Colombia is the world’s 24th country with the most plentiful water resources on the planet, yet experts believe that within 35 years it will face serious water shortages, reported El Espectador…
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Colombia announced Monday that Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom have pledged $100 million to combat deforestation in the country’s Amazon region. Paris climate talks: Colombia to receive $100M to combat…
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Colombia lost 140,356 hectares of forest in 2014, 16% more than the year before, according to the South American country’s meteorological institute IDEAM. Deforestation in Colombia up 16% due to mining,…
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More than 120,000 hectares of Colombian land were deforested last year, the majority of which occurred in the Amazon region, according to the Colombian government’s first annual report on deforestation.…
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A 253,000 hectare site in the eastern Guainia state has officially been confirmed as protected under an international treaty after being signed by President Juan Manuel Santos, a presidential declaration…
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Scientists from the Humbolt Research Institute for Biological Resources will travel to Colombia’s southeastern state of Vichada on Saturday, to begin an initiative to protect an unspoiled tributary of the Orinoco…
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Colombia’s Minister of Environment confirmed that after conversations with the Ministry of Mining the government will declare the Estrella Fluvial de Inirida river area protected as the country’s sixth Ramsar…
For the first time, 21 young caymans were released into the eastern Vichada province of Colombia Tuesday, with the hope that the species will avoid extinction despite being at risk due…
Colombia’s government has deployed a specialist task force to find a lost soldier who fell from a helicopter and has now reportedly been kidnapped by the FARC, local media reported…
The Colombian government has developed a program to reduce the deforestation rate in the Amazon region, which will be implemented if a peace agreement is reached with the FARC during…