Playa Brasil, Playa Azul, and Salinas del Marqués are covered with lumps of heavy oil.

The Living Planet report found that since 1970, Latin America has lost 94% of the populations of monitored species, including mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish.

The pro-environment movement, hashtag Agro é Fogo (Agriculture is Fire), has released its third 100-page dossier that underscores the links between fires in Brazil’s biomes, land conflicts, and the policies put in place by the federal government.

Damage in the region has environmental, cultural, and economic consequences.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: Women and the environment are inextricably linked, according to journalist and environmental activist Eliane Brum.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: Officials are rushing to develop solutions.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: Colombia was the fourteenth nation of 24 to ratify the Escazú Agreement. The agreement provides for access to environmental information and guarantees access to justice for defenders of the environment.

Issue Sep 28-Oct 04 2022: The deputy minister for mining in the Dominican Republic, Miguel Ángel Díaz, has cited that only 1% of the island’s territory is being used for the exploitation of minerals.

Issue Sep 28-Oct 04 2022: In 2021, a group of 15 authors published an article about the search for the existence of intact ecosystems characterized by the diversity and flourishing of animals and plants in habitats untouched by humans.

Issue Sep 28-Oct 04 2022: Left-wing leaders in Latin America have a complicated history with the environmental policies they claim to promote.