Over the past decade, Latin America has faced a series of human-caused oil spills and climate disasters that have changed the face of the region. These disasters have left already vulnerable communities and ecosystems even worse off and facing crippling damages and risks that are ruining livelihoods and causing irreversible damage to nature.

What are the immediate and longer-term consequences of oil spills – and how can we best mitigate their toxic impacts or even prevent them from happening in the first place? In this episode, first aired in June 2022, we bring together Peruvian marine conservationist Daniel Caceres Bartra, Brazilian journalist Thaís Herrero, and UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights Marcos Orellana to discuss what should be done to lessen the ecological toll of oil spills in Latin America now and in the future.