BN Americas By Tania Herrera Many countries in Latin America are struggling to overcome environmental and social conflicts that are delaying mine expansions and...
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UN: States must act now to protect indigenous peoples during migration
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Peru’s vast lithium discovery: A risky economic boon?
A vast deposit of hard-rock lithium could bring riches to Peru, but it also poses environmental and societal questions. The megaproject would take place in an...
Latin America’s environmental challenge
Peru’s indigenous Andean and Amazonian women are driving an economy based on distribution and ancestral knowledge about ecology, the environment and culture, which...
UN agriculture agency digs in to help forests and farms build resilience to climate change
Millions of small-scale farmers will be better equipped to withstand the negative impacts of climate change while at the same time improving livelihoods, thanks to a...
Efforts to reduce air and climate pollutants in Latin America could reap immediate health benefits
Poor air quality and climate change are already impacting vulnerable populations and ecosystems in the Latin American and Caribbean region, resulting in premature...
Escazú Agreement: Be a part of history! Turn your country into a leader in environmental protection
This 27 September 2018 your country will have a historic opportunity: to join the most important human rights and environmental protection agreement in Latin America...
Deadliest year On record for land and environmental defenders, as agribusiness is shown to be the industry most linked to killings
Global Witness today reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed last year – indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists...
Americas: States must reverse rising tide of attacks against environmental human rights defenders
Amnesty International In response to the findings that the NGO Global Witness published today in its annual report, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty...
Why 2017 Was the Deadliest Year for Environmental Activists
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First legally binding instrument on human rights and the environment adopted in Latin America and the Caribbean
UN After four years of intense negotiations, 24 Latin American countries adopted last March a legally binding instrument to implement Principle 10 of the Rio...
Stakeholder engagement for the 2030 Agenda: How transformative, inclusive and accountable is the implementation and monitoring process around the globe?
High Level Political Forum 2018 Side Event 16 July 2018, 18.30: Conference Room 4, UN Building (the first four bullet points are from the introduction by Astrup and...
The G20 agenda on infrastructure financing- Key concerns and actionable recommendations
Civil 20 Argentina 2018 Infrastructure is key for achieving sustainable development and for improving conditions for people living in developing countries. When it...
World Bank releases report on Tax evasion policies in Africa and Latin America
World Bank has released a research paper called ‘Tax Evasion in Africa and Latin America: the role of distortionary infrastructures and policies’ which is...
How conservation became colonialism
Indigenous people, not environmentalists, are the key to protecting the world’s most precious ecosystems. Foreing Policy In February, a group of Cofán men dressed in...
Americas: Treaty to protect environmental human rights defenders is a vital step forward
Amnesty International The signing of the first legally binding agreement to protect access rights in environmental matters in 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries...
Stop The Murder Of Environmental Defenders In Latin America
Huffingtonpost The Murder of Berta Cáceres In March 2016, I went to Mexico to receive the Mayahuel Award for human rights and environmental work at the Guadelajara...
Latin American countries sign legally binding pact to protect land defenders
New treaty compels states to investigate and punish killings and attacks on people defending their land or environment The Guardian Officials from 24 Latin American and...


















