Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) and the Brazilian government have never quite seen eye-to-eye, and that has not changed with Bolsonaro’s administration.

With the return of the Canal to Panama, people settled in its river basin And because of the cutting down of trees by that population, the Canal river basin has been negatively affected.

The jungle community was able to stop the destruction of their forests.

In 2019, forest fires raged in the Amazon rainforest, affecting not only Bolivia and Brazil but Latin America and the world as a whole.

Representatives of the Citizen Movement against Climate Change attended the United Nations COP 25 conference in Madrid to discuss the risks that Peru faces due to the lack of climate policies.

A report published in Science Advances magazine has warned of the detrimental effects of climate change and deforestation on the future of the Amazonian rainforest.

Dengue cases have skyrocketed in Paraguay, specifically in areas of Asunción and the Central Department.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has raised concerns about the state of the environment in his first year of presidency.

The Guatemalan area of a mangrove system connecting with mangroves in Belize, Mexico, and Honduras lives under the constant degradation caused by illegal activities in the area, from drug trafficking and mining to the illegal monoculture of African palms.

One of Santo Domingo’s biggest concerns is the deficiencies in the collection of garbage throughout the sectors of the area.