Environmental protection has become top priority in Brazil.

The Argentinian government presented a report outlining the lack of infrastructure and ecological awareness within the management of 100 municipalities.

San José has four years to decide what to do with its trash.

Hidden between mountains just west of Bogotá, is a small village in the middle of what seems like the Garden of Eden.

Illegal trade, along with degradation and loss of habitat, threatens the more than 20,485 species which constitute Nicaragua’s biodiversity.

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.