Issue Aug 09-15 2023: Abner Campos, president of the Association of Ashaninkas Native Communities of the Pichis Valley (ANAP), recently stated that the Asháninka people plan to participate in the management of two Protected Natural Areas (ANP).

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: The Panama Canal is at grave risk of drying up, due to lack of rainfall caused by climate change and the exacerbating effects of El Niño.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared that the elimination of the use of fossil fuels and deforestation is crucial for guaranteeing the longevity of the Amazon (along with the world’s other tropical rainforests).

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Despite the high risk of extinction of many Colombian species, enthusiasm and action are key to saving the species of the country.

—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.