Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm Administration’s plan to scrap drilling-free buffer zone around New Mexico site prompts scrutiny from Unesco The Guardian - US · Aug 20
‘A cemetery of trees’: vast green expanses turned to dust as loggers plunder South America’s Gran Chaco Jaguars, giant armadillos and ocelots among species threatened by shrinking habitat in one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025
Oral histories and now DNA of Picuris Pueblo link their ancestors to Chaco Canyon A federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. for the first time has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
New Mexico extends ban on oil and gas leasing around Chaco park, an area sacred to Native Americans New oil and natural gas leasing will be prohibited on New Mexico state land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park for the next 20 years The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023
Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was supposed visit Chaco Culture National Historical Park The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2023
In South America's remote Chaco, deforestation uproots natural rhythms In the vast Chaco forests of northern Argentina, Noole rests from the fierce sun in the scented shade of dark carob trees on a small farm where her family grows watermelons and potatoes to eat or sell at market. Reuters · May 15, 2023