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Brazil is the world’s largest chicken exporter. News on May 16 of the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza found on a commercial farm in Montenegro, in Rio Grande do Sul state ...
The project complements various other World Bank-supported initiatives to build resilience in Rio Grande do Sul, including flood protection in Porto Alegre city, a line of credit for municipal ...
WAYLAND — A local man has been installed as senior grand warden for the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts, the fraternaty organization's second-highest elected position. A ceremony for John ...
Actress Cate Blanchett walks through an area of Cruzeiro do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul, on a UN mission in Brazil — Foto: Hector Perez/UNHCR/Press release Australian actress Cate Blanchett ...
Mayor of Eldorado do Sul; Gabriel Souza, Vice Governor of Rio Grande do Sul; Ernani Polo, Secretary of Economic Development of Rio Grande do Sul; Ricardo Alves, Deputy Mayor of Eldorado do Sul.
A combination of wet El Niño weather and human-induced climate change were key drivers of the worst flooding event in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state earlier this year. The flooding affected ...
This Emergency Mission, financed by the Heritage Emergency Fund, resulted from a partnership with the Ministry of Culture (MinC) in Brazil and the Rio Grande do Sul State Government. UNESCO is part of ...
Sponsored by the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund, the launching was attended by Director and Representative of UNESCO in Brazil, Marlova Jovchelovitch Noleto, the State Secretary of Culture, Beatriz ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In April and May 2024, 90% of Brazil’s state of Rio Grande do Sul was flooded, including the capital city of Porto Alegre (Figure 1 ...
The District Grand Lodge of Ghana has addressed the water problem at the A.M.E. Zion Cluster of Schools in Cape Coast by donating a comprehensive water system. The donation includes a mechanised ...
Addressing the climate tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul, Marlova Jovchelovitch Noleto, Unesco’s representative in Brazil, said: “We must emphasise that human actions and social inequalities lead ...