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.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: Between September 2022 to September 2023 deforestation in the Amazônia Legal area fell from 1,454.76 km² to 590.3 km², according to the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe).

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: Environmental organization Greenpeace staged a protest in Argentina’s Congress Square to voice concerns about a 21% increase in deforestation compared to the previous year.

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: In recent weeks, photos and news have been published showing the dry lakes of an area in the Brazilian Amazon region.

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: A recent 37-year study tracked changes in the composition of 173 rivers worldwide due to mining, with seven of them located in the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon in Peru.

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: While a far cry from the actively ecocidal Bolsonaro administration, Lula’s nine-month-old government has failed to take the initiative in regard to the environment, with empty talk and a general apathy towards conservation characterizing the approach thus far.

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: The Director of Inspection of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADES) in Paraguay,