Colombia’s Amazon Mining Ban Lands Three Days Before a Pro-Drilling President

Colombia · Environment Key Facts The instrument. Resolution 0961 of 2026, signed by the Environment Ministry on 4 August, published 5 August — three days before the new government took office. The area. 483,283.55 km², about 42 percent of Colombia’s continental territory, across 61 municipalities in ten departments. What stops. No new mining concessions and…