New deforestation, climate change, and dams could profoundly affect the Amazon’s aquatic diversity that has been forged by ancient environmental factors.

Since 2010, Chiloé has been designated by the United Nations as a World Agricultural Heritage Site for its conservation of traditional agriculture, environmental security, sustainable planning and biodiversity.

After five months of drought in the Chaco region of Paraguay, the country’s emergency forces are struggling to control the pockets of fire that are popping up daily in the region, and concerns grow about the effects that the fires will have on the environment and people’s health in the long term.

The Borari people weep for their land, their forests, and all the wealth that has been turned to ashes due to the greed of many and to governmental neglect.

The united efforts of citizens and municipal authorities are trying to bring back life to the dying forest of El Meredón.

After international outcry following forest fires in the Amazon, representatives from six countries in the Amazon region signed a pact promising to protect the Amazon.

The Ecuadorian Amazon is threatened by mining and oil drilling operations that continue to expand and impact large areas of the rainforest.

Paraguay’s current forest fire outbreak is worrisome because unlike before, it has begun burning important conservation areas affecting many indigenous communities.

In an effort to improve Uruguay’s biodiversity, Plantatón Uruguay planned an initiative to plant more than 500 native trees in the department of Artigas.

The Chilean drought seems to have only worsened in recent months.