The Presidents of Peru and Bolivia met at the first ever Peru-Bolivia Binational Cabinet session to discuss the environmental issues facing the shared Lake Titicaca. 

The Chilean capital has experienced the driest June in half a century, leading to high levels of air pollution and Andean ski slopes devoid of snow. 

In Juigalpa thousands of farmers took to the streets to speak out against the canal project, while scientists criticized its environmental study. 

The Ombudsman asked Bolivia’s Constitutional Court to rule on the DS 2366, arguing that there are “serious violations in this decree to national legal regulations and international human rights instruments protecting indigenous peoples.” 

Fishermen in Santa Elena, Ecuador, reported smaller catches because of the lack of fish.

Central America and the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable, though the effects of climate change are already to be seen throughout the region. 

It represents “two years” of work and research on the government’s plan. 

An assessment of the economic value of protecting the Sierra del Divisor through the creation of a national park points to both risks and opportunities for Peru.  

Senator Euclides Sánchez says that when it comes to protecting the environment, Dominicans “behave like animals,” with no awareness of the “lurking perils.” 

The country has lost 61% of its old growth, but the government and social organizations have a proposal to recover 3.9 million hectares of forest within 60 years.