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April 2023

Region

Escazú parties addressing hard part: implementation

Julieta Carrizo, a 28-year-old Argentine environmental activist, attended an April meeting in Buenos Aires of the governing body of the Escazú Accord, the first regional ......

Mexico

Back to normal isn’t entirely good for Puerto Vallarta

From an economic standpoint, the news has been good lately in the Pacific coast city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with tourism as well as seasonal ......

Colombia

Petro moves to achieve his bold green-policy goals

Colombia’s government is doubling down on its promises to protect the environment with plans to increase forest protection and mitigate climate change, even as it ......

Brazil

Cerrado drying amid deforestation, climate change

The rivers of the Cerrado, Brazil’s vast tropical woodland savanna, could lose over a third of their water volume by 2050 if agricultural expansion in ......

Bolivia (Free Read)

Call for protection of ill-starred armadillo species

The municipal government of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is reviewing a proposal to give “natural patrimony” status to the greater fairy armadillo (Calyptophractus retusus), a rare ......

Around the Region

Biden pledges to boost Brazilian Amazon Fund

U.S. President Joe Biden announced this month that he would seek congressional approval of a US$500 million contribution over the next five years to Brazil’s ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Sheinbaum builds green-policy record as mayor

For those hoping Mexico will fully embrace climate protection, natural-resource conservation and clean energy policies, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the mayor of Mexico City, might represent ......

Q&A

Guajajara vows she’ll put Indigenous issues front and center in Brazil

Sônia Guajajara is a member of the Guajajara people of Brazil’s Araribóia Indigenous territory, located on the eastern edge of the Amazon rainforest in the ......

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