Armed groups, cattle ranchers drove 35% rise in Colombia’s deforestation in 2024

Mongabay
Apr 18, 2025, 12:30 pm675 ptsHotTop
The prediction came true: deforestation in Colombia increased in 2024 after two years of decline, just as the environment ministry had warned since April last year. The ministry announced that Colombia lost 1,070 square kilometers (413 square miles) of forest in 2024, a 35% increase from 2023, when…

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