—Researched and Written by Alfonso Sagastegui— Issue Jul 01-31 2023: This year elevated temperatures are being recorded around the world. During the first weeks of July, Mexico recorded the highest heat waves this year, pushing the temperatures up to 45° C to 50° C, the highest temperatures ever registered.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: In under 48 hours, the Autonomous Regional Council of the North Caribbean Coast (Craccn) and its counterpart in the South (Craccs) approved a series of mining concessions over more than 240,000 hectares in favor of Caliber Mining.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Brazil’s timber trade skirts the line between legality and illegality, with large amounts of illegally harvested lumber being exported as apparently legal shipments.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Mangroves are valuable ecosystems that provide crucial services for human well-being and the quality of life of local communities.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Mexico’s national security depends on its food security, its water security, its energy security, on public health, social justice, and the State’s presence in its own territory.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: A law that prohibited the use of botos-côr-de-rosa, or pink dolphins, as bait ends on July 2, which puts the animal in risk of extinction.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: For many years, the world has been alerted to the degradation of important ecosystems, such as the Amazon.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: The environmental emergency that is facing Panama with the prolonged drought in the area has pushed authorities to implement new restrictions in the Panama Canal that would affect mainly neopanamax vessels.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: President Luis Lacalle Pou declared his dedication to the “Waste to Fuel” project, which promotes converting garbage from landfills in the city areas into fuel for ships, but acknowledged that progress has not been made as expected.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Peru’s Ministerio del Ambiente (Minam) declared a state of emergency in the locality of Negritos, due to the presence of hazardous environmental waste.