Academics in the jungle of Peru have innovated a way for people who previously had no electricity to have access to light at night using the resources readily available to them. 

Monsanto has been told to hold off on its operations with genetically modified seeds in the North American country until an official consultation with indigenous communities can be held. 

On Amazon Day, a British minister praised Brazil as a champion of climate change for tackling deforestation, though Brazil still loses forest the equivalent of the territory of Israel every four years.

The European Union held a seminar in Quito to discuss the impact of climate change in Ecuador and to optimize support for projects that seek to mitigate its effects.

President Morales and other leaders started planting trees in Oruro.

Structural rupture threatens a glacier in Lake Argentina’s ecosystem.  The glacier is currently acting as a dam between the majority of the body’s water mass and a smaller offshoot of the lake. 

Drought in Nicaragua has led locals along with domestic and foreign Red Cross officials to turn to new forms of irrigation in order to beat the lack of rain. 

Rapid deforestation in Paraguay is causing alarm among the locals, who worry that their way of life and even their health could become affected. 

Given that the problems associated with El Niño and La Niña will likely worsen, it’s time to move beyond “emergency” actions and redefine environmental management. 

With all eyes set on the inflation rate and the price of the dollar expected for next year, few people are paying attention to the dramatic drop in environmental funding.