Mexican officials have decided it’s time for an environmental contingency program.

The jungles of Orinoquía, the peaks of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the rainy Chocó region, and the verdant Andean mountains, are home to some 3,300 species of butterflies.

Deforestation is a complicated issue for Latin American countries, especially Ecuador, where deforestation destroys about 80,000 hectares per year.

Peru’s Ocucaje region of the Ica province is proving to be a paleontologist’s playground.

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) indicated that the Sumidero Canyon and its inhabitants are at risk due to the environmental toll that limestone extraction and processing is taking on in the region.

The Ministry of Defense presented a report about Santa Lucía Airport’s environmental impact to the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources.

Chile’s average temperature has risen about 0.14 degrees Celsius yearly, compared to other countries’ yearly increases of about 0.1 or 0.11 degrees Celsius.

Colombian soil is being inefficiently farmed, with much of its available land being ignored or under-utilized.

Hunting, habitat destruction, and global warming are some of the factors contributing to the loss of animal species worldwide.

Chile is currently suffering a horrible drought.