Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a historic ruling, finding in favor of Indigenous leaders who say their ...

By Aimee Gabay Indigenous peoples in Colombia have been granted the authority to protect, manage and conserve biodiversity within their territories according to their knowledge. On Oct. 15 ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark advisory opinion linking governments’ human rights ...

Colombia’s State Council demanded that authorities correct a long-standing deficit in environmental protection when it comes to the granting of mining titles.

Colombia recorded the world’s highest number of environmental defender killings in 2022, with 60 individuals murdered, according to a report released on Tuesday by activist organization Global Witness ...

The ruling mandates that the ministries of environment and mines and relevant agencies must evaluate mining projects with titles on protected areas, the environmental impact of exploration ...

Companies operating in Colombia currently need environmental permission only for the extraction and production phases of projects.

Colombia's Congress has ratified the Escazu agreement to protect the environment, the government said late on Monday, paving the way to provide greater protection to environmentalists across the ...

Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity The world is experiencing its largest loss of life since the dinosaurs, with around 1 million plant and ...

Choco (Colombia) (AFP) – In 2016, a Colombian court sent a powerful statement on environmental protection by ruling that a crucial river in the northwestern Choco jungle, which was being ...

Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, assistant professor of environmental studies, and a team of Colombian researchers have introduced a transformative approach to mapping bird species distribution across Colombia ...