Illegal roads expand in Colombia’s deforestation hotspots

Mongabay
Jul 25, 2025, 6:37 am91 ptsTrending
MOCOA, Colombia — From the air, the forests in Putumayo, Colombia’s southwestern Amazonian department, look scarred. Light brown lines snake through the canopy. In the eastern part of Putumayo’s Puerto Guzmán municipality, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) of irregular roads, mostly dirt tracks, cut through…

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