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In Peru, coca puts one of the world’s best coffee crops at risk

Vanessa Romo 18 Jun 2018

Illegal cattle ranching deforests Mexico’s massive Lacandon Jungle

Rodrigo Soberanes 14 Mar 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018

Trumping Colombia’s peace: U.S. drug war threatens fragile accord, forests

Sean Mowbray 5 Feb 2018

Palm oil mounts ‘new offensive’ in Colombia while workers decry labor conditions

Bram Ebus 27 Oct 2017
A cow in Colombia's Valle de Cocora National Park. Photo by Tim Snell via Flickr.

One cow per hectare: deforestation in Colombia after FARC’s exit

Esteban Montaño 6 Jun 2017

Rebel road expansion brings deforestation to remote Colombian Amazon

Taran Volckhausen 19 May 2017

Guatemala declares state of emergency as rainforest goes up in flames

Sandra Cuffe 19 Apr 2017

Guatemala issues red alert as national parks burn

Sandra Cuffe 12 Apr 2017

Forests in Colombia fall victim to illegal coca plantations

María Lourdes Zimmermann 16 Sep 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Cocaine-linked airstrip appears in Peruvian national park

Ethan Harfenist 29 Dec 2015

Suspects acquitted in shocking murder of sea turtle conservationist

Jeremy Hance 27 Jan 2015

Indigenous territories play dual role as homelands and protected areas

Barbara Fraser 22 Jan 2015

A model forest? Regional park balances local needs and conservation

Barbara Fraser 21 Jan 2015

Perched on the precipice: India’s vultures threatened by E.U. sale of killer drug

Esther Wullschleger Schättin 5 Nov 2014

Cocaine: the new face of deforestation in Central America

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Mar 2014

Tapirs, drug-trafficking, and eco-police: practicing conservation amidst chaos in Nicaragua

Jeremy Hance 10 Oct 2013

Illegal marijuana cultivation threatens Nigeria’s forests and chimps

Dr Liz Kimbrough 26 Jul 2013

Costa Rican environmentalist pays ultimate price for his dedication to sea turtles

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2013

Uncontacted tribe missing after armed drug dealers storm their forest

Jeremy Hance 9 Aug 2011

Mexican environmental activist shot dead

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2011

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