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Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler and municipal leaders from Yoro met with community representatives to coordinate efforts addressing sediment buildup in the Cuyamapa, Humuya, and Ulúa rivers, which threatens five municipalities and requires environmental recovery and flood-risk reduction.

The National Congress's environmental committee met with Honduras's forestry institute to assess the bark beetle infestation affecting 488 hectares in Yoro Department; officials say rainy conditions are providing time to implement control measures before the pest spreads.

Environmental prosecutors are investigating the unauthorized clearing of a road through a protected water-source buffer zone in Morazán, Yoro, where inspectors found illegal logging to create vehicle access.

A National Congress member from Yoro has called on Honduras's Forest Conservation Institute to take drastic measures to halt the spread of the destructive bark beetle pest, which threatens forests nationwide.

Farmers and livestock producers in Yoro have lost an estimated 150 million lempiras (about $6 million) to drought, with corn crops failing, milk production down 40%, and cattle herds shrinking as pasture vanishes and rural employment collapses.

A prolonged drought in Yoro has killed at least 400 head of cattle in the municipalities of Olanchito, Arenal, and Jocón, prompting a congressman to call for an emergency assessment by agricultural and disaster-response authorities.

Yoro department hosts nearly one-seventh of Honduras's documented socio-territorial conflicts, many tied to disputes over land, water, and mining, prompting civil-society researchers to hold a regional dialogue on the findings.

Environmental prosecutors inspected the protected zone of the Río Oloma in El Negrito, Yoro, after a report of illegal cutting of mahogany, hormigo, and sangre trees.

More than 600 farmers in Yoro are facing severe drought as rainfall has dropped sharply compared to 2025, with communities calling on the government for emergency assistance as grain supplies dwindle.

A severe drought across at least 30 communities in Yoro's Alto Aguán region has left livestock without food or water, forcing ranchers to buy fodder and haul water to keep herds alive while cattle die of starvation.