Creating a “greener” environment, both literally and figuratively, more than 30 inmates of the all-women Santa Marta Acatitla penitentiary are working together to build vertical gardens along the periphery of the freeways.

Given the presence of oil in the Amazonia region, the year 2016 “marked a before and after in the environmental history of Peru.” 

In a world driven by fossil fuels, our most vital resource remains water. Colombia is blessed with biological wonders, including high mountain ranges and lush forests, but this past week saw a victory for wetland conservation in particular.

Santa Olga used to be a town of over one thousand houses, most of which were bought using state subsidies, and almost all of which were destroyed in a fire on January 25th of this year.

A controversial plan to pave a new highway through Colombia’s Amazonian region is the subject of heated debate among government officials, developers, and environmental agencies.

The construction of a new tourist center in Necaxa, which was introduced and halted in 2014, has been reinitiated by the current government.

Military and firefighting personnel arrived in Chile to help combat the forest fires that have affected the central and southern parts of the country.

The lack of legislation regulating distribution and proper management has resulted in persistent water shortages in some regions.

Forest fires are affecting large portions of Chile’s Region VI, and the government has declared a state of emergency in multiple provinces.

A study conducted by thirty national institutions over more than ten years has found that 46.31% of flora in Cuba is in danger of extinction.