Mexico’s Federal Agency for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA), in coordination with the Mexican Navy (SEMAR), discovered more than 10,000 turtle eggs trapped in nine nylon sacks and abandoned on Morro Ayuta Beach in the San Pedro Huamelula municipality in Oaxaca on January 27.

Government authorization to partially lift the prohibition on the trade of Crocodylus acutus, which has been threatened by mass hunting in the past, has been received with strong disapproval across the country. 

A report from the NGO Global Witness estimates that over 130 thousand harvest areas have been chopped down illegally in Peru over the last ten years.

National parks in Colombia seem to be under attack. Not only the parks themselves, but also their rangers, have recently faced an increase in crime.

Despite providing an opportunity for economic development, the tourism industry in the Colombian Amazon is suffering from a lack of regulation.

Future climatic conditions are uncertain, but the possible development of El Niño could result in less rainfall during the first six months of the year.

Populations of numerous birds prevalent in specific regions of Colombia are being threatened by climate change, according to the 2017 report of The State and Tendencies in Continental Biodiversity in Colombia.

Over the last year, awareness campaigns in Uruguay have promoted a reduction in the use of plastic bags.

Experts from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) have sent out a warning regarding the apparition of poisonous marine organisms that have been found in the shores of Cocles beach.

In Xalatlaco, México, Governor Alfredo del Mazo presented the Management Program for Improving Air Quality called ProAire 2018-2030.