In an attempt to combat illegal deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest, the Ministério Público Federal (Federal Public Ministry) of Brazil reviewed 757 civil public action lawsuits against deforesters, accompanied by a request for R$ 1.5 billion in indemnities, as well as the reforestation of  95,700 hectares of forest.

The Arhuaco community began marching in order to repeal over 300 mining contracts and projects that they believe encroach onto their territorial lands.

The average loss of wooded forest area in Mexico has increased from 190,400 hectares lost in a span of ten years to 91,600 hectares lost in a span of five.

Uruguayan officials grow weary of the world’s leading paper producing company UPM’s expansion within the country as environmental concerns grow.

Climate change has doubled the number of natural heritage sites threatened by extinction, according to the Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN), which called for “urgent” measures on Monday.

When Costa Rica began taking steps to become carbon neutral by 2021, it was uncertain how the country would measure its progress or what tactics it would use to complete that goal.

Across Bolivia, inhabitants are experiencing on average a 31.2% loss of the drinking water distributed by the companies and cooperatives of the nine major cities, due to old pipes, bad and clandestine connections, waste, lack of meters, and theft.

The Gulf of Honduras has been inundated by a massive flow of trash from Guatemala through the Río Motagua, raising grave environmental concerns and heightening tensions between the two countries.

Although entrepreneur Joaquín Gamboa graduated from Sena in Medellín without a business practice, he took it upon himself to develop his own enterprise, Colorganics, through the use of the achiote plant.

The impacts of natural disasters reach far beyond the physical environment, imposing on social, economic, and environmental stability of vulnerable countries like El Salvador.