The Inspector General’s Office intends to conduct a review of local authorities in eastern Colombia accused of privileging oil interests over a growing environmental crisis.
Drought in eastern Cololmbia is killing thousands of animals and causing state government to contemplate an environmental emergency.
Colombian farmers have suffered this week after a severe drought destroyed crops in more than 20 municipalities around the capital city of Bogota. “We lost everything, chard, lettuce and spinach,…
Colombian authorities declared a red alert for 15 municipalities in the southwestern department of Huila due to droughts and the resulting high risk of forest fires. Water shortages, both for…
NASA photos reveal a reduction in green spaces in the Amazon rain forest, indicating an unprecedented drought in 2010, a study published in Spanish newspaper El Pais revealed. “The green of the…
A report from Colombia’s Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) rings alarm bells over the future of the Andean nation’s glaciers, which it says could melt within the next…
One week into the rainy season and the drought that baked Colombia has has well and truly broken, with record rainfalls recorded around the Andean nation, reports Caracol Radio. Colombia’s…
Colombian Mining and Energy Minister Hernan Martinez announced Monday that the government is willing to sell electricity to neighboring nation Ecuador, to help overcome current deficiencies caused by drought in…
Colombia’s Office for the Prevention and Attention of Disasters (SIGPAD) said Tuesday that ten wildfires are currently burning in the Colombian courtyside, with almost 65,000 hectares of land devastated since January…