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New study provides blueprint to translate satellite data into conservation action

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Jun 2018

Illegal mining creeps into southern Bahuaja-Sonene National Park

Vanessa Romo 20 Jun 2018

Peru’s Bahuaja-Sonene National Park at risk over illegal mining

Vanessa Romo 19 Jun 2018

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

Vanessa Romo 18 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Paddington Bear Captured on Camera in Peru

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: More than 100 new species in Bolivian park

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2018

Government subsidies serving to prop up destructive high-seas fishing: study

Basten Gokkon 8 Jun 2018

Field Museum honors Peruvian organization for its conservation work with indigenous groups

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Deforestation encircles Colombia’s Caquetá titi monkey

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Peru’s first environmental court

Mongabay.com 25 May 2018

Latam Eco review: Coca threatens world’s best organic coffees

Mongabay.com 18 May 2018

Latam Eco Review: Colombia’s last nomadic tribe faces extinction

Mongabay.com 11 May 2018

Four regions in Peru exposed to mercury contamination

Yvette Sierra Praeli 8 May 2018

Latam Eco review: An Andean condor chooses her own protected area in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 4 May 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

Latam Eco Review: Respected ancestral healer murdered in Peru

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2018

Photos: Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2018

New short film captures rare spider monkey feeding behavior (commentary)

Eilidh Munro 23 Apr 2018
Founder of Camino Verde, Robin Van Loon, holding a leaf from a Moena tree. Photo courtesy Shahrzade Ehya.

Tambopata: Where forest conservation and opportunity meet

Heather D'angelo 19 Apr 2018
Waterfall in Laos. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Calls for change in handling abuse allegations at top conservation group

Genevieve Belmaker 2 Apr 2018

Special judiciary on environmental crimes established in Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 2 Apr 2018

How to build a Guardian: students learn about making technology work in the field

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 23 Mar 2018

Over $720 million in profit from tourism in Peru’s protected natural areas

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 22 Mar 2018
Intact palm swamp along a rainforest lake in southeastern Peru. Miners seek gold in the sediments, cutting trees and inputting harmful mercury into waters to identify the tiny gold pieces in the soil.

Radar returns to remote sensing through free, near-real-time global imagery

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Mar 2018
The countries that approved the Agreement of Principle 10 must now ratify the treaty in their respective nations. Photo: DAR.

Two dozen Latin American countries sign agreement to protect environmental defenders

Yvette Sierra Praeli 14 Mar 2018

Small hydropower a big global issue overlooked by science and policy

Claire Salisbury 13 Mar 2018

Andes dams twice as numerous as thought are fragmenting the Amazon

Claire Asher 28 Feb 2018

Peru: Law prioritizes highway construction that could threaten indigenous communities

Yvette Sierra Praeli 27 Feb 2018

Detecting disasters on community lands in the Amazon: film highlights indigenous struggle

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 27 Feb 2018

Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon dropped 13 percent in 2017

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Feb 2018
Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

Moment of truth: Study reveals high percentage of illegal Peruvian timber exports

Yvette Sierra Praeli 13 Feb 2018

Amazon rainforest hit by surge in small-scale deforestation, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Feb 2018

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