South America

• Biden Fades Out of the Picture in Talks With World Leaders
• Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red
• Biden Visits Amazon, Vowing Help to Fight Climate Change
• Argentina Mulls Exiting Paris Climate Deal
• Where There’s Joy in a Terror Bird
• COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation
• A Major Push to Protect Nature Is Happening Now
• An Alarming Glimpse Into a Future of Historic Droughts
• Climate Change Is Scorching Stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil
• A Climate Fund Could Pay Billions to Protect Trees in Amazon and Beyond
• The Fires That Could Reshape the Amazon
• Colombia Is the Deadliest Country for Environmental Activists, Report Finds
• Meet the Team Climbing Trees in the Amazon to Better Understand Carbon Stores
• In Brazil, Wildfires Roar Across the Pantanal as Rare Wildlife Dies
• An Indigenous Author Offers Ancestral Answers to Today’s Environmental Crises
• Early Wildfires in Brazil Threaten Pantanal Wetlands and Cerrado Savanna
• 22 Years Ago, He Disappeared in an Avalanche. His Body Was Just Found.
• American Climber’s Body Found on Mountain Peru After 22 Years
• G7 Leaders, Expanding the Circle, Shift Focus to Migration and the South
• Flooding in Southern Brazil: Images of Rio Grande do Sul Underwater
• API Announces Strategic Partnership with the Brazilian Petroleum and Gas Institute
• How to save a pristine valley
• The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
• ‘Narco-deforestation’ and the future of the Amazon
• This Bird Is Half Male, Half Female, and Completely Stunning
• EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds for Cleanup at Scorpio Recycling Superfund Site in Puerto Rico
• Promoting tradition and fostering ecotourism
• Hard truths about inclusive conservation
• Administrator Regan to Highlight Climate, Equity, and Youth Leadership in Visits to Mozambique and Ghana
• In Colombia, a Park for Anacondas and Anteaters, Where Ranchers Are Now Rangers
• Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula
• A corridor for blue whales, humpbacks, and more marine wildlife
• Sustainable fishing and saving sea turtles
• Javier Milei, a ‘Mini-Trump,’ Could Be Argentina’s Next President
• What the Amazon needs now
• Dozens of Amazon River Dolphins Found Dead in Brazil
• Grilling the world’s biggest meat producer
• Why we need a nature positive future for the ocean
• U.S. EPA Completes Typhoon Mawar Recovery Mission Assignments in Guam
• Winter Heat Wave Grips Chile, Argentina and Other South American Countries
• How Venezuela’s Oil Industry has Devastated the Environment
• May Ocean Temperatures Hottest on Record, NOAA Reports
• Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves
• EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for the Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co. Superfund site in LaSalle, Illinois
• EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and University of Iowa Announce Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference
• EPA Celebrates the 2023 Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth and Educator Awards in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina
• Biden to Pledge $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil
• After She Traded One Patagonia for Another, Tragedy Couldn’t Keep Her Away
• A Proud Ship Turned Into a Giant Recycling Problem. Brazil Plans to Sink It.
• Why Dolphins Help Fishermen in Southern Brazil
• The Sunday Read: ‘Has the Amazon Reached Its “Tipping Point”?’
• Meet the New Guardian of the Amazon
• Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?
• 3 ways the US is taking action to protect biodiversity
• Your Wednesday Briefing: A Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
• Conservation highlights of 2022
• Expectations Run High as an Exuberant Lula Speaks at Climate Summit
• What’s next for the Amazon?
• Tropical Storm Julia Forms in the Caribbean
• How Tree Rings Helped Identify a Rhode Island Whaler Lost at Sea
• Chile’s Constitutional Fight Over Climate Change
• What Fungi Can Teach Us
• Securing Colombia’s Heritage
• Rainforest Politics in Brazil and Congo
• Fish are at the center of conflict. Saving fish stocks can build peace
• Deforestation Is High, Despite COP26 Promises
• Supporting the Indigenous economy in Putumayo, Colombia
• The newest climate report looks grim. Here’s why we still have hope.
