Almacen Naval

The world's most important coral region is in danger of being wiped out by the end of this century unless fast action is taken, says a new report.

The global financial crisis could cause poverty to rise in Latin America by as much as 15% this year, a senior UN official has warned.

In October 2000 the International Cospas-Sarsat Program, announced at its 25th Council Session held in London, UK that it plans to terminate satellite processing of distress signals from 121.5 and 243 MHz emergency beacons on February 1, 2009. All mariners, aviators, and individuals using emergency beacons on those frequencies will need to switch to those operating on the newer, more reliable, digital 406 MHz frequency if they want to be detected by satellites.