GameChangers 2025: The Unstoppable Rise of Environmental Crime
In 2025, environmental crimes spread into corners of the Amazon Basin that had so far largely escaped the rampant plunder…
The 3 Biggest Threats to Indigenous Communities in Peru’s Amazon
In Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous communities face an escalating threat from organized crime, yet remain largely invisible to the state, according…
6 Illegal Economies Threatening Latin America’s Ecosystems
Criminal organizations behind environmental crimes and other illicit economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are placing the region’s vast…
GameChangers 2024: Global Cocaine Networks and Trump 2
Increased cocaine production delivered an extra $25 billion in earnings to transnational organized crime in 2024, ensuring greater criminal sophistication…
Protected Areas: Illegal Timber Strongholds in the Bolivian Amazon
For years in Bolivia, high-value woods like cedar and the mara variety of mahogany have been felled to feed domestic…
Vanishing Trees and Lakes: Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon
Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. The main driver of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy –…
Bolivian Amazon Faces Threats From All Sides
In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes…
Verdict Near in Emblematic Murder Trial in Peruvian Amazon
Environmental activists and indigenous communities in the Amazon are awaiting a verdict in the emblematic case of the Saweto murders,…
Amazon Protection Pact Falls Short on Tackling Organized Crime
South American nations have signed a landmark pact to protect the Amazon rainforest, but the agreement fails to offer comprehensive…
Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Amazon Tri-Border Regions
Scattered domestic laws and competing interests intersect in the tri-border regions of the Amazon. Commitments to protecting its wilderness change…