• The War for the Rainforest
• Ukraine War Ushers In ‘New Era’ for Biden and U.S. Abroad
• Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest
• Biden Administration Cancels Mining Leases Near Wilderness Area
• Mining of Lithium, Key to the Climate Fight, Faces New Scrutiny in Chile
• Chile Writes Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On
• Thomas Lovejoy, Wide-Ranging Ecologist and Amazon Rescuer, Dies at 80
• Chile, una nueva Constitución y el cambio climático
• Brazil Flooding Kills at Least 20 and Displaces Thousands
• Chile Rewrites Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On
• A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land
• Amazon Deforestation Soars to 15-Year High
• How Leather Seats in Luxury SUVs Fuel Amazon Deforestation
• Sea Shepherd Tracks Down and Exposes Notorious Chinese Squid Fishing Fleet off the Galapagos Islands
• Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’
• Your Daily Coffee Habit Is About to Get More Expensive
• Illegal Fishing Vessels Intercepted as Peruvian Prosecutors Sail on Sea Shepherd Ship
• Can Massive Cargo Ships Use Wind to Go Green?
• The Biologist Who Fell to Earth
• Sea Shepherd Embarks on Long-Term Conservation Effort to Protect the Dolphins of the Amazon River
• “One Health” and COVID-19, one year later
• Global Cactus Traffickers Are Cleaning Out the Deserts
• Bolsonaro Seeks International Funding for Amazon Protection
• Biden Wants World Leaders to Make Climate Change Commitments
• Silica-Silver Plastic Film Kills Coronavirus on Contact
• Dreams During Pandemic Reveal Fear, Mental Suffering
• Former U.S. Climate Leaders Press Biden on Amazon Deforestation
• Suriname Could Be Latest Big Oil Find as Industry Cuts Costs
• Leapin’ Lizards: Argentine Tegus Run Wild in Georgia
• 5 Fabulous Facts About Hogfish
• Administrator Wheeler Concludes U.S.-Brazil Environmental Framework Dialogue
• Witnessing Peru’s Enduring, if Altered, Snow Star Festival
• My Favorite Facts About Leatherbacks
• What Happened to South America’s Missing Mega-Mammals?
• Why Do Seahorses Look Like Horses?
• Brazil Pantanal Scorched by Fires
• Sea Shepherd Signs Agreement with Peru to Help Establish New Marine Protected Areas and Mitigate Threats to Marine Biodiversity
• 6 Ways to Support Sustainable Fisheries From Home
• New State Management for Red Snapper is Driving Overfishing
• ‘Going in the Wrong Direction’: More Tropical Forest Loss in 2019
• Iconic Species That Call the Everglades Home
• Billions Could Live in Extreme Heat Zones Within Decades, Study Finds
• Reveling in the Enigmatic Beauty of Easter Island
• Wait…What’s a Blue-Footed Booby?
• ‘It Changed So Fast’: Oil Is Making Guyana Wealthy but Intensifying Tensions
• How Do You Make a Less Toxic Blue Dye? Start With Red Beets
• Small Steps to Reduce Food Waste
• Amazon’s 2019 Burned Area Trends Parallel Past 18 Years
• Changing Lives with Rollerskis
• What’s Next For the Young Plaintiffs Who Sued the U.S. Government?
• Ghost Gear Reflections and Resolutions
• France to Partner with Brazil States on Amazon, Bypassing Bolsonaro
• ‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year
• Sea Shepherd To Illuminate Empire State Building To Honor Its Commitment For The Oceans
• Sea Shepherd To Illuminate Empire State Building To Honor Its Commitment For The Oceans
• Violence in Chile Pushes UN Climate Conference to Spain
• 2020 National Trade Estimate Report: ACC Makes 21 Recommendations to Reduce Trade Barriers between the U.S. and 8 of its Trading Partners
• Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming
• In the Amazon, Fires Steal Breath, but Smoke Smells of Money
• Spain Agrees to Host Key Climate Talks After Chile Pulls Out
• Learning, Sharing, Acting for the Ocean in Oslo
• Why Amazon Fires Keep Raging 10 Years After a Deal to End Them
• Dispatches from Chile
• Winning Global Youth Contest Videos Star Eco-Solutions
• The Science on Ocean and Climate is Dire. We Know What to Do, Now is Our Time to Act
• NOAA is Helping Us Bring the Fight Against Ocean Plastic to the Big City
• Fires Destroy Amazon Rainforest at Record Pace
• Amazon Fires Prompt Alarm in Europe, and Anger at Brazil’s Government
• APEC Chemical Dialogue: Critical For the Success of Chemical Manufacturers
• New Brazilian Monkey Already At Risk of Habitat Loss
• 6 Sea Turtles You Need to Meet
• Bolsonaro Fires Head of Agency Tracking Amazon Deforestation in Brazil
• Oil Spill Fouls Pristine Patagonian Waters
• The case for the right kind of logging in Peru
• How to Prepare for a Fin-tastic Shark Week
• What’s the difference between climate change mitigation and adaptation?
