Politics Illegal deforestation rises in South America’s Indigenous territories, parks Between 2010 and 2020, South America lost an average of 2.6 million hectares of forest per year, according the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Causes news.mongabay.com Deforestation increase dovetails with armed conflict in Colombia, study finds Forested areas in Colombia that are less than 10 kilometers away from illicit crops are most likely areas to be deforested.
