Four people were detained for financing the massive deforestation that took place in the natural reservoir of Campos Morombí, currently occupied by farmworkers who allege that there are 8,500 acres of fiscal surplus.

Bayano, which has the capacity to generate 260 megawatts, only supports 160 at this time due to the low quality of the dam.

While no vaccine exists yet, prevention remains the best way to fight the outbreak.

In a ceremony in Germany the conservation group Sharkproject International awarded Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís the dubious honor. 

Chile will receive the largest donation of land in all of human history.

Ecuador will appeal the The Hague’s decision that dismissed the order of annulment on various arbitral rulings on a lawsuit filed by Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company against the Andean country.

About 35 million cubic meters of forest biomass that are still in zones affected by Pine Bark Beetles will be extracted in the next two months, the government announced.

Twenty years have passed since the first Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) in 1995 in Berlin, Germany, which was created to prevent humans from dangerously changing the climate.

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of Rio’s Guanabara Bay not far from where events are being held at this year’s Olympic Games, environmental officials said.

In Abu Dhabi, the Mexican President affirmed his country’s commitment to the environment and to reducing climate change.