• The Difference Between Electric Eels and True Eels
• Jaguar: the amazing Amazon big cat
• A Plan to Mine the Minnesota Wilderness Hit a Dead End. Then Trump Became President.
• NGOs Buy Grazing Rights to Protect Argentina’s Species
• Protecting the Peruvian Amazon
• Just one-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing
• 5 Ocean Creatures with Sweet Dance Moves
• Mysterious Orca Could Be a New Species
• The Four Types of Forests Around the World
• What’s a boreal forest? And the three other types of forests around the world.
• Sea Shepherd Uses Depictions of Tortured Animals to Fight Against Plastic in the Oceans
• Exploring the natural world through the lens of a camera
• 5 Whales to Love this WHALEntine’s Day
• Brazilian Mine Tailings Dam Breaks, Killing Dozens
• Tracking the Chinese Squid Fleet in the South Pacific – Part 2: A City on the High Seas
• Reduced-Impact Forest Management: A Pragmatic Solution for Conservation in the Tropics
• Reduced-Impact Forest Management: A Pragmatic Solution for Conservation in the Tropics
• Reduced-Impact Forest Management: A Pragmatic Solution for Conservation in the Tropics
• How São Paulo State Bill can be a turning point for Brazil’s waste management policies
• How São Paulo State Bill can be a turning point for Brazil’s waste management policies
• How São Paulo State Bill can be a turning point for Brazil’s waste management policies
• Argentina Protects Wonders of the Patagonian Sea
• 8 Octopuses You Need to Meet
• 5 of the Coolest NOAA Fleet Finds
• ISDS as a Catalyst for Growth: The U.S. Chemical Industry’s Case for Stronger Investment Protections Under the USMCA
• Handcrafted beauty from around the globe
• Mega dam project could drive Argentina’s hooded grebes to extinction
• New partners join national governments to fight climate change
• Plans for mega dams put Argentina’s Santa Cruz River—its wildlife, local livelihoods, and Perito Moreno Glacier—at risk
• Tracking the Chinese Squid Fleet in the South Pacific – Part 1: Voyage to the Galapagos
• In Peru, pink river dolphins are tagged with transmitters for the first time
• Celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Ocean Champions
• Japan’s Proposal to Resume Commercial Whaling Denied
• A Major Win for the Whales
• 5 Fin-credible Facts About Whale Sharks
• Seven unsung ecosystems we need to survive
• Colombia’s free-flowing Bita River gains international protection
• Colombia’s Serranía de Chiribiquete is now the world’s largest tropical rainforest national park
• International Paper and WWF Join Forces to Help Create First-Ever Science-Based Targets for Forests and Scale-Up Forest Restoration in Brazil
• Detained and Deflagged – World’s Largest Fish Factory Vessel Rendered Stateless
• Peruvian Conservationist Suffers Assassination Attempt
• Largest Fish Factory Vessel in the World Arrested and Seized
• It’s a Mermaid, it’s a Sea Cow, it’s a…Dugong?
• Nations Prepare to Implement Paris Climate Agreement
• Catching Some Rays
• An important win for the world’s largest tropical wetland
• Scientists to Florida’s Flamingos: Welcome Home
• New Parks: Peru, Ecuador Safeguard Pristine Rainforest
• St. Helena 2018: Shark! Fins on! Splash!
• Ten Facts about Big Cats on World Wildlife Day
• G20 Countries’ Public Coal Financing Reaches Five-Year High
• There Are a Bunch of New Primates on the Block, and They’re Already in Trouble
• 5 interesting facts about the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland
• 5 interesting facts about the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland
• NY Releases Master Plan to Grow Offshore Wind Power
• New Plan Maps Out Prime Locations for Offshore Wind in NY
• Pope’s Visit Highlights Gold Mining Problems—and Solutions
• Chilean Courts Protect Patagonia’s Puelo and Cuervo Rivers
• Something Fishy: The Trouble with Atlantic Salmon in the Pacific Northwest
• Don’t Mine What’s Mine: Boundary Waters Threatened Again
• Sea Shepherd Concludes Research Expedition on Elusive Cuvier’s Beaked Whales
• Sea Shepherd Concludes Research Expedition on Elusive Cuvier’s Beaked Whales
• Celebrating the biggest conservation wins of 2017
• Protecting progress in the Brazilian Amazon
• Tagging river dolphins for the first time: WWF and partners boost conservation efforts in the Amazon
• For the first time, WWF and partners tag river dolphins in the Amazon to boost conservation efforts
• Latin America Green News: 11/27 – 12/7/2017
• Voces Latinas en Bonn
• Latino Voices in Bonn
• Latin America Demonstrates Leadership at COP23
• Creating a future for healthy forests in Bhutan
• Latin America Green News 10/30 – 11/05/2017
• Implementing the Paris Agreement: 1st Year Progress Report
• International Climate Action Continues: Key Trends at COP23
• Latin America Green News 10/23 – 10/29/2017
• Saving the Cerrado, Brazil’s vital savanna
• Latin America Green News 10/8 – 10/12/2017
• Our Ocean 2017: The Buzz on Ocean Planning
• Green Banks Sprout Green Shoots at 2017 Green Bank Congress
• WWF welcomes the 2017 class of conservation leaders
• Chile Safeguards Ocean at S. America’s Southern Tip
• These Species Have Hung On for Millions of Years. Will the Trump Administration Push Them to Extinction?
