Although deforestation throughout Latin America has been a rapidly growing problem, many countries have luckily become aware of the social, environmental, and cultural impacts of deforestation and have begun attempting to slow down its growth.

In Paraguay, an ancient herbal concoction is being transformed into a vessel for economic progress and environmental protection under a new initiative recently released by the nation’s secretary of social action.

About 10% of protected lands (about 80 million km2) in Brazil are at risk of losing their protected status if newly proposed legislation is passed in upcoming months.

Lack of food, no established ecosystem, population growth, and pollution, are just some of the factors causing many bird species to migrate out of the Guatemalan capital.

Globalization has had disastrous effects on the environment in many South American countries.

Seeing obese pink dolphins is uncommon, unless they are in tourist sites where people are allowed to feed them. Many travelers flock to the Brazilian Amazon in hopes of seeing river dolphins.

Experts agree that there are at least five reasons why the city of Managua floods every time it rains, and they are deforestation, garbage, urban disorder, obsolete rainwater drainage, and the geographical position of the capital.

Manizales, located in the Colombian department of Caldas, was the center of a tragic landslide this past April, taking the lives of 17 people and displacing hundreds more.

Two Mexican parks have entered the network of UNESCO Geoparks.

Colombia ranks in 24th place among the countries with the most plentiful water resources, but experts worry that within 35 years it could face serious water shortages.