As Bogotá grapples with air quality alerts given large forest fires that blazed out of control last week, Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán is being praised for his management of the crisis and environmental protection efforts.
Multiple experts agree that extreme aridity and lack of rainfall have combined to cause over 500 forest fires so far this year. They warn that these conditions will continue until April
Colombia battles a severe environmental crisis with 21 forest fires, fueled by unseasonably high temperatures and an extended El Niño weather pattern, threatening fragile biodiversity and the Andean high-altitude wetlands.
Bogotá, Jan 25 (EFE). – 31 forest fires were active in Colombia on Thursday, affecting nine departments and Bogotá, the capital, the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) reported Thursday. Since Monday, fires have been burning in the mountains surrounding the city, and smoke has covered a large part of the capital, affecting air quality …