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Nicaragua crisis takes an environmental toll with plunder of turtle eggs

Michelle Carrere 13 Feb 2019

Latam Eco Review: Seeing red over pink dolphins and flamingos

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2019
Capybaras, Colombia. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay

Latam Eco Review: Resistance, hope and camera traps

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2019

The female park rangers protecting turtles from traffickers in Nicaragua

Monica Pelliccia 21 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Harlequin frogs, sustainable ranching, and miracle coral

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2018

Nicaraguan beef raised illegally in biological reserve mostly exported

Duyerling Ríos, Cristopher Mendoza 14 Sep 2017

Extensive illegal cattle ranching destroys core area of Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve

Duyerling Ríos, Cristopher Mendoza 28 Aug 2017

Is Nicaragua one of the world’s ‘deadliest countries’ to be an environmental defender? (commentary)

John Perry 28 Jul 2017

Unveiled: The unraveling of Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve (commentary)

Karen Masters, Hector Castaneda, Paola Muñoz, Adam Stein 29 Jun 2017

Cattle ranching threatens core of Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua

Wilder Pérez R. 27 Mar 2017

Cattle ranching devours Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

Michelle Carrere 10 Mar 2017

The Nicaraguan frontier: a treasure trove under siege

Karen Masters, Hector Castaneda, Adam Stein 26 Sep 2016

Indigenous groups pressured to give up lands for doubtful Nicaragua Canal

Lindsay Fendt 9 Jun 2016

An improbable future for Nicaragua’s inter-oceanic canal

Adam Stein, Hector Castaneda, Karen Masters 25 May 2016

Nicaragua Canal would threaten endangered species says study

Lindsay Fendt 9 May 2016

A plane survey of Central America’s last remaining forests

Ruxandra Guidi 10 Mar 2016

Another challenge to the Nicaragua Canal: indigenous community refuses to turn over their territories

Ruxandra Guidi 12 Jan 2016

Controversial Nicaragua canal on hold

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2015

El Salvador serves as bridge for export of trafficked Nicaraguan birds

Carlos Chávez 16 Nov 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

With local help, hawksbill sea turtles make a comeback in Nicaragua

Shayna Wilson 28 Jan 2015

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler 23 Dec 2014

New film highlights local resistance to Nicaragua’s canal

Jeremy Hance 11 Dec 2014

Is the Gran Canal really a ‘big Christmas present’ for Nicaraguans?

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2014

Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2014

What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights mega-predator’s remarkable past and precarious future

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2014

The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua’s big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2014

‘Natural Reserves’ no more: illegal colonists deforest huge portions of Nicaraguan protected areas

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 13 Aug 2014

An untapped resource: new study finds local people may trump scientists at biodiversity surveys

Shayna Wilson 12 Aug 2014

Cocaine: the new face of deforestation in Central America

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Mar 2014

Nicaragua Canal could cause ecological disaster, warn experts

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2014

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

Jeremy Hance 10 Oct 2013

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