https://news.mongabay.com/list/colombia/ Environmental science and conservation news Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png https://news.mongabay.com/list/colombia/ 32 32 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/remediation-overdue-south-american-countries-fail-to-enforce-oil-cleanup-laws/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/remediation-overdue-south-american-countries-fail-to-enforce-oil-cleanup-laws/#respond 16 Nov 2023 11:43:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275494 - Bolivia is pressing ahead with its plans to expand activity of its hydrocarbon sector, while in Ecuador, there is an ongoing debate in international courts over an emblematic pollution case.
- In Peru, not a single environmental liability has yet been fully dealt with, while in Colombia a law has just been passed that will seek to catalog the damage caused by the oil industry.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/remediation-overdue-south-american-countries-fail-to-enforce-oil-cleanup-laws/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/as-colombias-coca-economy-crashes-new-opportunities-and-threats-arise/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/as-colombias-coca-economy-crashes-new-opportunities-and-threats-arise/#respond 15 Nov 2023 21:12:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275446 - While minor compared to the deforestation caused by clearing for pasture, coca cultivation still affects local communities through contamination of soil and water, violence and crime — yet remains a vital source of livelihood for more than 230,000 families.
- Over the past year, the rural economy in Tibú and other coca-producing regions of Colombia has collapsed due to an overproduction of the crop; coca paste, often used as a substitute for cash here, has seen its value drop by 40%, leaving locals struggling to make ends meet.
- Amid the crisis, there are calls for seizing the opportunity to transition farmers away from coca and toward more sustainable economies — though the reality is that many farmers are also turning to far more destructive activities, like illegal gold mining.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/as-colombias-coca-economy-crashes-new-opportunities-and-threats-arise/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/#respond 14 Nov 2023 14:00:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275300 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/what-does-oil-palm-require-to-reach-international-markets/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/#respond 13 Nov 2023 16:53:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275306 - Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/palm-oil-cultivation-in-colombia-ecuador-peru-and-brazil/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-women-create-sweet-business-success-with-wild-vitamin-c-packed-fruit/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-women-create-sweet-business-success-with-wild-vitamin-c-packed-fruit/#respond 09 Nov 2023 16:12:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275215 - The business has been able to produce four to 14 tons of fruit pulp per year for sale around the country, while sustainably managing the plant species’ population.
- The women played a pioneering role in Colombia by showing that non-timber forest resources could be used to generate income in areas of protected rainforest.
- The sustainable use of such resources has become a successful conservation strategy that has received praise from scientific institutes and environmental authorities.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/amazon-women-create-sweet-business-success-with-wild-vitamin-c-packed-fruit/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/colombian-wind-farm-end-of-life-raises-circularity-and-indigenous-questions/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/colombian-wind-farm-end-of-life-raises-circularity-and-indigenous-questions/#respond 09 Nov 2023 14:10:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275165 - Across the world, first-generation wind projects are becoming obsolete, and disposing of the equipment, especially of the wind blades, is challenging circularity goals; currently, most blades are used in cement factories.
- Three Wayuu communities depend on the desalination plant created by the wind farm company for their clean water, but now the communities question the future of their water security.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/colombian-wind-farm-end-of-life-raises-circularity-and-indigenous-questions/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/#respond 09 Nov 2023 11:09:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275123 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/oil-palm-in-the-pan-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/#respond 08 Nov 2023 23:14:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275112 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023 and 2024.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-swine-and-poultry-adding-value-to-farm-production/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/ex-farc-members-aim-to-restore-1-million-native-trees-in-the-colombian-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/ex-farc-members-aim-to-restore-1-million-native-trees-in-the-colombian-amazon/#respond 07 Nov 2023 12:42:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=275077 - Their goal, despite ongoing conflicts and danger, is to plant 1 million native trees to counteract deforestation from illegal mining, logging, ranching and coca cultivation.
- Those involved in the effort, many of whom were just children when they joined FARC, have already planted 125,000 trees; another 250,000 trees are ready in their cooperative nursery.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/ex-farc-members-aim-to-restore-1-million-native-trees-in-the-colombian-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/#respond 01 Nov 2023 16:00:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274813 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-industrial-infrastructure-for-grains-and-cereals/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/#respond 31 Oct 2023 15:30:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274809 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-global-markets-for-soybean-and-corn-crops/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/#respond 25 Oct 2023 22:18:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274538 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/intensive-agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-soy-maize-and-other-field-crops/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/#respond 24 Oct 2023 21:37:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274523 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/livestock-farming-in-the-andean-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-satellite-readings-show-full-extent-of-mining-in-the-amazon-rainforest/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-satellite-readings-show-full-extent-of-mining-in-the-amazon-rainforest/#respond 24 Oct 2023 16:48:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274557 - The map show 58 instances of illegal mining in virtually every Amazonian country (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana), 49 of them illegal.
- The map also shows that there were 36 instances of mining activity overlapping with a protected area or Indigenous territory.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-satellite-readings-show-full-extent-of-mining-in-the-amazon-rainforest/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/national-versus-global-markets-beef-in-the-brazilian-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/national-versus-global-markets-beef-in-the-brazilian-amazon/#respond 19 Oct 2023 14:10:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274327 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/national-versus-global-markets-beef-in-the-brazilian-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/industrial-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/industrial-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon/#respond 17 Oct 2023 21:52:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274322 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/industrial-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-beef-production-models/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-beef-production-models/#respond 11 Oct 2023 23:33:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274084 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-in-the-pan-amazon-beef-production-models/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-profitability-determines-land-use-chapter-3-of-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-profitability-determines-land-use-chapter-3-of-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/#respond 10 Oct 2023 10:58:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=274078 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/agriculture-profitability-determines-land-use-chapter-3-of-a-perfect-storm-in-the-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/sustainable-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-in-search-of-an-oxymoron/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/sustainable-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-in-search-of-an-oxymoron/#respond 05 Oct 2023 16:30:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=273811 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/sustainable-infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-in-search-of-an-oxymoron/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-public-private-partnerships/ https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/infrastructure-in-the-pan-amazon-public-private-partnerships/#respond 27 Sep 2023 14:00:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=273636 - Author Timothy J. Killeen is an academic and expert who, since the 1980s, has studied the rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia, where he lived for more than 35 years.
- Chronicling the efforts of nine Amazonian countries to curb deforestation, this edition provides an overview of the topics most relevant to the conservation of the region’s biodiversity, ecosystem services and Indigenous cultures, as well as a description of the conventional and sustainable development models that are vying for space within the regional economy.
- Click the “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” link atop this page to see chapters 1-13 as they are published during 2023.
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