La Republica of Lima reported that President Ollanta Humala of Peru wants to be able to say, and keep saying, that “surf’s up.”  

So noted Estado de São Paulo.  After four consecutive years of decline, deforestation in the Amazon is increasing once again.  

Inside Costa Rica of San José reported that Nicaragua described Costa Rica’s construction of a road on its border parallel to the Rio San Juan as an “environmental nightmare”

In El Universo of Guayaquil Amparito Rosero reported that officials in Ecuador worry that a “plague of prawns” may destroy the ecosystem Yahuarocha Lagoon, though local people enjoy fishing for them. 

And La República of Lima noted that although the cause is unknown, there are several explanations. 

Edurne Navarro reported in El Periódico of Guatemala City that more than 500 families living in the Cerro San Gil (department of Izabal) will benefit over the next 20 years from the forestry project “Restoring Forests for Ecological Connectivity, Reduction of Poverty, and Biodiversity Conservation in Cerro San Gil.”  

El Universo of Guayaquil reported that despite their cultural and biological value, Ecuador’s condor population has declined over the last decade. 

In El Comercio of Peru Manuel Manticorena Solís examined how the Brazilian cosmetics company Natura has worked to reforest the Amazon and offset its emissions. 

O Estado de São Paulo reported that after three years of decline, the illegal logging in Pará State is once again on the rise, increasing 151% from August 2011 to July 2012, compared to the previous period.  

In La Jornada of Mexico City Susana González observed that Mexico is one of the four Latin American countries with the most social and environmental conflicts caused by mining companies.