Cristian has since advanced from local facilitator to leading restoration professional in the Charras Boquerón area.

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s large tropical rainforest, covering roughly 2.7 million square miles. It comprises more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Colombian lesserblack tarantula, Xenesthis immanis, is a large terrestrial bird spider, with hairy legs and body and a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Colombia recorded 48 environmental defender killings in 2024 — nearly a third of all deaths globally — making it ...

PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) — Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s Putumayo River — a home she hasn’t slept in for more than eight years. The longtime ...

Colombia Amazon Defender Jani Silva, 63, sails in a boat on the Putumayo River, on the outskirts of Puerto Asis, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan ...

Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade PUERTO ASIS, Colombia -- Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house ...

(Washington, DC) – Armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo, have tightened their control over citizens’ daily lives and committed grave abuses against civilians, particularly in ...