It’s 9 am and the rural district of Mount Airy in central Jamaica is already sweltering. As cars trundle along the region’s unpaved roads, chocolate-brown dust clouds burst from behind their back wheels.
This story was originally published on 1 June 2022 and has been updated.
The creation this month of a new marine reserve in Ecuador will secure a biological corridor for endangered species, including sea turtles, manta rays, whales and sharks.
As the sun rises across Mexico’s Sierra Gorda nature reserve, a golden light illuminates its nearly 400,000 hectares of mountains, gorges and valleys.
Set amid this vast wilderness is the Bucareli mercury mine.
Just after dawn, a metal door to the mine opens. The morning’s silence is broken by the dull sound of a generator and workers traipsing to their posts.
Every year humanity produces 280 million tonnes of plastic products that quickly become waste, including a bevy of single-use items. A good portion of those are shampoo, dish soap and laundry detergent containers.
Panama, 07 September 2022 – In the context of this year’s commemoration of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, under the the
Today, a major wildfire in France has destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and forced many people to flee their homes. Meanwhile, dry weather, extreme heat and strong winds have combined to fan wildfires across Europe, the United States and other parts of the world over the last few weeks.
Today, a major wildfire in France has destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and forced many people to flee their homes.
Panama City, June 25, 2021 - The Roadmap for the Progressive Closure of Dumpsites in Latin America and the Caribbean aims to establish the requirements and necessary steps to eliminate dumpsites in the region by 2030 and, thus, correct the impacts on health and the environment cause
San José (Costa Rica), 28 January 2022 - Environmental authorities of Latin America and the Caribbean observed today the 40th anniversary of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of the region with a special session to accelerate multilateral action in the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste crisis.
Kitchen wraps made from banana leaves. Eyeglass frames forged from recycled plastic bottles. And a multi-purpose cleaner no bigger than a pill.
These ideas are the winners of a new competition from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that’s designed to help counter some of the greatest environmental threats facing Latin America and the Caribbean.
