The Nicaraguan National Zoo is releasing tapirs to increase their numbers in the wild, but conservationists worry about threats to the animals from hunters.
Constant flooding of businesses along Chinatown's main boulevard, caused by excessive litter and debris, means that city workers now must rebuild an outdated sewage system to better handle rainfall.
Heatwaves, floods, droughts and rising seas are among the threats that will intensify through warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report released in Stockholm.
Maduro would have addressed the annual U.N. General Assembly for the first time since becoming head of state following the death earlier this year of longtime President Hugo Chávez.
Organizers of the Planet, People and Peace Conference highlighted organic chocolatiers and an indigenous fair trade store as examples of environmentally-friendly and "sustainable" tourism.
