On July 30, 2019, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Environment published a list of over 400 endangered, threatened, and protected species indigenous and that are endemic to the country, with the goal of conserving local flora and fauna.

Nova Austral, a Norwegian salmon cultivating company, is under fire from environmental organizations for moving some of its operations from the Alberto de Agostini National Park to the newly established Kawésqar Reserve in the southern Magallanes region of Chile.

Officials ponder the fate of two endangered species in Honduras as the country celebrates the National Day of the Red Guara and the White Tailed Deer.

Environmental activists in Colombia are celebrating the decision taken by Eco-Oro multinational mining company to withdraw from its activities in Santurbán moorland.

Although world famous for their environmental beauty, the Galapágos islands can also allegedly be places of drug trafficking and illegal fishing operations. 

As part of a project called “Termosolar Panamá” sponsored by the Panamanian government and UN Environment, solar heaters will be installed in various governmental and private buildings, with the goal of boosting thermal solar energy usage in the country.

Along Playa del Carmen in Mexico, citizens, companies, hotel owners, and their own local government have gathered to combat a surplus of algae lining their seashore.

At the end of May, images of the trash accumulating off the Colombian coast near the Caribbean beaches of Puerto Colombia began to circulate throughout news sources and social media.

Uruguay has passed a law that will require the use of only nylon, biodegradable bags in stores across the nation in an effort to reduce the use of disposable plastic bags, which is projected to have a positive impact on the health of the marine turtle population.

Three faults that are distributed along the Panama Canal are active and could result in an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0 at any given moment.