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ADRA Colombia Delivers Food Baskets to Indigenous Communities

A mountain of gold: Mining titles threaten Indigenous lands in Guainía, Colombia

*This report is part of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam and Vorágine, a Colombian news source. Cecilia García Barros is seated atop the peak of Mavicure Hill, a rocky, rounded mountain 170 meters (about 558 feet) high on the banks of the Inírida River in the Colombian department of Guainía. From there, one can […]

Venezuelan Amazon deforestation expands due to lawlessness, mining, fires: Reports

Forest loss is increasing south of the Orinoco River due to lack of Venezuelan official oversight, a growing Colombian insurgency, fires set to create mining camps, and new agricultural lands cleared to feed miners.

How a Rare Colombian Flower Cultivated With Indigenous Knowledge Is Changing Lives

Indigenous knowledge about sustainability and conservation helps the Inírida flower trade to flourish in Colombia.

How a rare Colombian flower cultivated with Indigenous know-how is changing lives

INÍRIDA, Colombia –– Carolina Mora Gaitan takes one of the striking-looking flowers from the blue bucket lying at her feet and shakes off the excess water. Using a toothbrush, she scrubs away any trace of dirt and proceeds to peel away an unsightly brown leaf with a pair of tweezers. Sitting opposite, her daughter-in-law mirrors […]

Colombian Indigenous community waits in poverty as courts weigh ownership of ancestral land

VICHADA, Colombia — Nearly 13 years have passed since the Guahibo Indigenous community El Trompillo was allegedly forcibly relocated from their territory. Members report persistent hunger and overcrowding in makeshift dwellings cobbled out of green canvas and garbage bags in the municipality of La Primavera in the Colombian department of Vichada. They say they still […]

Church of the Brethren is consolidated in Venezuela – News

On the Colombian plains, a leader stands up for her people against land theft

This article is a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay’s Latin America (Latam) team and Colombian digital news website Rutas del Conflicto. Ana Villa has traveled dozens of times on the highways of Vichada department in eastern Colombia, in service to her rural community. These trips can take up to 18 hours and cross an extensive savanna […]

Historias Bellas de Colombia: La Estrella Fluvial de Inírida...Paraíso en ...