On the week of April 13, a pamphlet circulated in Guaviare, inviting the peasants to cut down the Amazon jungle, and declaring that international cooperation and scientific research institutes are the military objective on behalf of the State.

The forests of Argentina are home to many native communities and settlers who utilize the natural products of the area in their everyday lives and encourage the sustainable use of biodiversity.

During a global pandemic, the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) struggles to balance the health of workers and the indigenous along with the care of the environment.

In addition to the coronavirus health emergency, Mexico is facing the effects of raging wildfires.

–Researched and Written by Gisela Sarabia-Sandoval— Despite strict quarantine measures taken by some countries, public health initiatives, and numerous deaths from Covid-19, there have been positive impacts to the natural environment. Covid-19 has cut anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gases as travel and other economic activities have been put to a halt.

Environmental, social and human rights activist groups and indigenous communities brought together under the organization 350.org demand that governments protect both people and the environment in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2011, a conservation program in Ecuador has been trying to protect bats through the creation of conservation areas, research, and educational workshops for children and adults.

The Heavy Crude Pipeline (OCP) in the Ecuadorian Amazon suffered a rupture on Tuesday April 7.

Eliécer Cortez, the mayor of the Macaracas district, recently issued a burn ban including any burning of “pastures, garbage, and grasslands” in the district.

Air quality in Colombian cities is usually under control, however this year an abnormal amount of forest fires has made the levels of air contamination shoot up, not only in Medellín but also in Bogotá, Cúcuta and Bucaramanga.