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.

The Ministry of Rural and Land Development of Tarija, Bolivia conducted the 7th Departmental Meeting of Agricultural and Forestry Innovation and the 3rd Agricultural and Forestry Innovation Competition, entitled “Innovation and Sustainable Management of Water for Food Production.”

Conservation specialist of the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law, Samín Vargas, presented the question of how protected areas in Peru can be better managed and how the private sector can be involved.

Recent legislation in Nicaragua has deregulated many measures to protect the natural world along with eliminating Environmental Impact Studies (EIA).

Experts warn that the federal government of Brazil could cut the budget for environmental conservation by half in 2018. 

A recent study conducted at the University of Vermont found the mining industry far more culpable for destruction of the Brazilian Amazon than was initially believed.

As dangers of climate change continue to grow, the possibility for weather emergencies will simultaneously grow. In order to mitigate the potential devastation of these events, mayors in Nicaragua will soon implement risk management policies related to climate change.