Civilization’s scorched earth: how humans colonize the Amazon forest in southern Colombia
Fires are raging on the edge of the Amazon forest in southern Colombia. Ranchers and farmers are burning down the lungs of the earth for cattle and coca.
Fires are raging on the edge of the Amazon forest in southern Colombia. Ranchers and farmers are burning down the lungs of the earth for cattle and coca.
Deforestation in Colombia went up 44% in 2016 compared to the year before, newspaper El Tiempo reported on Thursday. Based on statistics provided by the country’s institute for meteorological and…
President Juan Manuel Santos encouraged fellow Colombians to “embrace nature” as he introduced the “Forest Wardens Heart of the World” program last week in northern Colombia, reported El Heraldo. The indigenous Arhuaco people…
Colombia has witnessed a major rise in deforestation following the departure of the Marxist-inspired rebels from their former territories of control, reported Colombian magazine Pacifista. Over the past few months…
Colombia announced Monday that Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom have pledged $100 million to combat deforestation in the country’s Amazon region.
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.
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.
Eight problematic deforestation areas caused primarily by illegal logging and mining have been identified by the Colombia’s Ministry of Environment and the country’s Hydrology Institute of Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam), local…
Colombia has lost more than 295,862 hectares of forest to deforestation between 2011 and 2012, the Environment Ministry revealed on Monday.