ENCA produces 3 newsletters each year which are available digitally and in hard copy. The newsletters highlight both environmental struggles in Central America and the work of ENCA.


Newsletter 60: March 2014

Newsletter 60: March 2014

In this edition Tim Volkmann examines the issues of oil and gas exploration in Central America. Amy Haworth Johns takes a look at the links between drug trafficking and deforestation, and Doug Specht gives a roundup of the regions elections. This issue also contains a report by Martin Mowforth on some of our partner organisations in Central America, and an update on the El Gran Canal, along with much more!

Newsletter 59: October 2013

Newsletter 59: October 2013

In this edition Amy Haworth Johns explores the real cost of the Trans-Atlantic Canal and we hear more from James Watson on his flightless adventure visiting ENCA’s projects across Central America. Our friends at PROAH give an overview of the situation fced by opponents of the Agua Zarca Dam in Honduras and Doug Specht brings us more Mining News.

Newsletter 58: May 2013

Newsletter 58: May 2013

Honduran Human Rights defender Dina Meza talks of her struggles following her visit to the UK. We hear from James Watson as he reports back on our ENCA-supported ‘CMO cooker’ project and our presence at the 10th Election Observation Mission in El Salvador.

Newsletter 57: January 2013

Newsletter 57: January 2013

In this edition, we have a full account from James Watson on his ‘Flightless’ adventure across Europe and to Central America. Very banana-focused, this issue sees Dole begin to pay banana workers across Central America and an update from Banana Link revealing the harmful impact of pesticides upon indigenous children.

Newsletter 56: September 2012

Newsletter 56: September 2012

In this edition, Martin Mowforth looks past Fasucce’s newly acclaimed environmentalist front. We catch up on the latest news from the Nica-Tico Eco conflict and Pacific Rim vs. El Salvador. Stephanie Williamson exposes Costa Rica’s dependency on pesticides and James Watson explores the other aspects of Costa Rica’s battle for their environment.

Newsletter 55: March 2012

Newsletter 55: March 2012

In this edition Patricia Blanco explores the controversial Turtle “egg poaching” in Costa Rica and Tobie Roffey looks at how Costa Rica is putting its eco-reputation at risk. Barney Thompson updates us on the violence faced by journalists in Honduras, and Jason Searing shares the successes at Los Zorros Turtle Project in Nicaragua.

Newsletter 54: November 2011

Newsletter 54: November 2011

Our Marine Matters special explores the impact of people and corporations on these complex systems. Mangroves are a focus: Grettel Navas Obando introduces the notion of Blue Carbon; Stephanie Williamson reports on their contamination in El Salvador; and we look at the rise of shrimp producing ‘gangsters’ in Honduras.

Newsletter 53: July 2011

Newsletter 53: July 2011

We examine the true cost of gold in Honduras and report on a Salvadoran anti-mining champion being recognised internationally as an environmental champion. We cover the battle to protect indigenous cultures and biodiversity in La Moskitia and The Banana Coast, Honduras.

Newsletter 52: March 2011

Newsletter 52: March 2011

We pay tribute to the Costa Rican union leader Carlos Aguedro Mora and his campaigns against the notorious pesticide Nemagon. Didier Leiton Valverde and Antonio Ramirez report on the human rights abuses of anti-mining activists in E l Salvador. Clay Gordon details the unfair trade between Kraft and Belizean cocoa farmers.

Newsletter 51: November 2010

Newsletter 51: November 2010

How fair is Fair-trade? Didier Leiton Valverde and Nela Perle refer to the case of pineapples and bananas. We report on the inspiring Minat recycling project in Honduras. Lucy Goodman, Martin Mowforth and Banana Link write about Solidarismo, a controversial alternative to trade unions.