Issue Nov 08-14 2023: Urbanization of green spaces has an incredibly large impact.

Issue Nov 01-07 2023: A controversial law project that was highly criticized and included introducing 90 modifications to the local code of misdemeanors was declared suspended under the Argentine government.

Issue Nov 01-07 2023: Colombia saw a 70% decrease in deforestation compared to 2022, according to statistics published by Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Ideam) and emitted by Minister of the Environment Susana Muhamad.

Issue Nov 01-07 2023: In a significant development concerning wildlife conservation, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has proposed a suspension of the global shark trade originating from Ecuador.

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.