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Colombian drug runners turn to shamans for protection

By Bram Ebus and Andrés Cardona 15 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

Before embarking on a perilous trek through the jungle, drug couriers in Colombia turn to shamans for protection.

Dredges: Gold mining spurs crime & corruption on Brazil-Colombia border

By Bram Ebus and Rodrigo Pedroso 3 de August de 202320 de September de 2023

Miners dredging millions of dollars in gold from Brazil’s Puruê River devastate the environment and attract armed groups.

Illegal mining has been growing for 3 years inside an ecological station deep in the Amazon Rainforest

By Aldem Bourscheit 29 de March de 202211 de April de 2022

Official report identifies dredges and boats supporting the crimes at the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, in the state of Amazonas. Impacts on the integral protection area have been growing since 2019.

Defenders of the sacred hills

By 28 de February de 202015 de September de 2020

In Vaupés, a department in the Colombian Amazon, indigenous peoples cling to their beliefs to protect themselves from mining. A concession for the exploitation of coltan angers three communities: the leaders are threatened and their right to prior consultation has been violated.

Research shows that Colombian Amazon is contaminated by mercury

By Annika McGinnis 1 de August de 201614 de September de 2020

Research has determined that the mercury level exceeds up to 87 times the level permitted by the Colombian State.[:]

The first check of $ 6 million to protect the Colombian Amazon

By Annika McGinnis 13 de June de 201614 de September de 2020

The governments of Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom made its first payment to Colombia for having complied with the reduction of deforestation between 2013 and 2014.

Indigenous and forest community tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

By Annika McGinnis 10 de May de 201614 de September de 2020

Leaders from indigenous and forest communities in Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, and Peru are in London to call for action on human rights violations and land grabbing linked to the global trade in palm oil.

Colombia: “Oil and mining have no place in La Macarena”

By Giovanny Vera 9 de May de 201614 de September de 2020

The director of Amazon Institute of Scientific Studies Sinchi speaks of the management plan for La Macarena, which sought to prevent the deterioration of the area and show the effects of mining.

Illegal gold mining drives human rights abuses in Latin America, claims study

By Annika McGinnis 20 de April de 201614 de September de 2020

Illicit gold trade overtakes cocaine, fuelling abuses including sexual exploitation and child labour, says Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.

4.5 million trees will be planted in the Colombian Amazon

By Giovanny Vera 7 de April de 201614 de September de 2020

The intention is to plant 72,000 trees every month in the Amazon, chosen by indigenous communities, but providing food security.

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Illegal mining has been growing for 3 years inside an ecological station deep in the Amazon Rainforest

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Colombian drug runners turn to shamans for protection

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La Estrella de Panamá: The largest program to monitor forests is in Colombia

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