"...and I say it once and for all, in projects of law that generate FORCED INVESTMENT in the private financial system of Colombia" - President Gustavo Petro
The powerful criminal networks that are deeply rooted throughout the Amazon basin increasingly pursue environmental crimes as a lucrative income source.
Prosecutors have fought illegal deforestation in the Colombian departments of Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Chocó, Córdoba, Meta, Santander, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca & Sucre.
Canada based Flora Growth Corp. has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire a 90% equity interest in Colombian juice producer Kasa Wholefoods Company S.A.S. Kasa produces exotic Amazonian fruit juices and chocolates under the “Mamba” brand in Colombia....
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Tropical Forest Alliance annual meeting just concluded in Bogotá, Colombia, and the WEF has announced a number of commitments that will contribute to the Alliance’s goal of protecting the world’s tropical rainforests. The meeting took place the...
Colombia is now the first Latin American nation to join the Cocoa and Forest Initiative, a global program formed in 2017 to curb deforestation in sector.