EcoAmericas - Latin American environmental news coverage

August 2022

Chile (Free Read)

Chileans to decide fate of ‘ecological’ constitution

Chileans are slated to vote Sept. 4 on a new constitution that would significantly strengthen the country’s environmental protections. Approval of the document, though, is ......

Paraguay

Long-shelved water law to be applied in Paraguay

For environmental advocates, the good news is that Paraguay will soon be subject to sweeping water-resources legislation. The not-so-good news is that the law won ......

Brazil

For climate’s sake, Brazil tests cow-burp control

Researchers in Brazil are intensifying work on ways to curb cow belching, a significant source of the methane emissions that makes agriculture account for 76% ......

U.S.–Mexico

Grassroots water advocacy growing in Mexico

Degraded by over-pumping, pollution and more, the Rio Grande as it runs through the U.S.-Mexican border region has long been a focal point of ecological ......

U.S.–Mexico

Colorado River water cut in store for Mexico, too

Drought-induced reductions in 2023 Colorado River water deliveries, announced in August by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), will affect not only the U.S. ......

Around the Region

Good U.S.-Mexican water policy news for a change

When it comes to water issues, welcome news has not exactly abounded in the U.S.-Mexican border region over the past year. Consider the recent U.S. government’s ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Giving nature personhood...and a chance

One of Mari Luz Canaquiri’s lasting childhood memories is of the mijano—the migration of huge schools of fish up the Marañón River past the indigenous ......

Q&A

Paraguayan nonprofit pushing for transparency in water policy

Pursuing strategies to soften the effects of climate change, a Paraguayan think tank has focused on one in particular: improving water management and public access ......

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