Colombia: In Landslide-Prone Colombia, Forests Can Serve as an Inexpensive Shield

Apr 13, 2022 | Gianluca Cerullo, Mongabay
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Colombia’s undulating, rain-soaked topography makes it a landslide hotspot. Each year, hundreds of landslides wrack the nation; some 30,730 hit between 1900 and 2018. Not all leave untold destruction in their wake, but many do.