An innovative new study featuring the methodological use of machine learning algorithms, published in Nature magazine, has revealed that more than 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of Amazonian Rainforest were cut down to make way for illicit activities between 1985 and 2019. The results of the analysis of the 34-year time frame showed that […]
Once covering an expanse of more than 2,140 square kilometers (826 square miles) of the Colombian Amazon Rainforest, Tinigua National Natural Park has lost 29% of its forests over the past 20 years. Much of this loss has occurred only since 2018, when the park lost nearly 6% of its tree cover in a single […]
By Laia Mataix Gomez San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia, Sep 2 (EFE).- Peasants who take down trees to clear land for planting and illegal loggers who clear-cut forests is the dichotomy created by Operation Artemis, an initiative of the Colombian armed forces that has divided the south-central province of Guaviare. Launched by the previous right-wing …
AGUA BONITA CAMP, Colombia – Walking all day through the jungle to visit the encampments of friends and relatives is what Tumni Abtukaru misses the most about life before his community, the Indigenous Nukak, were evicted from their ancestral homeland. Arriving at an encampment, Abtukaru says he would be greeted by singing and dancing. They […]
January of this year was the hottest month in the Colombian Amazon in a decade, leading to an increase in forest fires in the southeastern region and very likely impacting air quality in the capital Bogota, according to an Environment Ministry report seen by AFP Friday.