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South American indigenous peoples close territories in response to COVID-19

Yvette Sierra Praeli 14 Apr 2020

Using satellites to alert an Amazonian indigenous community of coca encroachment (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Apr 2020

Colombian indigenous groups rush to protect elders, leaders from COVID-19

Taran Volckhausen 10 Apr 2020

National parks pay the price as land conflicts intensify in Colombia

Taran Volckhausen 24 Mar 2020
Deforestation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Record-high global tree cover loss driven by agriculture

Liz Kimbrough 10 Mar 2020

Pope makes impassioned plea to save the Amazon — will the world listen?

Justin Catanoso 17 Feb 2020
Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Early deforestation numbers for 2019 reveal trends in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Feb 2020

Despite foreign aid, Colombia struggles to rein in Amazon deforestation

Taran Volckhausen 29 Jan 2020

For Colombia, 2019 was a year of environmental discontent

Antonio José Paz Cardona 28 Jan 2020

Colombia’s ‘Heart of the World’: Mining, megaprojects overrun indigenous land

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jan 2020
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

2019: The year rainforests burned

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2019
Sunrise in East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tropical forests’ lost decade: the 2010s

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2019

Arhuaco community of Colombia allows scientists to photograph ‘lost’ toad

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2019

COP25: Laura Vargas inspires with power of faith in defense of forests

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2019

Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound

Jenny Gonzales 6 Dec 2019

Researchers urge sustainability as palm oil tightens its grip on Latin America

Antonio José Paz Cardona 20 Nov 2019

Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands

Álvaro Avendaño, Diana Velasco 8 Nov 2019

Toxic river: Mining, mercury and murder continue to plague Colombia’s Atrato

Frederick Gillingham, Melisa Valenzuela 10 Oct 2019

Settlers, soldiers and insurgents close in on Colombia’s indigenous Jiw

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 9 Oct 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

As the Amazon burns, Colombia’s forests decimated for cattle and coca

Antonio José Paz Cardona 26 Sep 2019

Oil palm, cattle and coca take a toll on Colombia’s indigenous Jiw

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 24 Sep 2019

Deforestation increase dovetails with armed conflict in Colombia, study finds

Antonio José Paz Cardona 18 Sep 2019

‘A green desert’: Mammals take a hit in Colombia’s oil palm plantations

Megan Stannard 16 Sep 2019

Latin America saw most murdered environmental defenders in 2018

Yvette Sierra Praeli 29 Aug 2019

Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa besieged by deforestation and armed conflict

Julián Sáenz, Semana Sostenible 19 Aug 2019

Colombian investors push Pacific port project, threatening biodiversity hotspot

Taran Volckhausen 18 Jul 2019

Colombia registers first drop in deforestation since 2016 FARC peace deal

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jul 2019
Small-scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Colombia gasoline fueling cocaine production

Taran Volckhausen 28 Jun 2019
Indigenous protesters and self-proclaimed river defenders demonstrate against Brazilian dams. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

‘You don’t find orchids; they find you’: Q&A with botanist Edicson Parra

Gianluca Cerullo 6 Jun 2019
El Paujil reserve. Photo courtesy IUCN.

Colombia’s El Paujil Reserve expands in dying Magdalena Valley

Kimberley Brown 4 Jun 2019

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