Warehouse in Coastal Chile Halted Over Threat to Peruvian Tern

Environmental authorities in northern Chile have been given a month to propose measures to protect an endangered seabird that lives largely in Mejillones, a port city where a logistics company is planning to build a warehouse for the mining industry.

Industrial development around Mejillones has expanded rapidly to serve mines inland that produce almost a fifth of the world’s copper. The area also is home to the largest remaining colonies of Peruvian terns.

Chilean law classes the species, Sternula lorata, as in danger of extinction, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as ...