The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and ...

The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people who have been threatened by armed groups in the country's southwestern ...

Indigenous communities along the Amazon River are grappling with severe challenges as an unprecedented drought causes water levels to plummet. Unforeseen scarcity is threatening livelihoods and access ...

The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) called for ...

As the world grapples with plummeting levels of biodiversity, Colombia is hosting two weeks of meetings for the United ...

Cali, Colombia - October 20, 2024 Columbian government officials and indigenous groups have vowed to strengthen biodiversity conservation efforts as the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties ...

"The spirits of the lake don't like to be disturbed. We have to ask their permission," Jorge Arevalo, a 41-year-old member of the lake's Indigenous guard, said. A handful of guards accompanied AFP ...

COP16 host country Colombia has put the inclusion of Indigenous and traditional communities at the center of its agenda in ...

The Colombian government said Tuesday it had granted the country's Indigenous groups new environmental authority on their lands, just days before hosting the UN's COP16 conference on biodiversity.

Countries and companies meeting in Cali face tough questions over funding for biodiversity, indigenous rights and who pays ...

It's also not for the uninvited. Only those who receive the nod from the governor of the local Indigenous Pastos community may pass. "The spirits of the lake don't like to be disturbed. We have to ...

The UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 will focus on four key areas of assessing progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, recognising the crucial role of indigenous peoples, ...