Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrives in Brazil for COP30 climate conference
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrived in Brazil on Thursday to attend the COP30 UN...
Tag: Amazon
Coalition congressman arrested for illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon
While President Ivan Duque was talking about conserving the Amazon at the United Nations on...
Colombia’s largest natural park a world heritage site: UNESCO
Colombia’s largest nature reserve, Chiribiquete National Park, has become a world heritage...
Colombia’s endangered Amazon dolphin population cut in half every decade
Two kinds of river dolphin found in Colombia and the rest of the Amazon are quickly dying off and...
Deforestation in Colombia up 44% in 2016: report
Deforestation in Colombia went up 44% in 2016 compared to the year before, newspaper El Tiempo...
Colombia headed for serious water shortage by 2050
Colombia is the world’s 24th country with the most plentiful water resources on the planet,...
Paris climate talks: Colombia to receive $100M to combat Amazon deforestation
Colombia announced Monday that Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom have pledged $100 million...
Deforestation in Colombia up 16% due to mining, lumbering, coca and drought
Colombia lost 140,356 hectares of forest in 2014, 16% more than the year before, according to the...
Caymans released into the wild in Colombia in attempt to avoid extinction
For the first time, 21 young caymans were released into the eastern Vichada province of Colombia...
120,000 hectares deforested in Colombia in 2013
More than 120,000 hectares of Colombian land were deforested last year, the majority of which...
Colombia officially declares ‘Star River of the South’ as protected area
A 253,000 hectare site in the eastern Guainia state has officially been confirmed as protected...
Special unit to find missing soldier thought to be held by FARC in southern Colombia
Colombia’s government has deployed a specialist task force to find a lost soldier who fell...
