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Deforestation for oil palm plantations in Sabah in 2012.

PalmWatch platform pushes for farm-to-fork traceability of palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2024

Soraida Chindoy: the Indigenous guardian defending the sacred Putumayo mountains

Natalia Pedraza Bravo 19 Mar 2024

Son of Cali Cartel leader tied to Colombia-Hong Kong shark fin trafficking

Mongabay Latam, OCCRP and Armando Info 6 Mar 2024
The Bolivian Amazon has been affected by illegal mining and oil incursion.

In the Amazon, what happens to undesignated public lands?

Timothy J. Killeen 29 Feb 2024
A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,

Ecuador, Colombia and the Guiana Shield join the planning of sustainable land use

Timothy J. Killeen 28 Feb 2024

Colombia adds hundreds of species to list of threatened flora and fauna

Maxwell Radwin 22 Feb 2024

Low implementation of land use maps in Andean countries affects conservation outcomes and agricultural productivity

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Feb 2024

Land distribution in Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 14 Feb 2024

In Colombia, race is on to save 8 rare tree species found nowhere else

Astrid Arellano 14 Feb 2024
Dorado catfish. Image courtesy of Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá via Macaulay Library.

Amazon catfish must be protected by the Convention on Migratory Species COP-14 (commentary)

Mariana Varese 8 Feb 2024
A farmer cuts cacao pods from the tree in Colombia.

New agrarian courts in Colombia raise hopes for end to land conflicts

Aimee Gabay 7 Feb 2024
Remberto Gil shows three varieties of corn

Indigenous Zenú turn to ancestral seeds, agroecology to climate-proof their farming

Monica Pelliccia 6 Feb 2024

From murder to mining, threats abound in Colombian Amazon Indigenous reserves

Dora Montero 5 Feb 2024
A storm in the Bolivian Chaco.

A coalition created by a demand for land is splintered by a competition for territory | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Feb 2024
Wetlands in the San Miguelito area, Bolivia.

How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America

Timothy J. Killeen 31 Jan 2024

Terra Legal program to regularize small property owners | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Jan 2024

INCRA as a regulatory agency | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Jan 2024

Hotter seas lead to coral bleaching along Colombia’s coast, 2023 expeditions find

Antonio José Paz Cardona 25 Jan 2024
Yuly Velásquez, an environmental defender from Barrancabermeja.

Courage & calm despite attacks: Q&A with Colombian activist Yuly Velásquez

Aimee Gabay 19 Jan 2024

Agrarian reform agencies and national land registry systems in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 18 Jan 2024

The dynamics of violence in pursuit of land in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Jan 2024

Obtaining a certified legal title in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 10 Jan 2024

Forest restoration planned for Colombia’s Farallones de Cali National Park

Maxwell Radwin 9 Jan 2024

Land in the Pan Amazon, the ultimate commodity: Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 9 Jan 2024
Danilo Villafañe in the Sierra Madre in Colombia in 2010. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indigenous leader Danilo Villafañe dies at 49 in trying to save drowning women in Colombia

Rhett A. Butler 30 Dec 2023
Activists protesting at Glencore's coal mining site in Cerrejón, Colombia.

Reports allege abuses by Glencore in Peru and Colombia, and the banks funding them

Aimee Gabay 27 Dec 2023

Other financial systems in the agricultural practice of the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Dec 2023

Coordinated community response saves manatees stranded in Colombia

Antonio José Paz Cardona 18 Dec 2023

Bird-watching offers potential for conservation & economy in Colombia’s Guaviare

Santiago Wills 15 Dec 2023

Rural finance in the Pan Amazon: the Brazil success case

Timothy J. Killeen 14 Dec 2023

Roundtables and certification schemes in the Pan-Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Dec 2023

Colombian Amazon park rangers face violence, threats by illegal armed groups

David Tarazona 12 Dec 2023

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