Latam Eco Review: Peru’s first environmental court

Below are summaries of the most popular stories by our Spanish language service, Mongabay Latam, from the week of May14 -20. Among the top articles: an environmental court seeks to stop environmental crimes in the most deforested region of Peru. In other news, with elections around the corner in Colombia, experts take a closer look at candidates’ environmental positions; the majestic Hyacinth macaws of Bolivia fight to survive; and the Cofán people of Ecuador protest mining on their lands. The image above from the vast Mongabay archive, of a red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), a species native to Australia and New Guinea, was the most popular on Latam’s social networks. An environmental court created for the most deforested region of Peru Peruvian Supreme Court President Duberlí Rodríguez inaugurates the first environmental court in Madre de Dios. Image courtesy of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Peru The first environmental court of Madre de Dios will have a caseload of 3000 environmental complaints. Mining, illegal mining and forest destruction are the most constant and relevant problems of this region. Colombia: How is the environment faring in the presidential elections? The #ColombiaSustainableVote campaign seeks to put the importance of creating inclusive, equitable, and low-carbon socio-economic development that sustains the country’s enormous biodiversity at the forefront of the presidential campaigns. Next Sunday Colombians will elect President Juan Manuel Santos’ successor. Fourteen environmental organizations came together to call attention to the environment, a theme often neglected in campaign discussions. Their ‘traffic light’ ratings gave…

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