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Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a historic low in 2023.

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight countries ...

Colombia recorded a sharp uptick in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year. The expansion of livestock farming and illegal construction were among the factors authorities ...

The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel group linked to drugs and illegal mining. By Manuela Andreoni There’s a struggle for law and order in many of the world’s tropical ...