–Researched and written by Morgan Peterson The Mexican resort city of Cancún hosted the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in which 196 countries worked for 14 days towards reaching biodiversity targets.

Between 2015 and 2016 alone, 26,273 hectares of woodland in Guatemala were consumed by 598 separate forest fires.

Relentless construction is altering the appearance of the Paraguayan capital of Asunción and contributing to a dramatic increase in that city’s pollution problem.

Central America was hit with hurricane, earthquake, and tsunami alerts within the space of a few days.

Colombian authorities are seeking to establish better environmental protection laws once the recent peace accord with the FARC has been implemented.

Mercury contamination has spread throughout the Peruvian Amazon region, putting thousands of lives at risk.

The city of La Ceiba, Honduras, is currently facing two major issues – the prevalence of potholes in the streets and the abundance of trash that lines the city center and the adjacent neighborhoods.

According to a newsletter published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri), “Evolution of Production in the Forestry Sector,” 2014 saw the most deforestation, with a loss of 177,565 hectares, followed by 2015 and 2009.

In the heart of the region devastated by the Mariana oil spill, dying trees no longer stand. They were knocked over by the force of the sludge, and cleanup has been a slow process.

Gorgona Island, off the coast of Colombia, has made headlines recently, because of the controversial construction of a coastguard tower on the Pacific side of the Island.