Taran Volckhausen

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Taran Volckhausen is a freelance writer based in Medellin, Colombia. He is also a former editor at Colombia Reports. Follow him on Twitter @tvolckhausen.

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Colombia scraps Amazon highway plans due to deforestation concerns

Taran Volckhausen 23 Mar 2018
María Chaverra, a social leader in the Curvaradó river basin, at home last month. Photo by Pablo Cuellar/Mongabay.

Colombian land defenders: ‘They’re killing us one by one’

Taran Volckhausen 9 Mar 2018

Colombian community leader allegedly murdered for standing up to palm oil

Taran Volckhausen 15 Dec 2017

Proposed Colombia dam threatens to wipe out endangered plants, disrupt river

Taran Volckhausen 26 Jul 2017

New highway brings deforestation near two Colombian national parks

Taran Volckhausen 21 Jun 2017

Rebel road expansion brings deforestation to remote Colombian Amazon

Taran Volckhausen 19 May 2017

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