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.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: The Gavião Indigenous People have combined traditional forms of latex extraction with forest protection.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: The Instituto Forestal Nacional of Paraguay (INFONA) reported that that country maintains over 40% of its territory with forest cover, and also noted a decrease in deforestation.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: South America concentrates the greatest diversity of butterflies in the world, and that abundance has fed a quiet international trade moving specimens from the region to collectors abroad. The issue is not both ecological and regulatory, since seizures remain rare and often reveal a much larger market operating beyond official oversight.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Scientific study finds human-driven climate change and La Niña combined to create unusually dry conditions.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: The Albardão region in Rio Grande do Sul is a candidate to become a protected area, in a process that has been dragging on for more than two decades.

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: Colombia’s National Land Agency (ANT) has announced that it has formalized over 500,000 hectares of land for several Indigenous communities living in the area. According to the agency, these lands have been designated Indigenous reserves, and cover several departments in the Amazon including Amazonas, Putumayo, Caquetá, Guaviare, and Vaupés.

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: An Andean condor that was attacked by three dogs in the community of Catapuya in La Paz was rescued by an official of the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia. The condor, the country’s national symbol, was transferred to the Vesty Pakos Municipal Biopark, where it is expected to recover and be

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: For the first time in 15 years, at least 50 American white pelicans have been spotted at Lake Texcoco.