Bat conservation efforts in Latin American and Caribbean are growing given this mammal’s key role in food security and preservation of natural habitats.
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Colombia declares the hippo an “invasive species”
The Humboldt Institute estimates that within a decade, Colombia’s hippo population will reach 700. The hippo was introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
Colombia and EU sign Climate Action declaration
President Iván Duque’s official trip to Europe included the signing of a joint-pact with the EU on climate action and environmental conservation.
Yellow alert declared for Bogotá as Amazon fires grow
Wild fires burning across northern South America have placed Bogotá under yellow alert for bad air quality.
Colombia’s Operation Artemisa extends frontline to ocean protection
President Iván Duque extended Operation Artemisa’s reach to include the nation’s oceans, and protection of endangered biodiversity.
Duque at COP26: “Colombia is in the heart of President Biden”
Colombia’s commitments at COP26 have been hailed as the most ambitious in Latin America, including protecting 30% of the nation’s land and sea territories by 2022.
Colombia sets zero emissions climate change target
The release of a book by Nicolás Botero on the environmental challenges facing Colombia comes with an ambitious announcement by President Duque.
New hope for Colombia’s Terribilis, world’s most poisonous frog
The Golden Poison Dart Frog is endemic to the rainforests of Colombia’s Chocó and species with an toxin so deadly that is is considered the world’s most poisonous amphibian.
Death of Yellow-eared Parrot guardian inspires young Colombian conservationists
The legacy of environmentalist Gonzalo Cardona is inspiring youngsters to continue conservation efforts of the Yellow-eared Parrot.
Heavy rains in Colombia highest on record for March
March has recorded the highest rainfall on record for Colombia with mudslides affecting the departments of Antioquia and Valle del Cauca.
Colombia’s indigenous peoples lead first census of Andean Condor
Some 300 volunteers conducted the first census of the Colombian Condor. The census involved indigenous communities from the departments of La Guajira to Nariño.
Gonzalo Cardona, guardian of Yellow-eared Parrot murdered in Colombia
Gonzalo Cardona is credited for having saved the rare Yellow-eared Parrot from extinction and species whose survival depends on the wax palm.
Colombia’s Yellow-eared Parrot back from extinction after two decades of conservation
Two years of conservation efforts by ProAves have avoided the extinction of a species endemic to Colombia: the Yellow-eared Parrot.
Brazil claims COVID-19 accelerating Amazon deforestation
While governments across South American bankroll the fight against coronavirus, in Brazil, loggers are defying isolation measures to deforest the Amazon at an alamaring rate.
Colombia’s indigenous peoples fend off COVID-19 using time-tested traditions
Indigenous peoples across Colombia are closing their ancestral territories to all outsiders and relying on ancestral plant-based medicines to fend off the advance of COVID-19.
Jorge Tello: Scientific secrets from the Colombian bee hive
Bees are humanity’s first line of defense in pest and disease control, but these winged warriors are headed to extinction. Professor Tello wants farmers to turn to api-agriculture.