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In Honduras, local communities miss out on benefits of large-scale renewables

Mie Hoejris Dahl 6 Nov 2025

Uruguay’s green hydrogen plans raise ecological concerns in Argentina & at home

Ali Qassim 15 Sep 2025

Rainwater reveals the hidden life of rainforest canopies, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 9 Sep 2025

restored area aerial image

Local forest governance helps jaguars and forests flourish in Guatemala

Monica Pelliccia 25 Aug 2025

Mounting corporate pressure on Honduras threatens community rights

Aimee Gabay 24 Jul 2025

In the Brazilian Amazon, decentralization can be a double-edged sword

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Jun 2025

eucalyptus forest

Eucalyptus for Brazil’s steelmaking dries out communities in Minas Gerais

Daniel Camargos, Emmanuelle Picaud, Simone Fant 29 Apr 2025

A flamingo in Salar de Uyuni, southwestern Bolivia.

Bolivian communities push back against foreign-backed lithium projects

Carla Ruas 17 Apr 2025

mangrove conservation

Colombia’s women clam collectors protect Pacific mangroves and mollusks

Catherine Ellis 1 Apr 2025

oil spill river

Colombia’s top oil company concealed environmental damages: Investigation

Mie Hoejris Dahl 20 Mar 2025

Brazil communities accuse companies of ‘green grabbing’ for wind energy

Jonathan Moens, Thomas Bauer 7 Mar 2025

The Pan Amazon as a hotspot of cultural diversity

Timothy J. Killeen 7 Feb 2025

‘Time is water’: A cross-border Indigenous alliance works to save the Amazon

Francesc Badia i Dalmases 23 Dec 2024

Experts question benefits of Colombian forestation project led by top oil trader

Carla Ruas 23 Dec 2024

Foreign investor lawsuits impede Honduras human rights & environment protections

Sarah Brown 12 Dec 2024

In Brazil’s ‘water tank’, communities resist mining to preserve their water and livelihoods

Beatriz Miranda, Íria Borges 30 Nov 2024

The Putumayo is a long Amazonian river that begins in Colombia and flows into the Brazilian Amazon. Photo courtesy of Michelle Carrere.

Women in Putumayo turn to fish farming and away from the coca industry

Iñigo Alexander 28 Nov 2024

In Sonora, communities fight mining to defend their water

Daniel Shailer 29 Jul 2024

French court greenlights lawsuit against EDF over wind farm in Mexico

Chris Arsenault, Philippe Le Billon 26 Jun 2024

Elon Musk could avert global species extinction with only a portion of his wealth

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2024

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