Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred up a decades-old border controversy with Peru by accusing it of fully annexing ...

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

Colombia's government said on Thursday that deforestation in the South American country increased as much as 43% in 2024 ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Colombia surged last year, according to data from the country's environment ministry said ...

Colombia lost forest cover in the fragile Amazon part of the country in 2024 which was much higher than in 2023 which had the ...

By Ana Cristina Alvarado Parrots of the Amazona genus are among the most trafficked birds in Colombia. With their distinctive ...

According to the environment ministry, of the 107,000 hectares (about 264,403 acres) deforested in Colombia in 2024, 68,000 hectares (about 168,032 acres) were in the Amazon.

Deforestation in Colombia's Amazon region is forecast to have declined by 25% to 35% in 2023, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Monday, while warning that evidence shows that destruction ...

Since then, women-led social, cultural and environmental organisations have increased their presence in Colombia's Amazon region, which in 2019, accounted for 62 percent of the national ...

If the agreement is not ratified in Colombia, the country will have no commitment to follow its guidelines, even when it comes into force. Alongside its work with other nations in the region, Colombia ...

“In the 35 years I’ve been in the Amazon, it's the first time I’ve seen it this low,” said Jugalvis Valencia, 61, a boat tour guide. He worries that a repeat drought next year will dry up ...

Some 113,608 hectares were destroyed in 2024, largely in Colombia's Amazon region. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...