Colombia: End of the Colombian ‘Marginal’ Gives Amazon New Lease on Biodiversity

Apr 17, 2018 | Paul Hill, City Paper
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The Colombian Amazon got a new lease on its biodiversity after President Juan Manuel Santos scrapped plans last month for the planned construction of the controversial Marginal de la Selva – a billion dollar highway infrastructure project that was intended to connect Venezuela with Ecuador by moving heavy cargo across Colombia without the entering the transportation gridlock of the Andes.