Despite being one of few countries that qualify as mega-diverse, Mexico suffers from wide-spread impunity for crimes committed against the environment, from underreporting of those crimes to a lack of pursuit of justice for them.
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In Brazil, NGOs are not among the suspects of an investigation conducted by the Federal since August to find those responsible for the “Dia do Fogo” or Day of Fire in the Amazon.
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The number of beaches, rivers, islands, and mangroves affected by oil in Brazil has totaled 494, according to a report released by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama).
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Tatiana Espinoza, a forest engineer, came to respect the Shihuahuaco tree while working on a piece of land she purchased in the Peruvian Amazon.
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“Telefónica joins the commitment to the environment through the Permanent Cellular Recycling Program initiated in 2006, becoming the first cell phone operator in Mexico to implement cell phone recycling for the public,” said Telefónica México.
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Argentina’s Ministry of Agriculture, Cattle Raising, and Fishing has created the Board of Environmental Agroindustrial Competition to address growing concerns over climate change.
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A drought in Paraguay led to lower water levels along the Paraguay River. A viral video raised public awareness of the refuse along the bank of the river, leading to citizens demanding action and support from authorities.
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Less than two months after the forest fires in the Amazon, Brazil faces new ecological disasters, and the consequences are already having an effect.
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The Ortega regime promises to reduce emissions of 11 million tons of carbon dioxide over the next five years with its plan to conserve forests in the protected areas of the Caribbean.
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“Thick mud descended like a tsunami,” recalled fireman Leonard Farah in a new book listing accounts of the 2015 Mariana disaster, released under the title Além da lama (Beyond the mud), as the 4th anniversary of the disaster came around on the 5th of November.
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