Issue Feb 07-13 2024: A recent groundbreaking study conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has unveiled the extensive diversity of plant species used by people worldwide with a focus in the tropical Andean-Amazonian regions of South America.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: The AMLO administration has presented to the Mexican congress proposed constitutional changes to ban genetically modified (GM) corn, open air mining, and fracking, in addition to creating water access guarantees.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: Costa Rica is currently experiencing a contaminated water crisis, with tap water in the cantons of Tibás, Moravia, and Goicoechea testing positive for traces of xylene; the possibility of toluene contamination has not been ruled out.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: In the Buenos Aires district of Junín, a lagoon is suffering the consequences of the brutal drought that has been hitting the country for three years.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: Mexican cuisine is famous around the globe for its unique diversity of flavors and ingredients, so much so that it is one of only six international cuisines recognized by UNESCO as world heritage.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: Despite their declining numbers (due to unsustainable fishing practices), Amazonian catfish are at further risk of endangerment due to a recent legal clearance.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: Residents of the Flexal de Cima, Flexal de Baixo and Quebradas communities in Maceió live in constant fear that their houses will collapse over their heads, due to widespread soil subsidence reportedly caused by mining carried out by the Braskem corporation.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: Since 2019, a group of seven young people has petitioned both the federal and regional governments to establish a concrete plan to decrease deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and to cease deforestation in public lands.

Issue Jan 24-30 2024: In Colombia, 326 forest fires have affected 217 municipalities and have consumed 17,442 hectares of vegetation.

Issue Jan 17-23 2024: The Panama Canal, widely regarded as a cornerstone of global trade and credited for its ability to expedite travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, now risks losing its longtime customers.