Issue Nov 06-14 2024: In Chile, the use of water is involved in 80% of the country’s exports, 23% of electricity generation, and 20% of employment. It constitutes over 50% of the GDP of some regions, making water crucial for Chile’s development.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: The Council of State has approved the exploration of copper in Mocoa, raising concerns about ecosystem preservation and other issues.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: The COP16 biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia, concluded with mixed results, as negotiators struggled to make significant headway on key priorities for implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at COP15.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: The COP16 took place in Cali, Colombia, achieving great advances in the participation of Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Afro descendants.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: The Peruvian government’s proposal to reorganize Senace, a body responsible for reviewing environmental impact studies of large projects, has sparked concerns.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Argentina’s former President Mauricio Macri defended his environmental agenda while speaking about the disaster of Punta Tomba, illustrating his differences from current President Javier Milei.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: The 2015 Fundão dam collapse, which occurred in Mariana, Minas Gerais, claimed 19 lives, caused one miscarriage, and devastated ecosystems across an area the size of Belgium, affecting the Rio Doce basin from Mariana to the Espírito Santo coast and was deemed a catastrophic failure.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: On October 21, negotiations began at the United Nations Biodiversity Summit in the city of Cali, Colombia, focusing on how to distribute the benefits from genetic resources.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Although Han de Groot, CEO of Wetlands International, recognizes the important advance that the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework represented in the restoration and conservation of wetlands, he is still skeptical of the actions that countries will take to conserve the most threatened ecosystem of the planet.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Despite several challenges, Peru has set 29 national goals to present in Cali, Colombia, at the 16th Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP16), which began on October 21.