The regulatory agency responsible for overseeing forestry in Peru was placed under the authority of the Environment Ministry in December, prompting U.S. authorities to request ......
It has been distressing enough for Brazilians to learn of the second devastating tailings-dam break to befall their country in just over three years. Now ......
An executive order issued by new Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has fanned concern that his government will undermine the rights of Brazil’s 900,000 indigenous people, ......
Argentina’s industrial farming model has come in for increasing criticism in recent years. Specifically, experts say relentlessly expanding cultivation of transgenic crops has prompted ever-heavier ......
After the naturalist Charles Darwin had observed land iguanas on the Galápagos island now called Santiago in 1835, he described the creatures’ appearance as “ugly” ......
Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles this month suspended all contracts and partnerships between the ministry and non-governmental organizations for 90 days while they undergo an ......
Ask Costa Ricans what it’s like to drive in their country’s capital city of San José during rush hour and they’ll tell you about interminable ......
When Costa Rica’s current government took office last May, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez came back to the Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae) over a decade ......
