Colombia: National Parks Pay the Price as Land Conflicts Intensify in Colombia

Mar 24, 2020 | Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
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Since the demobilization of the FARC in 2016, deforestation has skyrocketed in the region, most notably in Tinigua Natural National Park. Deforestation shot up 400% in Tinigua between 2017 and 2018 based on satellite data from Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), an initiative of the organization Amazon Conservation.