Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Thursday that the Serrania de Chiribiquete park, the country’s biggest national park, will be extended by 1.5 million hectares. The extension will make…
Three Americans, one Spaniard and one Frenchman were forced to spend three days with dissident FARC guerrillas in Colombia’s eastern Amazonian region where they were kayaking. The release was confirmed by…
A Chilean tourists was rescued by authorities in northwest Colombia on Sunday after a three-hour walk in the forest had become a four-day quest for survival. Chilean Nicole Rios was found…
Authorities from Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, rescued a foreign tourist who had gotten lost in the city’s main nature reserve, Paruqe Arvi. The Dutchman was able to alert the authorities…
One of Colombia’s most iconic tourism destinations will remain closed to the public after protests by the local indigenous people. National Park Cocuy, located in the northeast of Colombia, was closed…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he had suspended the environmental license that allowed a US oil company’s subsidiary to explore fracking possibilities near one of the country’s most precious ecosystems.
Locals and Colombia tourism operators are furious after finding out the subsidiary of a US oil company is allowed to explore fracking possibilities near the springs of the Caño Cristales river, one…
Authorities in central Colombia have closed six national parks amid fears that drought caused by weather phenomenon “El Niño” could spur forest fires.
Colombia will declare six new natural national parks across the country in a move to conserve these ecosystems and protect this land from destruction as a result of mining and other activities.