Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: As Brazil’s 2026 election approaches, environmental policy has become a more visible part of the presidential debate, but major differences remain between campaign promises and proposed economic policies. Both leading candidates frame natural resources as matters of national sovereignty, while continuing to support development strategies that may conflict with environmental

Issue Aug 19-25 2026: A deadly virus has caused a dramatic decline in an amphibian population in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, raising new concerns about threats to the country’s biodiversity. Researchers found that repeated outbreaks of ranavirus reduced reproduction of the monkey frog by 83% at a conservation reserve in Santa Catarina.

Issue Aug 19-25 2026: Peru’s natural vegetation decreased by 3.7 million hectares in 41 years, equivalent to 4% of the area in 1985.

Issue Aug 19-25 2026: Given that August 27 was World Lake Day, a United Nations-sponsored observance aimed at raising awareness of the importance of these ecosystems and the threats that face them, including pollution, climate change, and decreasing water levels, it is a good moment to analyze the problems besetting two of Guatemala’s most important

Issue Aug 12-18 2026: One of the main sources of water to the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, the Guacerique River dam of Los Laureles, has become a choke point for accumulated residential and construction waste, including plastic bags, cardboard, furniture, and scraps of material used in building projects.

Issue Aug 12-18 2026: Peru’s Ministry of the Environment (Minam) has reinforced the surveillance and dismantling of illegal mining operations in Tambopata, in the Madre de Dios region.

Issue Aug 12-18 2026: The administration of Abelardo de la Espriella revoked one of the three resolutions regarding the delimitation of the Santurbán páramo (high-altitude moorland) that had been left by the Gustavo Petro administration.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Mexico has reopened the debate over energy sovereignty after a scientific committee led by the country’s science and energy ministries recommended conditionally evaluating hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the northeast.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Brazil’s ambitious efforts to restore degraded ecosystems face a major obstacle: financing. As the country seeks to recover millions of hectares of native vegetation, experts argue that agricultural policies should play a larger role in funding restoration while holding landowners responsible for environmental damage.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly unanimously approved a bill today requiring wildlife protection measures in new and existing public infrastructure projects, a major legal step aimed at reducing animal deaths on roads and reconnecting fragmented habitats. The Wildlife Crossings Bill passed its second and final debate with 56 votes in favor. One