In 2008, the fisheries of Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya verged on collapse. Desperate fishermen were harvesting even the smallest of fish. Laws were weak, ......
When he takes office on July 28, Peru’s president-elect, Ollanta Humala, will step onto a tightrope. On one side will be extractive industries such as mining, ......
The first shipment of soybeans deemed by an international association of producers, environmentalists and other stakeholders to have been produced “responsibly” reached the Netherlands this ......
Brazil is looking to expand wind power substantially with its two top electricity sources—hydroelectric dams and fossil-fuel-powered thermoelectric plants—facing long-term environmental limitations. The government signaled its ......
Costa Rica’s plan to nearly double electric-power generation in the coming decade hinges in part on flooding 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) in this southern region ......
Two environmental groups report a surge in U.S. exports of used lead-acid batteries to Mexico, and suggest it might be the result of U.S. companies ......
Isabella Vitali thinks back with nostalgia to her childhood in the Cerrado, the vast woodland savannah that spans 10 Brazilian states. She recalls hiking across ......
Jeroen Douglas is South America regional director for Solidaridad, a Netherlands-based nonprofit that promotes fair and sustainable supply chains worldwide. With Solidaridad in the 1990s, ......
In 2008, the fisheries of Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya verged on collapse. Desperate fishermen were harvesting even the smallest of fish. Laws were weak, ......
When he takes office on July 28, Peru’s president-elect, Ollanta Humala, will step onto a tightrope. On one side will be extractive industries such as mining, ......
The first shipment of soybeans deemed by an international association of producers, environmentalists and other stakeholders to have been produced “responsibly” reached the Netherlands this ......
Brazil is looking to expand wind power substantially with its two top electricity sources—hydroelectric dams and fossil-fuel-powered thermoelectric plants—facing long-term environmental limitations. The government signaled its ......
Costa Rica’s plan to nearly double electric-power generation in the coming decade hinges in part on flooding 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) in this southern region ......
Two environmental groups report a surge in U.S. exports of used lead-acid batteries to Mexico, and suggest it might be the result of U.S. companies ......
Isabella Vitali thinks back with nostalgia to her childhood in the Cerrado, the vast woodland savannah that spans 10 Brazilian states. She recalls hiking across ......
Jeroen Douglas is South America regional director for Solidaridad, a Netherlands-based nonprofit that promotes fair and sustainable supply chains worldwide. With Solidaridad in the 1990s, ......