Wildfires have destroyed over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest in 2014
The first three months of 2014 have seen the loss of over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest during a countrywide drought, said local media on Tuesday.
The first three months of 2014 have seen the loss of over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest during a countrywide drought, said local media on Tuesday.
Two new wells opened in the northern deserts of Colombia on Monday, but scattered indigenous communities say they have no means of accessing the new water sources.
Almost $14, 000-worth of donations to drought victims in central Colombia are idling in a coastal port due to a bureaucratic hold-up, reported a local newspaper on Monday.
Regions throughout Colombia are suffering extreme drought, which has resulted in a series of forest-fires with a devastating impact upon the environment.
Colombia’s government has called on its citizens to take emergency and preparatory measures in the face of a protracted drought affecting large areas of the country.
Environmental authorities announced Friday that a devastating regional drought that has killed at least 20,000 animals in central-eastern Colombia now threatens a sizable portion of the country.
The mayor of one of Colombia’s biggest tourist towns, Santa Marta, has declared a state of emergency because of an ongoing drought crisis, local media reported on Thursday morning.
The Colombian government and locally operating oil companies will jointly look for underground water wells in order to combat an ongoing drought in the central east of the country that…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced on his Twitter page that the government will be taking measures against the drought that is currently devastating the Casanare region in central…