The New Rebels of Colombia's Forests

Dec 5, 2018 | Lucy Sherriff
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Colombian forests had protected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fighters from attacks and surveillance. In turn, FARC’s presence in the Magdalena River Valley, nestled between the central and eastern Andes, kept the forests intact. At the end of the conflict in 2016, with the signing and ratification of a historic peace deal, that started to change.