Issue Oct 25-31 2023: In Guatemala’s Mayan Biosphere Reserve, locals are working to build back with honey harvesting and cutting grass.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: Recent wildfires in Latin America have reportedly affected over 180,000 hectares of land in national, municipal, and forest protected areas as well as Natural Heritage Conservation Units (UCPN).

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The reconstruction of the BR-319 – a 885 kilometer highway that links Manaus to Porto Velho that serves as the only means of accessing the capital of Amazonas with the rest of the country – has generated controversy in Brazil, as the project threads through protected forest and Indigenous lands.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) has reportedly opposed the creation of the Grau Tropical Sea National Reserve, a proposal put forward by the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), according to a legal technical report.

Issue Oct 18-24 2023: In the Brazilian Amazon, 10% of Lake Tefé’s dolphin population died in just two weeks.

Issue Oct 18-24 2023: Central America’s largest jungle, within the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, is actively battling illegal cattle ranching.

Issue Oct 18-24 2023: A group of Colombian companies reportedly persuaded leaders to accept carbon credit projects on Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon region, with the promise that the money would fund a university in the villages despite no proper consultation.

Issue Oct 11-17 2023: Amid mounting environmental concerns, Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has filed a criminal complaint against Grupo México.

Issue Oct 11-17 2023: Amid concern about the lack of substantial rain, the La Paz Mayor’s Office announced that it has been developing a standard for buildings with more than five floors to recycle their gray water.

Issue Oct 11-17 2023: Despite recent measures taken against deforestation, forest fires in the Amazon rainforest continue to threaten what is one of the world’s most important carbon sinks, with the number of active fires in the region reaching its highest point since 2007.