Colombia: 'It's a Perverse System': How Colombia's Farmers Are Reforesting Their Logged Land

Dec 29, 2017 | Lisa Palmer, Guardian
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Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world, trailing only Brazil, and more than half of its territory is covered by forest. But the race to conserve woodland, identify species, and promote sustainable social and economic development for lasting peace may lose to continued violence, extortion, weak governance and rampant deforestation. Farc dissidents still operate in Guaviare, continuing to tax farmers – including Vergara – and violently protesting against government efforts to eradicate coca.