South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as a southern subcontinent of the Americas. The reference to South America instead of other regions (like Latin America or the Southern Cone) has increased in recent decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics (in particular, the rise of Brazil).It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. It includes …

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Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English

Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.

with New Zealand, or the one with Mercosur (South America), reproduce an old trade model that undermines


WRI: World Resources Institute · 3 June 2024 English

This paper describes the methods for updating the Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT) in three areas: boundaries, to spatially differentiate planted forests and tree crops from natural and seminatural …

Pushes Far Beyond Plantation Boundaries in South America, Africa Insights Insights JANUARY 25, 2016


UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues · 26 April 2024 English

The Forum urges the governments of Canada, Denmark and Greenland to follow up and implement the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples following his country …

dialogues, Africa; the Arctic; Asia; Central and South America and the Caribbean; Eastern Europe; Russian Federation; international financial support. Central and South America and the Caribbean 21. The Permanent Forum calls


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 25 April 2024 English

During the last ten years, several issues such as the Arab Spring, the emergence and spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the COVID-19 pandemic, oil price …

communication (SLoCs) connecting North and South America, Europe and Africa.4 Finally, WANA is critical with West Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America.19 Piracy in the Horn of Africa, off the coast 68-69, 71-72, 82, 84, 87-88, 100, North and South America, 102 102, 104, 112, 126-29, 131-33, 138, 145


SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute · 22 April 2024 English

Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms from 2022. This was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009. The 10 …

54 0.6  North America 943 2.4 11 39  South America 50.7 –0.3 –7.2 2.1  Asia and Oceania c 595 4 $50.7 billion in 2023, military spending in South America was almost unchanged (–0.3 per cent) from 2022 Central America and the Caribbean North America South America Central Asia East Asia Oceania South Asia South


CSEP: Centre for Social and Economic Progress · 22 April 2024 English

The Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) conducts in-depth, policy-relevant research and provides evidence- based recommendations to the challenges facing India and the world. [...] CSEP is based in …

problem, the economic and technical Australia, South America, Africa, etc. Both models inputs, the use cases among In this model base, the 13 countries of South America other energy system modelling tools. are modelled


ELIAMEP: Hellenic Foundation For European and Foreign Policy · 18 April 2024 English

The COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the increased automation adoption, also triggered a shift in the labour market within the EU, influencing the job vulnerability of low and middle-skilled workers. [...] …

etc) but has a far broader outlook- Latin and South America, and Asia. In addition, Germany is involved promoting regular migration to Central and South America. The centers that are planned will function pool of resources, from specific countries in South America (e.g. Colombia, Venezuela), North Africa (e


PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 17 April 2024 English

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% by 2050 due to climate change. …

Southeast/East Asia 2050 2100 −75 −50 −25 0 25 South America 2050 2100 Sub-Saharan Africa 2050 2100 Oceania drying, such as the Mediterranean and central South America (Fig. 2d and Supplementary Fig. 13c), but these


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 April 2024 English

An essential tool for policy-makers working to develop a sector-wide vision for responsible mining.

Canada OCEANIA Australia Solomon Islands SOUTH AMERICA Bolivia Suriname The Rossing Uranium Mine


IPAR: Agricultural and Rural Foresight Initiative Senegal · 17 April 2024 French

L’objectif global de cette étude est de contribuer à l’amélioration de la productivité agricole des terres salées par la promotion de pratiques agro- écologiques et de systèmes de cultures adaptées …

cultivated legume that was imported to Africa from South America. Recent studies conducted in Senegal have revealed Interestingly, wild Arachis genotypes (originated from South America) appeared to be more selective concerning their correntina a wild species growing naturally in South America to performed microbiome trapping from soil sampled


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