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Amazon

In Ecuador, ‘toxitours’ show the scars left by oil in the Amazon
Guided tours take visitors to abandoned flares and pools of oil, and share stories of wider health and environmental impacts – as well as grim warnings for the future
Reflection of man on surface of mud puddle
Extreme weather

Southern Brazil’s farmers, on the frontline of climate crisis
a group of by-the-wind sailors drifting in the water
Biodiversity

Our ocean: From freedivers to fish, Phang-nga to Puerto Madryn
A translucent squid hands from a fishing line at night
Fisheries

In Indonesia, tin mining threatens an age-old fishing tradition
winding waterway with beach and bushes
Rivers

No plain sailing for Brazil and Uruguay’s new waterway
line of vehicles with headlights on highway at night
Civil society

Communities sink Uruguay’s first motorway
'No to the Punilla' painted on rock overlooking river
Dams

Chile revives controversial Punilla reservoir project
aerial view of a village with densely packed red-roofed houses surrounded by lush green forest
Indigenous peoples

The long road to recognition of Indigenous lands in Seko, Indonesia
aerial view of the port of Belém and the Guajará Bay
Infrastructure

Hopes and doubts as an Amazon city prepares to host COP30

Highlights

shirtless man standing in forest near tall fan palms
Oil

Ecuador’s oil referendum polarises Indigenous groups
Some communities in the Amazon voice support for oil projects, with the country set to vote on the future of reserves in Yasuní National Park this Sunday
sun peeking out from behind large group of coconut trees
Palm oil

Revitalising coconut farming in Southeast Asia
Coconut has been left in the shadow of palm oil in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, but there are signs of a revival
aerial image of a solar plant in the middle of the desert
Solar

The largest solar farm in Latin America, at what cost?
Indigenous communities are protesting the environmental and cultural impacts of Mexico’s Puerto Peñasco solar plant
Ecosystems

Mekong Delta shrimp farmers’ enthusiasm for working with mangroves is waning
Leaving space for mangroves among the shrimp farms of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has been a win-win for aquaculture and the environment, but farmers say the economic benefits of the model are slowing
Pouring dark beans into a large spoon
Food security

In Kenya, seed banks help with food security
Personas caminando en una zona montañosa
Conservation

Acción Andina: The NGO on a quest to reforest the Andes
A staff working through a rooftop solar plant
Mining

The problem with potash: Thailand’s salt-encrusted fields
Small silver fish surrounded by brightly coloured anemones
Conservation

Diálogo Chino’s best photo stories of 2023
A rancher on motorbike herds his flock into an enclosure at dusk
Desertification

Salt storms sting herders on the Mongolian Plateau
Protesters hold a large white banner with blue and red text
Rivers

Uruguay in muddy waters as it looks to avoid another crisis
heavy equipment and construction on port
Trade

Peru’s megaport reshapes Pacific trade – and the town next door
Aerial view of the Pastos Grandes salt flat and lagoon
Lithium

Latin America eyes the lithium boom, but opposition endures
Two men stand on a beach in front of a fishing boat
Conservation

The Mexican community who saved a mollusc from collapse
Aerial view of hydroelectric plant near forested area
Hydropower

In Ecuador, riverside communities feel impacts from hydropower push
close up of a clump of oysters in a gloved hand
Biodiversity

Restoring Hong Kong's oyster reefs: a photo story
a person with a beef skewer in his mouth
Beef

Is beef losing ground in South America?

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