Firefighters, many of them volunteers, have been confronting dozens of blazes amid high temperatures this month. The conditions have been linked to climate change. By Annie Correal and Genevieve ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The risk of forest fires in Colombia has increased significantly over the last week, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Wednesday, adding that the current situation ...

Colombia has declared a state of emergency in two regions as dozens of forest fires burned wide swaths of the country and left the capital choking on smoke during record temperatures linked with ...

Colombia’s Procurator’s Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City ...

BOGOTA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Incidents of forest fires in Colombia fell by almost 70% during the first 30 days of 2023 versus the year-earlier period, local advocacy group the Foundation for ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared a national emergency last week, and has appealed for international aid, as more than 340 forest fires ... Studies in Colombia, said January may become ...

According to the ombudsman's office, 17 of Colombia's 32 provinces do not have an official fire department. So far this year, some 319 forest fires have swept across Colombia, which managed to put ...

Forest destruction in Brazil and Colombia fell "steeply" between 2022 and 2023, according to data from the University of Maryland's GLAD Lab that has been shared on the World Resources Institute's ...

Forest fires are raging in Colombia amid record temperatures linked with the El Nino weather phenomenon - Copyright AFP Luis ACOSTA Forest fires are raging in ...

Bogotá (AFP) – Colombia has declared a state of emergency in two regions as dozens of forest fires burned wide swathes of the country and left the capital choking on smoke during record ...