A scientific investigation calls for the creation of a new protected area in the Galápagos to preserve the health and safety of the environment and its inhabitants.

–Researched and Written by Stephanie Goncalves— The Brazilian mining sector is an important player in the generation of resources through sales in the national and international markets. This sector moves other sectors through the supply of extracted raw material, such as in construction, automobile, aerospace, and other industries. It is not uncommon for the Armed

–Researched and Written by María Rosero— At 35 years old, the first female President of the Indigenous Waorani, Nemonte Nenquimo, was awarded the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize on November 30th following her continuous community leadership as a defender of environmental and ancestral rights and indigenous territory from oil extractivism.

The Amsterdam-based company, Pluspetrol Norte, announced efforts to retract its oil company from Peru, despite public environmental concerns over operations.

A worldwide acknowledgement of the effect of the current climate crisis pushes South American countries to look beyond coal as a means of energy.

The Fifth Commission of the Colombian House of Representatives recently approved an initiative which would ban single-use plastics.

President Iván Duque and Environmental Minister Carlos Eduardo Correa announced the total prohibition of shark fishing in Colombia.

Conservationists’ efforts in protecting endangered species and biodiversity in the forests of Ecuador focus on creating protected wildlife reserves.

November 29th is the International Day of the Jaguar, a day to commemorate and bring attention to the great feline that lives in the Amazon and surrounding areas in Brazil and Peru.

OEFA fined Tamshi SAC approximately 36 million dollars for deforestation and ordered the definitive halt of all cocoa producing operations.