Issue Dec 01-31 2022: During the beach cleanup day in Costa Rica, a waste audit revealed PET plastic bottles, shoes, lighters, cigarette butts, and household and personal care items.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: Between 1990 and 2021, Colombia lost 6.1 million hectares of forest, and ongoing efforts to curve Colombia’s deforestation progress have not been enough.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: The European Union (EU) has selected a beach in Ecuador for a clean-up campaign aimed at raising awareness about the problem that waste – particularly plastic – represents for our world.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: Evelyn Lamadrid Vences is the Provincial Prosecutor of Santa, in Ancash, of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office (FEMA). She has investigated and prosecuted businessmen and corporations involved in illegal activities in fishing and mining. Since 2019, her performance has earned her death threats, which necessitate police protection.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: Six weeks before taking office, Brazilian President-Elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began a series of public appearances in Egypt.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: The COP19 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is attended by conservation experts and delegates from more than 180 countries.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) is meeting to approve or reject revised regulation over the trading of shark fins.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: New leftist president Gustavo Petro of Colombia, speaking at the COP27 event in Egypt, said that leftists in Latin America have not pushed hard enough on the climate crisis, and have resigned themselves to a future economy sustained by the exportation of oil and natural gas.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: Congress has approved the inclusion of wildlife trafficking within the scope of the Law Against Organized Crime.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: A recent report from the World Meteorological Organization stresses that greenhouse gases have reached 50% from their current level during 1990-2021.