Deforestation in Colombia up nearly 20 percent last year, but down in the Colombian Amazon

Mongabay
By <a class="author-link"…Nov 25, 2015, 10:00 pm98 pts
Deforestation in Colombia increased by 16 percent last year according to an annual report prepared by the country’s Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM). A total of 140,356 hectares (346,827 acres) of forest cover was lost in Colombia in 2014 versus 120,934 hectares (298,834…

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