Colombia's Procurator’s Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City ...

Peru's top court has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected area ...

Colombia this week took a leading position in Latin America for Indigenous rights and forest protection by formalizing Indigenous local governments across swaths of the Amazon, raising hopes that ...

Sharing a border with Ecuador and Peru, the southern Colombian department of Putumayo takes its name from the Quechua term for “gushing river.” For some, its landscapes are a sacred doorway to the ...

By granting autonomy to Indigenous groups, the government promotes peace and protects the environment.

By Erik N. Iverson In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South America’s oldest rock art. The remote site was ...

Homero Mutumbajoy is the human rights and peace coordinator for OPIAC, the national organization for Colombia’s Amazon peoples. See All Key Ideas This is the second of three interviews with ...

Colombia has declared a state of emergency due ... has spread beyond typical risk areas like the Amazon, Catatumbo, and Chocó, affecting regions such as Tolima, where cases rose from 4 to 22 ...

They traveled to remote wetlands in the Amazon Rainforest and in Colombia’s vast Llanos savanna, searching for peat where it was most likely to occur and also where it was unexpected.