Published by Mongabay on December 10, 2020.
An indigenous group first contacted in the 1980s is being hit hard by deforestation, the coca trade, and violent groups.
Palm oil, coca and gangs close in on Colombia’s Indigenous Nukak Makú
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No cesó la imposición de los fusiles
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department.
Guaviare es Peor aún Para la Naturaleza que Para los Líderes Sociales
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department.
Jimmy Humberto Medina, el Defensor de la Selva
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department. A profile of an environmental defender assassinated in 2017.
La Selva, Otra Víctima
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de noviembre de 2020.
Part of a four-part series on the security situation, and related human rights and environmental harms, in Guaviare department.
How Colombia Regulators Became Purveyors of Illegal Wood
Published by InsightCrime on September 18, 2020.
A narrative of how illegal timber traders corrupted security, judicial, and other government officials in Santander.
Fuerzas Militares y la protección del ambiente: Roles, riesgos y oportunidades
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 17 de septiembre de 2020.
Explores appropriate possible roles for the armed forces in combating rising deforestation.
Avances y desafíos de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Guaviare
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 8 de agosto de 2020.
A look at compliance in peace accord commitments and the security situation in Guaviare, a department in south-central Colombia with a heavy presence of FARC dissident groups.
Defender la Amazonía pone en riesgo la vida
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 4 de agosto de 2020.
Social leader killings have exploded in Caquetá, and few even get investigated.
Mafias pagan 5 millones de pesos por hectárea deforestada en el Meta
Publicado por Semana Sostenible el 8 de julio de 2020.
Reveals the role of dissident groups and cattle ranching in the destruction of forest and national park land in Colombia’s south-central department of Meta.
‘La resistencia del indio’ es caminar por el territorio minero
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 22 de abril de 2020.
A portrayal of indigenous communities resisting mining projects in southern Córdoba department.
Deforestation in Colombian protected areas increased during post-conflict periods
Published by Nature on March 18, 2020.
After the peace accord, “the national government failed to ensure a functional institutional presence in several PAs [protected areas],” and deforestation increased.
Indígenas asediados por el mercurio en Chocó
Publicado por Semana el 9 de marzo de 2020.
In the Papayo indigenous reserve in the Bajo San Juan River region of southern Chocó, the community is showing severe signs of poisoning. This is due to pollutants dumped in the water by illegal precious-metals mining tied to armed groups.
Crímenes en la Sierra: el paraíso perdido en el que manda el grupo paramilitar Los Pachencas
Publicado por Semana el 6 de enero de 2020.
A paramilitary group tracing its lineage back to extradited leader Hernán Giraldo is responsible for the murder of two environmentalists in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region.