Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: The Peruvian government approved modifications to the mining environmental legislation on April 25 aimed at easing project development by the private sector, thus reducing the time and cost of environmental assessments.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: General manager of the Sociedad Agrícola Samaca, Alberto Benavides Ganoza, received a concession to oversee the protection of the lomas and tillandsias of Amara and Ullujaya, located in Ocucaje and Santiago districts in Ica, Peru.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: In recent months, United Nations executive secretary Simon Stiell celebrated that the term fossil fuels was included in the language of an international agreement, after 28 years of negotiations.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: The Amazon Network for Biodiversity Research and Innovation aims to protect biodiversity, with Ecuador’s participation facilitated by the National Biodiversity Institute (Inabio).

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: The Escazú Agreement is the first environmental treaty in Latin America and the only one in the world that contains specific provisions on the protection of activists.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: Nine environmental sacrifice zones have been identified in Bolivia, according to the League for the Defense of the Environment (Lidema), on International Mother Earth Day.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: The increasing urgency of the climate crisis is spurring action to conserve, recover, and restore Brazilian forest.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: A form of invasion threatens the border between Ecuador and Peru, historically marked by conflicts over territorial disputes.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Environmental activist Eleuterio Martínez demands “total protection” for the Baní Dunes of the Dominican Republic.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Every year 350 million tons of plastic are created, of which 8 or 9 million end up in the ocean, posing a threat to both marine and human health.