The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources dedicated Saturday, September 16th to clean up the beaches and rivers around Puerto Plata.

The government of Nicaragua recently issued Decree 15-2017, tasking the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Marena) with the management of the Environmental Assessment System while maintaining the same budget, which is no more than 0.55 percent of the General Budget of the Republic.

Gold mines on a private farm in the mountains of San Carlos, Costa Rica, are drawing “hundreds” of men to leave their jobs in the pursuit of finding gold.

Incidences of garbage dumped under a bridge near Óvalo de Zapallal, a community north of Lima, have caused concern about health and environmental problems.

The destruction and exploitation of natural resources in Paraguay’s Western Chaco region have become so acute that citizens in the area along with international NGOs are urging the Paraguayan government to follow through on laws and promises to protect the land.

Tapirs live in forests throughout the Caribbean, but because of deforestation, they are in danger of going extinct. Initiatives have been created to help the population slowly grow again.

“Little progress has been made in predicting future [climate] disasters,” lamented Guillermo Gutiérrez, head of Peru’s Servicio Nacional de Hidrología y Meterología (SENAMHI). Still, “elaboration” projects could help officials and citizens to prepare better.

Protecting the Amazonian rainforest has now become an issue of international concern, with many citizens acting on their frustrations regarding the current environmental conditions.

Millennials are increasingly interested in making the world more efficient through business solutions.

Public Prosecutors of Mercosur and BRICS countries signed a joint statement on the prevention and suppression of environmental crimes.