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Scientists identify 137 protected areas most important for preserving biodiversity

Adorable baby olinguito photographed in Colombia (picture)

Featured video: ‘this is day one for the olinguito’

Meet the BABY olinguito

Colombia establishes giant rainforest park to protect ‘uncontacted’ tribes

Scientists discover teddy bear-like mammal hiding out in Andean cloud forests (photos)

Near real-time deforestation monitoring system to go global

Colombian mining dispute highlights legislative disarray

Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil

Indigenous sacred sites now qualify as protected areas in Colombia

“Offsetting” carbon emissions from travel, web site traffic

For Easter: a baby horned screamer chick (photo)

Two new species of mini-salamander discovered in Colombia

Two new species of mini-salamander discovered in Colombia

Long lost tribe spotted in the Colombian Amazon

First strike: nearly 200 illegal loggers arrested in massive sting across 12 countries

Colombia to double the size of massive Amazon reserve to include uncontacted tribes’ land

The year in rainforests

Dams are rapidly damning the Amazon

108 million ha of Amazon rainforest up for oil and gas exploration, development

Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Long and thin with a big head: new snake adds diversity to a bizarre group (photo)

Colombia gets world’s first VCS validated and verified REDD project on collective lands

New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010

Forest expands 3% in Colombia during 2000s, but loss grows in llanos region

Dry forests disappearing faster than rainforests in Latin America

New bird discovered in Colombia imperiled by hydroelectric project

Move to regularize mining in Colombia spurs concerns

165,000 sq km of Colombian rainforest mapped in stunning detail using lasers, satellites

Pastures, not forest, are best place for oil palm expansion in Colombia

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jaguars photographed in palm oil plantation

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