In March 2020, as Bogota’s coronavirus quarantine began, a white smog hung over the city, coming from fires burning in Nukak National Nature Reserve, nearly 400 kilometers, or 250 miles, away. Jenny Cueto is the head of the 855,000-hectare (2.1-million-acre) Nukak National Nature Reserve, which lies in Colombia’s Amazon and is home to one of … Continue reading Double blow to Colombian Amazon and Indigenous groups from armed militants, COVID-19