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Cloud above the forests in Navado de Huilo, Columbia

Colombia's peace treaty accidentally sparks increase in deforestation

16 August 2021

The end of Colombia's civil war in 2016 unwittingly caused an increase in deforestation across the country as Marxist guerrillas no longer protect the land
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest

1 April 2021

The asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago eliminated plant-trampling dinosaurs and rained fertilising ash on South America's rainforests, letting flowering plants take over what used to be mostly coniferous forests

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