Colombia: Colombia Takes 'Unprecedented' Step to Stop Farms Gobbling Forests

Apr 11, 2018 | Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
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Indigenous communities that depend on Colombia’s Amazon rainforest for their survival will have more say over their ancestral lands, as Colombia adds 8 million hectares to its protected areas in an effort to stem forest loss. The new measures announced by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday aim to create a buffer zone for the country’s southern Amazon region.