A “campesina” and a scientist were recognized for their efforts to preserve, protect and improve the environment. 

In Nicaragua, rivers have dried up, making fishing difficult.

Bark beetles affect 35% of the Honduran pine.

A Todo Pulmón, a non-profit environmental organization, cultivated 42 million trees in seven years, but the effort to protect Paraguay’s forests must continue.

A city treasurer, a policeman and a former official were part of the network of illegal mining that ended the Sambingo River in Cauca, Colombia.

Around 449 Matamata turtles were about to be taken illegally from the Amazon of Colombia. They belong to a species that lives in Puerto Carreño, in Vichada.

It seems less and less likely.   Sixteen months after Wang Jing took the first step in the construction of the Grand Canal, the 50 billion project continues without any sign of progress.

Citizens of the Yatebo, San Diego Loma district of San Pedro de Ycuamandyyú recently had to be proactive in a situation of deforestation where the authorities lacked initiative.

Uruguay’s Obras Sanatarias del Estado or OSE recently modified the Paso Severino dam to prevent water pollution. They decided to install a 110 kilometer fence around the St. Lucia river area, which the Paso Severino dam inhabits, in order to contain water pollution.

For many investors and for Honduras’ federal government, building the hydroelectric dam, El Tablón, represents multiple benefits, but for the residents of the village La Ceibita, this represents a threat to their homes.