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Islanders on this archipelago live only 2 metres above sea level, while authorities fail to take action as climate change brings oblivion closer each year

Íñigo Alexander (The Guardian) writes, “Islanders on this archipelago live only 2 metres above sea level, while authorities fail to take action as climate change brings oblivion closer each year.” People on the tiny Colombian island of Santa Cruz del Islote are used to having their sleep disrupted by the gentle lap of waves. But…

If the Ciénaga Grande is going to recover, it needs long-term integrated research and planning, with local community participation and even guardianship, which has a record of success in other local and Indigenous-led areas.

A government decree welcomed for protecting marine life has left artisanal fishers breaking the law to survive

In northern Colombia, large-scale banana and palm oil estates have long used their clout to control land and water resources and leave peasant farmers high and dry.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental groups are expressing alarm about a sharp increase in fires in Colombia’s Amazon region that they blame on people clearing forest to make way for cattle ranches, coca fields and illegal roads.

Environmental groups are expressing alarm about a sharp increase in fires in Colombia’s Amazon region and they blame those on people clearing forest to make way for cattle ranches, coca fields and illegal roads

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental groups are expressing alarm about a sharp...

Environmental groups are expressing alarm about a sharp increase in fires in Colombia’s Amazon region and they blame those on people clearing forest to make way for cattle ranches, coca fields and illegal roads

Environmental groups are expressing alarm about a sharp increase in fires in Colombias Amazon region that they blame on people clearing forest to make way for cattle ranches, coca fields and illegal roads.