Largely unexplored rainforest slated to be levelled for gold mining in Colombia
Serrania de San Lucas is a rainforest-covered massif rising to 2,300 metres (7,500 feet) in northern Colombia. Despite being little-explored and containing several endangered species, the forest is threatened by industrial gold mining operations, according...
Colombia: Gold vs Preservation in the Central Mountains
In a protected area of the Cordillera Central, Colombia's central mountain range, gold mining plans are clashing with the desire of farmers, activists and environmental officials to preserve forests and water resources. A movement made...
Please take action over assassination of environmental campaigners in Colombia
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 746 about the recent assassinations of César García and Adelinda Gómez in Colombia.
In the last couple of...