As it celebrated its 20th anniversary, the Cordillera Azul National Park (PNCAZ) continued to serve as an important model for conservation practices.

The Chilean Agricultural Commission of the Chamber of Representatives approved a series of new articles modifying the law that created the Servicio de Biodiversidad y Áreas Protegidas (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service).

With 35.6 million cows in the country, cows and specifically the cattle farming industry represent an important source of economic compensation and development for Mexico.

In the Chilean municipalities of Quintero and Puchuncaví, at least 75 people, 50 school-aged children among them, were poisoned due to high levels of contamination produced by the area’s heavy industry.

If the current situation continues, 1,303,186 tons of plastic are predicted to be present in the marine region of the Northeast Pacific by 2025.

A new report from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) detailed the low participation of the country’s large firms in environmental initiatives.

Although deforestation from illegal mining has been reduced by the 2019 Mercury Plan, illegal and informal activities and high metal prices have shifted illegal extraction to other regions, affecting ecosystems and dozens of indigenous communities.

A study conducted by a team of experts demonstrated that major lakes in the Andes Mountains will disappear in the coming decades.

Scientists carrying out an expedition to restore and conserve the corals of the Rosario National Park in Colombia witnessed the mass arrival of tourist boats while visitors stood on top of these endangered animals, hastening their death.

Rising concerns have emerged about the status of the Yanomami people, who reside on federally demarcated indigenous land in Brazil.