Deforestation in Colombia
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Deforestation in Colombia
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Colombia loses 2,000 km2 of forest annually to deforestation, according to the United Nations in 2003. Some suggest that this figure is as high as 3,000 km2 due to illegal logging in the region.
Deforestation results mainly from logging for timber, small-scale agricultural ranching, mining, development of energy resources such as hydro-electricity, infrastructure, cocaine production, and farming. Deforestation in Colombia is mainly targeted at primary rainforests. This has a profound ecological
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