Green issues mostly in background in Peru race

May 2016

Peru

Mercury from mining prompts emergency in Peru

A state of emergency aimed at addressing health problems related to widespread mercury poisoning in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon has raised tensions between national government ......

Paraguay

Species-rich private reserve for sale in Paraguay

Since its establishment in 2010, the Laguna Blanca Natural Reserve has stood out as a rare remnant of wilderness in Paraguay’s galloping advance of soy ......

Mexico

Two new fronts in monarch-conservation debate

A Cornell University study that asserts dwindling milkweed is not the main cause of an alarming decline in the monarch butterfly population has rekindled debate ......

Peru

Green issues mostly in background in Peru race

As Peru’s two presidential candidates this month headed into a June 5 runoff election, the environment was getting little attention in their debates, although their ......

Chile

Chile’s red tide causes wave of protest and blame

A new red tide outbreak in southern Chile, the largest in the nation’s history, has sparked protests focused mainly on the country’s lucrative salmon farming ......

Around the Region

Vaquita count indicates population nearly extinct

Last year seemed to finally provide a ray of hope for the vaquita, the critically endangered Mexican porpoise that inhabits the upper reaches of the ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Brazil’s new government drawing few cheers from environmentalists

Green advocates never were fans of the environmental policies of Dilma Rousseff, who this month was suspended as president of Brazil pending her impeachment trial ......

Q&A

Rapporteur on rights and toxics urges move to safer chemicals

As U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak makes recommendations to countries on issues ranging from pesticides and industrial chemicals to mine ......

Green issues mostly in background in Peru race

Peru

As Peru’s two presidential candidates this month headed into a June 5 runoff election, the environment was getting little attention in their debates, although their government plans feature green issues. Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is currently serving a prison sentence on human rights and corruption charges, will face Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who served as minister of economy and finance and Cabinet chief under former President Alejandro Toledo in the early 2000s. The good news, says Pedro Solano, director of the non-profit Peruvian Environmental Law Society (SPDA) in Lima, is that the candidates’ platforms address issues such as climate change, biodiversity, pollution, water and solid waste management. The bad news, he says, is that their speeches and debate rhetoric... [Log in to read more]

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May 2016

Peru

Mercury from mining prompts emergency in Peru

A state of emergency aimed at addressing health problems related to widespread mercury poisoning in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon has raised tensions between national government ......

Paraguay

Species-rich private reserve for sale in Paraguay

Since its establishment in 2010, the Laguna Blanca Natural Reserve has stood out as a rare remnant of wilderness in Paraguay’s galloping advance of soy ......

Mexico

Two new fronts in monarch-conservation debate

A Cornell University study that asserts dwindling milkweed is not the main cause of an alarming decline in the monarch butterfly population has rekindled debate ......

Peru

Green issues mostly in background in Peru race

As Peru’s two presidential candidates this month headed into a June 5 runoff election, the environment was getting little attention in their debates, although their ......

Chile

Chile’s red tide causes wave of protest and blame

A new red tide outbreak in southern Chile, the largest in the nation’s history, has sparked protests focused mainly on the country’s lucrative salmon farming ......

Around the Region

Vaquita count indicates population nearly extinct

Last year seemed to finally provide a ray of hope for the vaquita, the critically endangered Mexican porpoise that inhabits the upper reaches of the ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Brazil’s new government drawing few cheers from environmentalists

Green advocates never were fans of the environmental policies of Dilma Rousseff, who this month was suspended as president of Brazil pending her impeachment trial ......

Q&A

Rapporteur on rights and toxics urges move to safer chemicals

As U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak makes recommendations to countries on issues ranging from pesticides and industrial chemicals to mine ......