Faced with a devastating loss of wilderness, Colombia has unveiled a landmark “Green Plan” to involve poor rural communities in the restoration of 395,000 acres ......
When the Bolivian government recently forged an agreement with campesino groups to end a blockade of the nation’s roads, the move was described as political ......
A British ship carrying radioactive waste around Cape Horn has left angry protests in its wake in Argentina and Chile, boosting pressure on the two ......
Hurricane Mitch, the storm that devastated Central America in October 1998, blew and rained so hard it would have wreaked havoc anywhere. But even before the ......
Controversy is stalling an artificial-reef project that calls for a former Canadian warship to be sunk in Acapulco Bay. The reason: lack of an environmental ......
Environmentalists charge deforestation and construction on the slopes of the Balsamo Mountains contributed to the massive landslide that killed hundreds of people in the Las ......
Hydropower plants have generated the lion’s share of Latin America’s electricity for decades. But while hydro stations still account for nearly 60% of the region’s ......
Elmer López, a renewable-resources engineer from Guatemala, monitors coastal ecosystems for the environmental group Greenpeace. To check the state of mangrove stands in Ecuador, he ......
Faced with a devastating loss of wilderness, Colombia has unveiled a landmark “Green Plan” to involve poor rural communities in the restoration of 395,000 acres ......
When the Bolivian government recently forged an agreement with campesino groups to end a blockade of the nation’s roads, the move was described as political ......
A British ship carrying radioactive waste around Cape Horn has left angry protests in its wake in Argentina and Chile, boosting pressure on the two ......
Hurricane Mitch, the storm that devastated Central America in October 1998, blew and rained so hard it would have wreaked havoc anywhere. But even before the ......
Controversy is stalling an artificial-reef project that calls for a former Canadian warship to be sunk in Acapulco Bay. The reason: lack of an environmental ......
Environmentalists charge deforestation and construction on the slopes of the Balsamo Mountains contributed to the massive landslide that killed hundreds of people in the Las ......
Hydropower plants have generated the lion’s share of Latin America’s electricity for decades. But while hydro stations still account for nearly 60% of the region’s ......
Elmer López, a renewable-resources engineer from Guatemala, monitors coastal ecosystems for the environmental group Greenpeace. To check the state of mangrove stands in Ecuador, he ......