Honduras Environment News

Polo's Water, which serves West End on Roatán Island, is expanding wastewater treatment, micrometering, and environmental education to ensure 24/7 potable water access while reducing waste and protecting local ecosystems.

Plantatón HN handed out more than 3,500 free seedlings to residents of Tegucigalpa on Sunday, with plans to continue monthly distributions through November to boost reforestation and environmental awareness.

Honduras's agricultural science agency is strengthening the genetic traits of corn, rice, and beans to improve their resilience to drought and climate-change impacts.

Honduras's fire service reports over 900 wild animals rescued this season as spreading blazes destroy habitats, drive deer and owls into urban areas, and dry up streams and springs that communities rely on for drinking water and farming.

Honduras recorded 1,007 forest fires during the extended dry season, scorching 93,634 hectares nationwide, with Olancho suffering the worst damage and officials warning of serious risks to water supplies.

The Los Laureles and La Concepción reservoirs serving Tegucigalpa hold only 36.6% and 42.2% of their respective capacities, maintaining a high-risk water alert for the capital as authorities urge rational use.

Residents of Azacualpa, Copán, elected a Maya-Chortí Indigenous Council to defend their territory against Minosa, which continues operating despite its concession expiring in 2023 and having destroyed the community's ancestral cemetery.

Biology students at UNAH's Cortés campus are fundraising to pay for specialized veterinary care for César, a boa constrictor rescued after being found with severe injuries including a machete wound near its head.

Honduras's Special Environmental Prosecutor has filed charges against two defendants for illegal exploitation of natural resources and unauthorized development in Villanueva and La Pita village within the Merendón Reserve near San Pedro Sula.

The Armed Forces' Environmental Protection Battalion confiscated two scarlet macaws and a red-fronted parrot in Catacamas, Olancho, and is providing veterinary care before releasing them back to the wild as part of efforts against illegal wildlife trafficking.

CaribX (UK) Limited, a British company with no prior oil experience, holds 55% of a hydrocarbon-exploration concession in Honduras's Moskitia as the non-operator alongside Bermuda-based H2P as the 45% operator, yet six years of exploration results remain undisclosed to the public.

Honduras granted a 2013 oil concession covering 35,256 square kilometers of Caribbean waters in La Moskitia, a UNESCO World Heritage site, without consulting the four indigenous peoples living there, violating international law.

Honduras's armed forces planted over 12,000 seedlings across multiple regions, including 2,000 mangrove trees to restore two hectares of wetlands in Cortés, as part of a coordinated effort to recover forests and protect water sources.

Honduras's environmental prosecutor's office has identified unauthorized cabin construction in the Panacam nature reserve near Santa Cruz de Yojoa and launched an investigation.

Honduras's congressional environment committee is drafting a climate-change law that would establish regulatory standards to help the country mitigate effects of El Niño, drought, and other climate impacts on infrastructure and production.

The Televicentro-led Plantatón HN reforestation campaign has surpassed 57 million trees planted across Honduras and is launching its 2026 edition, with a major public distribution of more than 3,500 trees set for June 7 in Tegucigalpa.

The arrest this month of the alleged killer of Carlos Luna, a forest-rights activist murdered 28 years ago, has brought some relief to his family and renewed attention to the dangers faced by environmental defenders in Honduras.

A decree transferring authority over the El Merendón mountain range to the national forestry agency ICF has alarmed the local conservation group Guardianes del Merendón, which warns of deforestation and threats to San Pedro Sula's water supply.

Honduran Armed Forces, coordinating with the Forestry Conservation Institute and local schools, planted 5,000 pine seedlings across reforestation sites in Olancho, Lempira, and the Distrito Central ahead of Arbor Day.

Conservation group PRO-ALAS, in partnership with government and local tourism authorities, released eight scarlet macaws along the Cangrejal River near Pico Bonito National Park — the first wild population of the species in the region since the 1960s.

National Party congressional leader Carlos Cano called for a national drought-preparedness program, including agricultural extension workers in productive departments like Olancho, warning that repeated climate shocks risk pushing small and mid-size farmers into food crises.

Over 40 years, the Gulf of Fonseca communities of Cedeño and La Puntilla have lost up to 100 meters of coastline to sea-level rise, destroying homes and businesses and driving residents—many of them young people—to migrate to the United States.

UMAPS director Gustavo Boquín warned that if rains don't continue, Tegucigalpa's water supply—already at historic lows with some neighborhoods receiving service only once a week—could face severe shortages between late July and early August when the annual dry spell begins.

Honduras's environmental prosecutor FEMA secured formal charges against four individuals for illegal tree-felling and unauthorized urban development inside La Tigra National Park.

The National Police conducted a reforestation event in Las Delicias, Juticalpa, Olancho, planting more than 200 trees as part of an environmental initiative.

Honduras's National Road and Transport Directorate planted 300 mahogany and oak trees in green spaces around the capital, aiming to improve air quality and promote environmental responsibility.

Honduras's Forest Conservation Institute (ICF) confirmed that the El Merendón protected reserve near San Pedro Sula will remain under municipal management following public opposition to a proposal that would have changed its legal status.