Issue Feb 18-24 2026: As one NGO files a complaint with Uruguay’s Administrative Court and another makes an appeal over a rejected suit in the country’s civil court, Uruguay’s third shift court has rejected an injunction filed by that country’s National Human Rights Institution (Inddhh) aimed at halting offshore oil exploration in Uruguayan territorial waters.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: Falling populations of emblematic marine species are raising alarms among scientists, fishers, and chefs in Peru, where the availability of ingredients central to the country’s cuisine has declined sharply.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: Researchers and residents found locations with massive die offs of fish eggs below the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Pará, in the stretch known as Volta Grande do Xingu.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: While Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast has warned about the dangers represented by a culture dominated by “isms,” from extremist environmentalism to ideological feminism to radical indigenism, and the country’s former President Gabriel Boric has argued that fighting against such “isms” means resisting cultural change, a reality check is in order

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: A real estate project that has been presented as an “ecological rescue” has sparked debate in Mexico over the future of Los Dinamos, an urban forest in the capital that is home to its last living river.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: The Gavião Indigenous People have combined traditional forms of latex extraction with forest protection.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: The Instituto Forestal Nacional of Paraguay (INFONA) reported that that country maintains over 40% of its territory with forest cover, and also noted a decrease in deforestation.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: South America concentrates the greatest diversity of butterflies in the world, and that abundance has fed a quiet international trade moving specimens from the region to collectors abroad. The issue is not both ecological and regulatory, since seizures remain rare and often reveal a much larger market operating beyond official oversight.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Scientific study finds human-driven climate change and La Niña combined to create unusually dry conditions.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: The Albardão region in Rio Grande do Sul is a candidate to become a protected area, in a process that has been dragging on for more than two decades.