The government highlights its commitment to preventing forest degradation, waterway contamination, and biodiversity loss. This will shift future economic activity toward renewable and regenerative alternatives. Columbia is setting an example for other Amazon nations, offering a new blueprint for balancing conservation and development.


The protected zone accounts for roughly 42 percent of Colombia’s territory, an area the size of Sweden. Remaining planned projects, including 43 pending oil blocks and hundreds of mining requests, are cancelled under the new decree. The ban marks a landmark environmental decision and reframes economic development from extraction to sustainability for a region critical to global climate stability.