Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz reserve is a protected rainforest roughly the size of Rhode Island. It teems with life: weeping fig trees, jaguars, passion flower butterflies, and charismatic rainbow ...

InSight Crime sat down with Ruiz to discuss Nicaragua’s poor track record of fighting environmental crime, efforts to halt illegal mining and deforestation and the ongoing work of Fundación del Río.

At the time, we were in the midst of an eight-month investigation into Nicaragua’s little-known deforestation crisis; the country is losing its forests at a faster rate than any other country in the ...

Nicaragua’s Bosawás and Indio Maíz biosphere reserves both experienced deforestation at the hands of illegal loggers, miners and cattle ranchers last year. Deforestation of the country’s ...

Purple represents cumulative deforestation. While Nicaragua is a relatively minor producer of beef compared with major exporters such as Brazil, its sales have steadily risen in recent years.

Deforestation is a considerable threat in ... The largest country in Central America, Nicaragua has been experiencing a number of ecological and environmental problems as the government does ...

While rampant deforestation is not unique to Nicaragua, Allgood said the situation is different from places like the sprawling Amazon, because Indio-Maiz is a "small area" where "it would not be ...

which are facing international pressure to stop the murders of Indigenous people and deforestation. Europe currently does not allow beef to be imported from Nicaragua; that could change if Nicaragua ...

Nicaragua, and Brazil. Particularly concerning is Brazil, a country that's home to 60% of the Amazon rainforest and the richest biodiversity on Earth. The country's amount of deforestation was at ...

While deforestation remains a major concern globally, a study published several years ago offered hope that even forests cut or burned down could regrow almost completely in just a couple decades ...

Deforestation is responsible for about 10% ... Kenya, Peru, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Mexico. These countries have "inadequate infrastructure and low levels of traceability ...

While rampant deforestation is not unique to Nicaragua, Allgood said the situation is different from places like the sprawling Amazon, because Indio Maiz is a "small area" where "it would not be ...