The story of the day an ornithologist, a bird specialist, which is part of an expedition for a rapid ecological assessment in the Colombian Amazon.
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Citizen journalism direct from the Colombian Amazon
The department of Caquetá, in the Colombian Amazon, goes through enormous changes. Its western part, where the Amazon rainforest region moves on the slopes of the Andes Mountains, became the main focus of deforestation in Colombia in the last decade.
El Tiempo: Is the lung of the world running out of air?
57 percent of the 120,933 hectares of forest that were deforested in Colombia in 2013 belong to the Amazon.
Ara: Colombia reveals its first Annual Rate of Deforestation
In its first annual report on deforestation, Colombia recorded a deforested area of 120.933 hectares of natural forest between January and December 2013. El 57% de la deforestación nacional se presentó en la región de la Amazonía, mientras que un 22% se reportó en la región andina. Respecto de la ocurrencia de minería ilegal presentan […]
La Estrella de Panamá: The largest program to monitor forests is in Colombia
The biggest observation network of Amazon forests will be established in Colombia. The initiative seeks to halt deforestation and promote sustainable development of the Amazon on a post-conflict scenario.
Las2orillas: Territory and resistance Inga in Caquetá region, Colombia
800 people resist the disappearances of their culture, language and territory
Smithsonian: The lost or uncontacted tribes of the Amazon
Often described as “uncontacted,” isolated groups living deep in the South American forest resist the ways of the modern world—at least for now.
El Tiempo: Mercury by illegal mining in Colombia reaches 80 municipalities
Comptroller General of the Republic warns on water contamination and risks, because mercury remains in fishes.
Argenpress: Sucumbios, the land where the water is “worthless”
In 2010 studies were done to determine the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in 23 water samples, 22 were positive.
ICAA: Oil palm cultivation in the Andean Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Watch an interview on the situation and prospects of land use change caused by oil palm monocultures in the Amazon forests.