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Armed groups, cattle ranchers drove 35% rise in Colombia’s deforestation in 2024

Colombian farmers switch from coffee to cacao as temperature and prices soar

Colombia creates landmark territory to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups

Colombia’s cattle traceability bill awaits approval as deforestation spikes

After LA, fire crisis reaches Latin America — from Mexico to Argentina

The year in tropical rainforests: 2024

In Colombia, a simple fencing fix offers a win-win for wildlife and ranchers

Indigenous guardians embark on a sacred pact to protect the lowland tapir in Colombia

The people who make up the Pan-Amazonian melting pot: regional demographics

To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi

Clearest picture yet of Amazon carbon density could help guide conservation

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

Study says 40% of Amazon region is potentially conserved — more than officially recorded

Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show

Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure

Etelvina Ramos: From coca farmer to opponent of the illegal crop

Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach

Soraida Chindoy: the Indigenous guardian defending the sacred Putumayo mountains

In the Amazon, what happens to undesignated public lands?

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

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

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

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

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

How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America

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

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

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

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

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

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