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RELEASE: 14 Latin American and Caribbean Countries Adopt an Ambitious Plan of Action to Improve Access Rights in the Region

By Lauren Zelin on April 19, 2013
Location: GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

Fourteen Latin American and Caribbean countries adopted an ambitious Plan of Action to improve access rights in the region, including access to information, public participation, and access to justice.

Coming Soon: Global Forest Watch 2.0

Global Forest Watch 2.0 is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system that unites satellite technology, data sharing, and human networks around the world to fight deforestation.

Reefs at Risk in the Atlantic/Caribbean

February 18, 2011

More than 75 percent of the coral reefs in the Atlantic region are at risk from local threats (i.e., coastal development, overfishing/destructive fishing, marine-based pollution, and/or watershed-base

MEDIA ADVISORY: CTS-Brasil, Challenge Bibendum Unite Latin American Mayors to Advance Sustainable Urban Transport

November 23, 2009

Tropical Americas (Reefs at Risk Regional Map)

September 25, 2008

About 9 percent of the world’s mapped reefs are found in this region, most of which are located along the Central American coast and off the Caribbean islands.

All that glitters is not gold: Balancing conservation and development in Venezuela's frontier forests

Marta Miranda with Alberto Blanco-Uribe Q., Lionel Hernández, José Ochoa G., and Edgard Yerena

April, 1998

Warns that allowing uncontrolled extractive activities in Venezuela’s Guayana region risks opportunities for economic growth and conservation. Identifies policy options for development plans with safeguard measures based on conservation, sustainability.