Colombia: Coca Replaced by Cattle - The Shift in Southern Colombia's Deforestation

Jul 19, 2021 | Juan Pablo Pérez and Manuela Galvis, Insight Crime
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The deforestation in the rainforest of Guaviare is the result of decades of state neglect. And the road, which makes life easier for the inhabitants of southern Guaviare, is a threat to biodiversity. In just five years, it has transformed the surrounding area. Trees over twenty meters tall, musk hogs, capuchin monkeys and tapirs have disappeared, replaced by well-kept pastures, barbed wire fences and cows.