• Out of the Darkness and into the Light
• Discover Hispanic heritage at these historic sites
• Latin America Green News: 8/18 – 8/24/2017
• Latin America Green News: 8/11 – 8/17/2017
• Missing from U.S. & Mexican NAFTA Plans: People & the Planet
• When a Rare Jaguar Attack Becomes a Conservation Opportunity
• Indigenous Groups Against Corporations in Latin America
• Indigenous Women: Defending the Environment in Latin America
• Week 28: Trump’s Wall Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Break Laws (Environmental or Otherwise)
• Other Countries Are Giving Up Gas-Powered Cars—Will the U.S. Ever Hop Aboard?
• Green Investment Banks: One Way Forward in Latin America
• The Border Wall Is Underway . . . Right in the Middle of a Wildlife Refuge
• The Real Lowdown: The Trump and Congressional Republican Assault on Our Environment, Vol. 21
• Venezuelan Bird Feared Extinct for 60 Years Found
• What is a wetland? And eight other wetland facts
• Why Are G20 Governments Financing Coal Over Renewables?
• India as a Climate “Front Runner”: Financing Clean Energy
• India Green News: India will Implement Paris Pact & more
• With a Few Creative Touches, Pollution Masks Become Symbols of Hope
• International Standard Helps Utilities Fight Climate Change
• Trump Can’t Stop This: China, India, and Mexico Make Strides
• Attention dust bunnies: You’re safe from BPA
• Scaling up climate finance in Latin America
• Latin America Green News: 6/16 – 6/22/2017
• Latin America Green News: 6/9 – 6/15/2017
• This Tiny Seabird’s Colossal Migration Is in Danger from All Sides
• Universal Backlash From Leaders on Trump’s Paris Blunder
• Collaborating With African Scientists to Act on Ocean Acidification
• Latin America Green News: 6/2 – 6/8/2017
• World Oceans Day Comes at a Critical Time for High Seas
• Latin America Climate Action Critical After US Paris Retreat
• Can a Chlamydia Vaccine Save Koalas?
• Latin America Green News: 5/19 – 5/25/2017
• Latin America Green News: 5/12 – 5/18/2017
• Thirty Countries Push for Implementation of Paris Agreement
• Latin America Green News: 4/21 – 4/27/2017
• 5 Surprising Facts About Penguins
• Latin America Green News: 4/14 – 4/20/2017
• Latin America Green News: 4/7 – 4/13/2017
• INSIGHTS: Mining Peru’s Andean Forests Puts Unique Species, Ecosystem at Risk
• Killer Colombia Mudslide a Climate Change Wakeup Call
• Art Meets Nuclear Science in Brazil
• Trump Can’t Stop This: Positive Trends on Emissions
• Latin America Green News: 3/24 – 3/30/2017
• World Vows to Act Despite Trump’s Failed Climate Leadership
• Latin America Green News: 3/17 – 3/23/2017
• Giant Land Donation Safeguards Chile’s Wild Patagonia
• Latin America Green News: 3/10 – 3/16/2017
• F&ES in Patagonia and Santiago, Chile
• Latin America Green News 2/24 – 3/2/2017
• Trump’s New Executive Order Risks Coastal Communities
• Latin America Green News: 2/17 – 2/23/2017
• Latin America Green News: 2/9 – 2/16/2017
• Latin America Green News: 2/2 – 2/9/2017
• ‘Extreme’ Chilean Wildfires Worst in Decades
• Oregon Is Having a Tiny Home Boom
• Latin America Green News: 1/27 – 2/2/2017
• What It Takes to Be the Perfect Spouse (According to a Penguin)
• Latin America Green News: 1/12 – 1/18/2017
• When This Artist Sees a Blank Canvas, He Gets Out His Snowshoes
• With a Major Oil Discovery, Guyana Is Poised to Become a Top Producer
• Latin America Green News 12/22/2016 – 1/16/2017
• Will there be enough fish to feed the world in 2050?
