Indigenous communities have inhabited the Amazon region for thousands of years. Today, their ancestry, values, and culture live on because of oral tradition.

Seven months into his term as president of Brazil, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro appears to be advancing the environmental destruction of the Brazilian Amazon and continues to deny the effects of his policies.

Although glyphosate has been at the center of many debates around the usage of chemicals on crops because of its effects on the environment and human health, it is important to note that all agrochemicals have an effect on these issues.

The senate passed a law on comprehensive waste management that, among other things, creates a tax on products that pollute the environment.

Over the past 50 years, Brazil has radically changed its role in the world in terms of food consumption.

The cultivation of salmon in the Patagonia region of Chile will likely lead to increased acidification and a decrease in oxygen levels in the surrounding ocean waters.

An international team of scientists measured the annual rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2017 and found that it could be happening at a 15% higher rate than previously estimated.

–Researched and Written by Madeleine Schneider— On July 9th, the mining company Grupo México spilled 3,000 liters of sulfuric acid into the Sea of Cortés outside of Guayamos, Sonora, in Mexico. The company oversees most mining in the country, but this is its 22nd environmentally threatening incident in 20 years. Local victims, including miners, as

–Researched and Written by Jadzia Walker— A leak in the Norperuano Oil Pipeline affected the surrounding indigenous communities, and was soon followed by another leak in July. The oil spills, not uncommon to the region, result in health, environmental, and economic problems sparking protests in attempt to demand dialogue and solutions from the Peruvian State

Certain communities of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, are at a high risk of dengue fever due to a dangerous level of trash accumulation.