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What’s at stake for the environment in El Salvador’s upcoming election?

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jan 2024

Ecuador-China free trade agreement poses serious environmental risks, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jan 2024

In Mexico, Xalapa’s chronic water scarcity reflects a deepening national crisis

Amigzaday López Beltrán 23 Jan 2024

Outcry over deforestation as Suriname’s agriculture plans come to light

Maxwell Radwin 17 Jan 2024

U.S. mining companies leave lasting trail of contamination across Peru

Roberth Orihuela 10 Jan 2024
Fishing boats in Seno de Última Esperanza (Last Hope Sound), in southern Chile. Image by Robert Nunn via Flickr.

Chile again rejects Constitution rewrite; experts say no big loss for environment

Boris van der Spek 9 Jan 2024
Bigai Reserve in the Western Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

Top stories of change from Latin America in 2023

Alexandra Popescu 28 Dec 2023

Major soy producers announce improved deforestation commitments—with caveats

Maxwell Radwin 15 Dec 2023

Suriname preparing to clear Amazon for agriculture, documents suggest

Maxwell Radwin 14 Dec 2023

Science panel presents COP28 with blueprint for saving the Amazon

Dimitri Selibas 13 Dec 2023
Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at dawn. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Amazon deforestation declines but fossil fuels remain contentious, COP28 shows

Sarah Brown 7 Dec 2023

Indonesia pushes carbon-intensive ‘false solutions’ in its energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Dec 2023

Brazil cattle traceability program to limit deforestation in Pará state

Maxwell Radwin 4 Dec 2023

Guatemala braces for unprecedented year of deforestation in Maya reserve

Maxwell Radwin 30 Nov 2023

Cargill widens its deforestation-free goals, but critics say it’s not enough

Maxwell Radwin 29 Nov 2023

Panama copper mine to close after Supreme Court rules concession unconstitutional

Maxwell Radwin 28 Nov 2023

How the U.S. financial system props up illegal logging and mining

Maxwell Radwin 14 Nov 2023

Plan to bring Mennonite farmers to Suriname sparks deforestation fears

Maxwell Radwin 9 Oct 2023

Rechargeable battery industry needs better mining regulations, report says

Maxwell Radwin 29 Sep 2023

How Canada’s growing presence in Latin America is hurting the environment

Maxwell Radwin 22 Sep 2023

Latin America most dangerous place for environmental defenders, report says

Maxwell Radwin 14 Sep 2023
Protesting farmers on their way to the Hague in 2019.

The Dutch farmers’ protests of 2022: A Mongabay Series

Ashoka Mukpo 14 Sep 2023

Mexico announces 13 new protected areas, with more to come

Maxwell Radwin 18 Aug 2023

Offshore drilling faces backlash in Argentina after skirting environmental regulations

Maxwell Radwin 17 Aug 2023

International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists

Maxwell Radwin 2 Aug 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023

Landfill in Colombia continues to pollute protected wetlands despite court-ordered clean-up

Maxwell Radwin 12 Jun 2023

Mexico approves mining reforms to protect environment, Indigenous people

Maxwell Radwin 2 May 2023

Meet the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Liz Kimbrough 24 Apr 2023

Mining may contribute to deforestation more than previously thought, report says

Maxwell Radwin 20 Apr 2023

EU parliament passes historic law forcing companies to track deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 20 Apr 2023

Mexico kills climate change fund, casting doubt on future environmental spending

Maxwell Radwin 13 Apr 2023

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