Most people do not consider being an environmentalist life-threatening, but for those who oppose mining, forestry, and agricultural projects in Latin America it can be deadly.

A team of scientists in Colombia has discovered something unique about the light gathering patterns of the guayabo, a species of perennial tropical tree.

According to recently-published satellite data dating back 17 years, the world has lost an average of more than 200 km2 of primary forests per day.

Scientists studying Brazilian biodiversity have made harsh criticism of the new regulations set by the government for those working with animals, plants, and other organisms throughout the nation.

There is a condominium community in Antofagasta, Chile, that is known as the “Colectivos.”

Special and detailed attention is paid to rural areas in the United Nation’s seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda.

There has been a 23% increase in deforestation in Colombia’s Amazon forests from 2016 to 2017.

A conservation organization called Bosque Medicinal, which is made up of scientific researchers and members of the Gualaquiza community, has been promoting the curative properties of many plants that are endemic to southern Ecuador.

Due to constant climate change over the years as well as natural catastrophes, scientists investigate how much of it results from human action.

The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, fined plantation owners and indigenous groups R$2,7 million, after confirming the controversial cultivation of genetically modified corn and soybeans on four indigenous reservations in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.