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Stolen Forests: Uncovering Colombia's Illegal Timber Trade COLOMBIA / 21 MAR 2021 BY INSIGHT CRIME
COLOMBIA
/ 21 MAR 2021 BY INSIGHT CRIME
More than half of Colombia is covered in forests, but rampant illegal logging is decimating the country’s woodlands.
Since 2015, about one million hectares of forest have been lost to deforestation. Roughly 60 percent has occurred in the country’s precious Amazon region, where large swaths are cut down to make way for illicit coca crops or to feed lucrative international timber markets.
InSight Crime has teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to investigate the criminal activities driving deforestation, forest degradation and biodiversity loss in Colombia. The project — titled “Transparent Governance of Natural Resources” and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) — explored the root causes of the illegal harvesting of timber in the Amazon and Pacific regions.
Also partnering on the project are Transparency for Colombia (Transparencia por Colombia), a branch of Transparency International, and the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible – FCDS), a conservation organization focused on Colombia’s Amazon region.
More:
https://insightcrime.org/news/stolen-forests-uncovering-colombia-illegal-timber-trade/
