Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Although many believe it is merely an aesthetic detail, it is actually a traditional technique used to protect trees from the sun and other factors.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: In September 2025—when Operation “Rejeito” (Tailings) was launched, targeting a group of mining entrepreneurs and high-ranking officials within the Minas Gerais state government and the federal government who were suspected of environmental crimes, corruption, and money laundering,

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: Recent reports indicate that coltan mining is taking place in certain Colombian departments, such as Guainía, without the required environmental licenses, and in Antioquia and César, where there is not even solid proof that the mineral exists. Lying at the root of such illegal activity are state failure, smuggling operations,

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: In response to the increase in illegal incursions on the Malinowski River, the Peruvian government is deploying a unified front with the Armed Forces, the National Police, and Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP) to protect park rangers, curb related crimes, and preserve the country’s main

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: COP30, the UN climate conference held in November 2025 in Belém, represented a milestone for the Indigenous agenda in Brazil. The summit marked the biggest advance in the demarcation of Indigenous lands in the last two decades and was also the stage for new financial commitments aimed at the territorial

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: As one NGO files a complaint with Uruguay’s Administrative Court and another makes an appeal over a rejected suit in the country’s civil court, Uruguay’s third shift court has rejected an injunction filed by that country’s National Human Rights Institution (Inddhh) aimed at halting offshore oil exploration in Uruguayan territorial waters.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: Falling populations of emblematic marine species are raising alarms among scientists, fishers, and chefs in Peru, where the availability of ingredients central to the country’s cuisine has declined sharply.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: Researchers and residents found locations with massive die offs of fish eggs below the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Pará, in the stretch known as Volta Grande do Xingu.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: While Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast has warned about the dangers represented by a culture dominated by “isms,” from extremist environmentalism to ideological feminism to radical indigenism, and the country’s former President Gabriel Boric has argued that fighting against such “isms” means resisting cultural change, a reality check is in order

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: A real estate project that has been presented as an “ecological rescue” has sparked debate in Mexico over the future of Los Dinamos, an urban forest in the capital that is home to its last living river.