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Between 2022 and 2023, Colombia experienced a nearly 50% decrease in primary forest loss. That's the lowest level in a decade. One reason is that the government of President Gustavo Petro is prioritizing Colombia's environment, one of the most megadiverse in the world. But another reason involves an armed rebel group, which banned logging in the areas it still controls. Host
Indigenous communities lead fight to stop illicit mining in Loreto that is poisoning the water and destroying its forests
The meeting took place behind closed doors one September afternoon in San José del Guaviare, the capital of the department of Guaviare, in Colombia’s central-south region. Five men sat around discussing, surrounded by maps of the department, photos of protected areas and dozens of drawings of Japanese anime characters on sticky notes, side-by-side with information […]
“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 […]
Between 2019 and 2020, the Peruvian government cracked down on illegal gold mining in Madre de Dios, its southeastern Amazon region, through an unprecedented initiative dubbed “Operation Mercury.” But according to a recent study, miners have been returning to the areas that the operation had driven them from, as enforcement eased partly due to the […]