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“In this park, there are many complications, because if an official begins environmental work with a community leader for some time, no one knows whether he will be able to continue because he might be murdered or have to leave the area,” said a local source who is very familiar with the work in the […]
By Laia Mataix Gomez El Retorno, Colombia, Sep 9 (EFE).- Felipe Henao was just 9 years old when his father set him up with a hectare (2.2 acres) of land and coca seeds so he could continue the “family business.” But fate intervened and Felipe became an environmental activist, which brought him into confrontation with …
The Ministry of Environment and the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies Ideam presented the deforestation figures in Colombia for 2021. We tell you the positive, the negative and the challenges that lie ahead.
This report is part of a collaboration between Mongabay Latam and Rutas del Conflicto. The departments of Caquetá and Guaviare, in southern Colombia, are covered in dense forest where for years entry was forbidden to most people. Groups engaged in the decades-long war against the government prohibited access to these areas, and only a few researchers were […]