Nestlé suspended from RSPO for failing to pay dues, submit progress reports
In the wake of Nestlé’s suspension from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, activists said the food giant must do…
Peru: How chocolate saved a community and a protected area from the drug trade
In the forests surrounding Río Abiseo National Park, in the Peruvian Amazon region of San Martín, a burgeoning chocolate industry…
Latam Eco Review: Five newly described snakes named by auction in Ecuador
Among the top stories published by our Spanish-language service, Mongabay-Latam, this past week were features about five newly described snake…
Amazon hidroway project can affect 424 native communities
The project “Amazon Hidroway” contemplates, among other actions, the execution of dredging in the riverbed of the most important rivers…
Colombia created the biggest protected area in its amazon
Colombia has created the largest protected area of the Amazon, in the Park of Chiribiquete, declared on July 1 as a…
Rain of ash from the Reventador volcano falls in the Andean and Amazonian provinces of Ecuador
A rain of ash from the Ecuadorian volcano Reventador has fallen on Monday over two provinces of that South American…
More than 12.000 years ago we already lived in Amazon
On July 1, the Chiribiquete National Natural Park was included in the list of World Heritage Sites by Unesco. There…
‘Saving the rainforest 2.0:’ New report makes recommendations for improving forest protection
Over the past decade, Norway has spent $3 billion to support efforts to keep forests standing in all of the…
Chiribiquete Natural Park declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco
The park is the largest in the Colombian Amazon with 2.7 million hectares and one of the most important wild…
President of Brazil delays promulgation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
One reason is the lack of payment, which prevents the country from being considered as part of the agreement Click…