Colombia deforestation in 2024 among lowest levels in 23 years, minister says
Deforestation fell by more than a third to just over 792 square kilometers in 2023, down from around 1,235 square kilometers ...
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Race to save the rainforest: Why replacing cocaine barons with cattle ranchers is destroying the Amazon
So much land is being cleared so rapidly that it is beginning to encroach on the Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia’s largest and most pristine swathe of the Amazon, championed by the Prince ...
USAID is going away. Here's what it's been doing in South America
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
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In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities
LETICIA, Colombia (AP) — Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their ...
Amazon’s advocates fear Trump’s return means little US help to protect rainforest
With Donald Trump back in the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the rainforest ...
USAID is going away, and along with it cocaine-fighting efforts and Amazon rainforest protection
Colombia has long been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance in South America. Recent USAID money has supported ...
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USAID is going away. Here’s what it’s been doing across the globe
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...
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An eight mile wall of prehistoric art discovered in the Colombian Amazon
The eight-mile wall of art was created by the first humans of the Amazon some 12,500 years ago Prehistoric rock art discovered in Colombia is being hailed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients ...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...
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About 5 million hectares of forests have been lost in Colombia in the last 30 years
The magnifying glass is mainly used in two departments of Colombia, Amazonas and Chocó. In the first, 65% of total deforestation in the country is found. In previous years, the Comptroller's ...
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In Colombia, Amazon River’s extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities
People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia) LETICIA, Colombia (AP) ...