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Televicentro and Emisoras Unidas held their annual tree-giveaway event on July 4–5, distributing 4,000 ornamental and timber saplings in Tegucigalpa and an unspecified number in San Pedro Sula, with support from both municipalities and volunteer groups.

Thousands of Eunica monima butterflies have swarmed Tegucigalpa and other parts of Honduras in an unusually intense annual migration that specialists link to climate shifts and accelerated breeding favored by heat waves followed by brief rains.

Coastal erosion in Cedeño, on the Gulf of Fonseca, has pushed back the shoreline 135 meters since 2004, destroying homes and livelihoods and driving young people to migrate abroad in search of economic survival.

Honduras's atmospheric agency confirmed the onset of an extreme El Niño phase, potentially bringing prolonged drought, high temperatures, and water scarcity that could affect agriculture, livestock, hydroelectric power, and drinking water for millions of Hondurans over the next year.

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.

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.