CEN denuncia beneficios a empresarios vinculados al DRNA SAN JUAN – La Coalición pro Corredor Ecológico del Noreste (CEN) denunció el lunes que el plan propuesto por el gobierno para dicha zona, beneficiará alegadamente a empresarios vinculados con el secretario de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), Daniel Galán Kercadó. Click here for More...

Regalo de Navidad para el Corredor Ecológico del Noreste Para antes de mediados de diciembre se dará a conocer la fecha para las vistas públicas sobre la nueva limitación del Corredor Ecológico del Noreste (CEN), indicó la presidenta interina de la Junta de... Click here for More...

Protestan por tala de árboles en Ponce La organización Amigos de los Árboles se apostó frente a la entrada de la Caribbean University donde además pretenden recortar nueve palos más Click here for More...

Exigen hacer públicos documentos sobre Corredor Ecológico SAN JUAN– Miembros de la Coalición Pro Corredor Ecológico del Noreste (CEN) dieron a conocer el martes que radicaron una carta ante la Junta de Planificación (JP) y el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) solicitando la revisión del expediente completo del caso. Click here for More...

Wind Energy project endorsed for Santa Isabel A Resolution endorsing the Finca de Viento Santa Isabel (Santa Isabel wind farm) was approved by the Autonomous Municipal Government of Santa Isabel. Click here for More...

Notices by Estuario Bahia San Juan El 28 de septiembre en la noche, nos reunimos en el Club Naútico de San Juan para entregar reconocimiento a personas que durante los años han contribuido al logro de los objetivos de nuestro Plan de Manejo... Click here for More...

UPR student wins US environmental award University of Puerto Rico senior Ana Elisa Pérez Quintero has received the Brower Youth Award presented by the Earth Island Institute for her work in ... Click here for More...

Boricua gana premio ambiental La puertorriqueña Ana Elisa Pérez Quintero recibió el “Brower Youth Award” otorgado por el “Earth Island Institute” de Estados Unidos por su labor en educación, ciencia y activismo ambiental en Puerto Rico. Click here for More...

Se muere la biodiversidad ¿Si una empresa farmacéutica crea un medicamento a partir de un árbol de la Amazonia, debe compensar a la comunidad que descubrió las propiedades de la planta? ¿Quién debe afrontar el costo de preser... Click here for More...

El secreto del sapo invasor El sapo de caña es una de las 100 especies invasoras más dañinas, según la Unión Internacional para la Naturaleza. Y ahora, la ciencia ha comenzado a entender en qué reside la imponente... Click here for More...

Green Sea Turtles in Culebra recover from tumor-causing disease Green Turtle/ Photo: Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett

In Culebra, the Green Sea Turtle or Chelonia Mydas is recovering from a tumor-causing disease, informed the Sea Turtle Program of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. The disease, which appeared some years ago, prevents these sea turtles from feeding properly due to the abnormal growth of cells. DNER
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Cuba to add new docks, terminal at Cienfuegos port HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba will build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos, part of the communist government's effort with Venezuela to rehabilitate and modernize the area's oil refinery. Click here for More...

Coral in danger: no longer pink, but white Coral Photogragh/InterWireService-www.prdailysun.com

   Coral in Puerto Rican waters is bleaching white due to rising temperatures in Caribbean waters and the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources said Friday.

  DNER Secretary Daniel Galán Kercadó said “according to Coral Reef Watch, the temperatures in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico are over the limit for whitening in some areas.”...

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DNER: Lionfish hurt fishing; alert swimmers safe While the quick spread of the venomous lionfish along Puerto Rico’s coasts does not pose an immediate threat to alert swimmers, it has hurt local fishing, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Secretary Daniel Galán Kercadó said Thursday. Click here for More...

Endangered Turtles Make Rare Visits to Two St. Thomas Beaches
Two Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas beachgoers got an unexpected bonus Friday when an endangered leatherback turtle lumbered ashore to lay her eggs. The story was repeated late Saturday and early Sunday morning when another leatherback came ashore at Island Beachcomber Hotel in Lindbergh Bay to spend two hours laying a clutch of eggs.

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Pilot project to teach students about coral reefs BRIDGETOWN (BGIS) - There is a move to sensitise Barbadian primary and secondary school children to the importance of protecting the marine environment, especially coral reefs. Click here for More...

The Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute annual meeting THE 58th meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute will take place from today to 11 November on the Colombian island of San Andres Click here for More...

Illness Threatens Turtles in Puerto Rico PONCE, Puerto Rico A population of endangered green sea turtles is in danger of being wiped out on the Puerto Rican island of Culebra because of a tumor-causing illness, environmental officials said Thursday. Click here for More...

Biologist discovers new species of lizard What's black, white, red and green all over? It's something professor Robert Powell will announce in December. Powell, a biologist, has discovered a new species of lizard in the south Caribbean that he will get to name in the December issue of the Caribbean Journal of Science Click here for More...

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