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.

There is an Ecuadorian campaign afoot to persuade Brad Pitt not to make a movie, while Chevron’s activities have reportedly polluted wells. 

Pope Francis warned “the powerful of the earth” that they will suffer the wrath of God if they do nothing to ensure the protection of the environment, which is the key to maintaining viable food sources on the planet. 

Researchers are in the process of collecting parasites from the blood of animals such as sloths in forests of Panama.