Half a Million Hectares, Formalized: What Colombia’s Amazon Land Titling Does, and What It Cannot Do Alone

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Sep 11, 2026 | Colombia, Deforestation, Gold Mining & Garimpo, Indigenous Sovereignty, Investigation, Land & Territorial Rights, Oil and Gas Pressure

In late January 2026, Colombia’s National Land Agency (Agencia Nacional de Tierras, ANT) announced that it had formalized 521,492 hectares of the Colombian Amazon as Indigenous resguardos, across five departments: Amazonas, Putumayo, Caquetá, Guaviare and...

Critical Minerals Bill Advances Without Considering Risks, Experts Warn

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 15, 2026 | Analysis, Brazil, Conservation, Land & Territorial Rights, Resource Extraction

An illegal gold-mining site carved into the Amazon rainforest, 2026. Photograph by CAJ Staff Photographer. A new Brazilian bill aims to accelerate Brazil’s role in the global critical minerals race, but environmental experts warn that the legislation is...

Critical Minerals: Policy Negotiated Behind Closed Doors in Senate Without Social Movements

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 4, 2026 | Amazon News Watch, Brazil, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land & Territorial Rights, Resource Extraction

“This waterway will kill the fisherman,” say riverside communities of the Tocantins River

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 4, 2026 | Amazon News Watch, Brazil, Conservation, Land & Territorial Rights, Resource Extraction

Eviction Order Against Pataxó Village Suspended in Southern Bahia

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 4, 2026 | Amazon News Watch, Brazil, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land & Territorial Rights

‘Disguised Colonialism’: Indigenous Peoples Criticize Just Transition Model That Does Not Ensure Territory Protection

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 4, 2026 | Amazon News Watch, Colombia, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land & Territorial Rights, Resource Extraction