Colombia deforestation linked to coca production
Over a period of five years an area of forest equivalent to two and a half times the size of Jamaica has been lost in Colombia, largely in regions…
Over a period of five years an area of forest equivalent to two and a half times the size of Jamaica has been lost in Colombia, largely in regions…
Coca production in Colombia went down 3.7% in 2009, according to a report by the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy released to several media on Thursday. Colombia’s capacity…
Ecuador’s Security Minister Miguel Carvajal complains that the 35,000 hectares of coca cultivation on the Colombian side of the border have a huge impact on his country, reports EFE. “Ecuador…
Coca cultivation has declined by more than 50% in Colombia’s north-western Antioquia department since 2008, according to government statistics, newspaper El Tiempo reports. The government program uses aerial spraying and manual…
Colombia’s deputy justice minister addressed the U.N. conference of the parties to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and sets out progress on eradicating coca. According to Pablo Felipe Robledo,…
Colombian media report that four workers who were eradicating coca were killed in north-eastern Colombia on Thursday when a landmine exploded. Earlier reports said the landmine injured 12, but this…
Twelve workers were injured in northern Colombia on Wednesday when a landmine exploded while they were eradicating coca plants. The incident happened near the town of Santa Rosa in the…
A stepped up military offensive in Nariño leaves behind a dismantled illegal oil refinery and the eradication of over 18,000 coca bushes, according to the Colombian army. An illegal refinery,…
Camilo Uribe Granja, of the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said that 2009 was instrumental in the war on drugs, as it was the first time Colombia’s illegal drug…