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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

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Colombia's peace treaty accidentally sparks increase in deforestation

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