The destruction and exploitation of natural resources in Paraguay’s Western Chaco region have become so acute that citizens in the area along with international NGOs are urging the Paraguayan government to follow through on laws and promises to protect the land.

Tapirs live in forests throughout the Caribbean, but because of deforestation, they are in danger of going extinct. Initiatives have been created to help the population slowly grow again.

“Little progress has been made in predicting future [climate] disasters,” lamented Guillermo Gutiérrez, head of Peru’s Servicio Nacional de Hidrología y Meterología (SENAMHI). Still, “elaboration” projects could help officials and citizens to prepare better.

Protecting the Amazonian rainforest has now become an issue of international concern, with many citizens acting on their frustrations regarding the current environmental conditions.

Millennials are increasingly interested in making the world more efficient through business solutions.

Public Prosecutors of Mercosur and BRICS countries signed a joint statement on the prevention and suppression of environmental crimes.

The National Service of Protected Areas authorized the fishing of Paichi, an invasive fish that inhabits multiple freshwater bodies throughout Peru.

A mining project worth millions was recently rejected in Chile due to environmental risk.

Last seen three decades ago, El Sapo Andino reappears in Ecuador.

The clearing of vast extensions of natural forest and other ecosystems in areas that were thought to be inhospitable and sparsely inhabited – largely because of the armed conflict – is revealing that they were neither so protected nor so inaccessible. What is behind deforestation which stifles the lungs of the planet?