November 2023

Ecuador

Nettlesome green challenges await Ecuador’s Noboa

Business scion Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old center-right politician recently elected to serve as Ecuador’s president until May 2025, has his hands full. As if the ......

Panama

Backlash against new contract for big Panama mine

A 20-year renewal contract for the world’s eighth largest copper mine set off weeks of protest in Panama, with activists warning of environmental damage, government ......

Peru

Two Peruvian communities win wastewater lawsuits

Residents of a rural town high in Peru’s Andes Mountains and an urban shantytown in the country’s Amazon region have won unprecedented court rulings ordering ......

Guatemala (Free Read)

Green group prioritizes health of women and girls

A Guatemalan environmental nonprofit believes that empowering women and girls, especially those living in remote areas of high conservation value, can also improve biodiversity and ......

Argentina

Some progress reported in bid to save Pampas deer

Until the 1800s, Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) abounded in the grasslands of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia, its range even extending to southern Brazil’s Cerrado ......

Around the Region

Adventurous Mexican gray wolf wanders north again

A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) named Asha by conservationists and designated female wolf 2754 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Growing fire risk fuels tree-plantation doubts

When record Canadian wildfires this past boreal summer fouled the air as far south as Atlanta, Georgia, the Americas for the second time this year ......

Q&A

Forest heterogeneity a must amid rising fire risk, Chilean official says

Forest fire control and prevention in Chile is overseen by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf), a nonprofit entity that is funded by the Chilean Agriculture ......