• Fixing the Pane Point
• Latin America Green News: 12/15 – 12/21/2016
• Rare Brazilian Songbird Finds Refuge in a Dry Land
• Latin America Green News: 12/2 – 12/15
• State and International Governments, Tribal Nations, Businesses Join Forces to Combat Ocean Acidification
• Brazil Vows to Restore Degraded Land
• Latin America Green News: 11/19 – 12/1/2016
• Celebrating the biggest conservation wins of 2016
• Preventing Marine Debris, One Straw at a Time
• Puget Sound Braces for the Worst: A Green Crab Plague
• What It Looks Like When Street Art Hits the Amazon
• Latin America Green News Special Report: COP22 | Marrakesh
• Falling to the plow: North America’s Grasslands losing more habitat than the Brazilian Amazon
• Latin America Green News: 10/24 – 11/9/2016
• Zero Pathways for Approval of Kinder Morgan Tar Sands Pipe
• Fueling U.S. Truck Fleets Is Destroying the Amazon
• Force Under Central Andes Plateau’s Giant Dome Revealed
• Latin America Green News: 10/13 – 10/20/2016
• Latin America in International Climate Treaties
• Countries Adopt Kigali Amendment to Phase Down HFCs
• 2016’s Biggest Climate Win Achieved: India Focus
• Kigali HFC Update #2: Ambition Hangs in the Balance
• Honoring Indigenous Resistance
• Latin America Green News This Week: 9/29 – 10/5/2016
• Dangerous Hurricane Aims for Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica
• Heads Up, Endangered Species: Scientists Are Spying on You
• Latin America Green News: 9/20 – 9/28/2016
• Cities Are Key Players in the Fight Against Climate Change
• Momentum Builds for Montreal Protocol to Be Big Climate Win
• More Countries to Formally Join Paris Agreement Next Week
• Brazil just ratified the Paris Agreement
• Brazil Ratifies Paris Climate Agreement
• Footballing Icon Neymar Jr. Targets Deadly Threats to Wildlife
• Sea Shepherd Crew’s Life Threatened by Mexican ‘Cartels’ in The Gulf of California
• Governments and international organizations pledge stronger partnerships for green economy
• With our planet at the crossroads, the future of conservation depends on science
• Exploring the Remote Midway Atoll
• A Win for Chile’s Rivers as Endesa Returns Water Rights
• Where G2O countries stand in joining the Paris Agreement
• Critical Measures to be Debated at Global Conservation Event
• Latin America Green News This Week: 8/17 – 7/24/2016
• When Invasive Species Strike the Third World, People Can Starve
• Obama Designates Maine’s North Woods as National Monument
• Silicones help athletes perform in Rio
• Latin America Green News: August 10 – 17, 2016
• This interactive map can help preserve the Amazon rain forest. Here’s how.
• Brazil’s Amazon Hot, Dry and Ablaze
• Energy Efficiency Standards Achieve Olympic-Sized Savings
• Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: 3 Things to Know
• Can Rio Survive the Olympics?
• Latin America Green News This Week: 7/28 – 8/3/2016
• What I Saw in China Will Help Change the World
• Zika Goes Viral in the U.S.
• Deforestation in Brazil – another roller-coaster story in a nation of contrasts
• World’s Best Ocean Athletes
• Sea Shepherd Legal Enlists Public’s Help to Save the Imperiled Guiana Dolphin
• The Amazon’s athletic animals
• Defeating Zika – More Common Sense, Less Toxic Chemicals
• Latin America Green News This Week: 7/21 – 7/27/2016
• A Sixth Olympic Ring Sits Atop a Brazilian Waterfall as a Symbol of Natural Unity
• Report: Major ecosystem losses in Canada’s boreal since 2000
• Latin America Green News This Week: 7/14 – 7/20/2016
• Vienna HFC Update #2: Countries Engage and Bargaining Begins
• India Green News: Climate Change; Clean Energy; Health
• Trilobites: After 300 Years of Collecting, Nearly 12,000 Amazon Tree Species Are Found
• Latin America Green News This Week: 7/7 – 7/13/2016
• Chile’s Capital Wins 2017 Sustainable Transport Award
• Latin America Green News This Week: 6/30 – 7/6/2016
• Latin America Green News This Week: 6/23 – 6/29/2016
• Nanotechnology – A small part of big solutions
• For those unable to attend Admitted Student Open House!