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Amazon deforestation in Colombia surged 50%+ to 680 km² in 2024. Minister Muhamad cites organized crime as the main driver,

"...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.

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, has pledged a clean break with what he sees as the confrontational, violent policies of his predecessor.

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.