New fish species discovered in northern Colombia
Colombia’s National University on Monday announced it had found three new fish species close to the Magdalena river valley in northern Colombia.
Colombia’s National University on Monday announced it had found three new fish species close to the Magdalena river valley in northern Colombia.
Animal trafficking is now the fourth-largest illegal industry in Colombia, after drugs, guns and human trafficking, reported RCN Radio on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Colombia’s government announced a massive amplification of the territory protected by the Chiribiquete Natural National Park in the heart of the Colombian Amazon.
A leading biologist has developed a unique use for Colombia’s traditional vallenato music, using it to encourage understanding and appreciation of his country’s rich biodiversity. Alvaro Cogello, thought to…
Over a period of five years an area of forest equivalent to two and a half times the size of Jamaica has been lost in Colombia, largely in regions…
Colombia is the first country to sign the Nagoya Protocol on biodiversity at an environmental conference at the UN headquarters in New York, Spanish newspaper ABC reports. The environmental treaty, which…
Photographer Francisco Forero Bonell’s new book, “Colombia Extrema,” is a photographic documentation of Colombia’s diverse landscape, Semana reports. The 160-page book brings together Forero’s best images of Colombia’s richest and…
“Bioexpo Colombia 2010 – A Natural Adventure,” a trade fair featuring environmentally friendly products and services, opens November 18 in the city of Neiva, Huila department. Bioexpo Colombia state on…
A study from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reveals that during the last 10 years scientists have discovered 1,200 new species in the Amazon region. “The study once again shows…